For other uses, see Alan Gregory (disambiguation). Allen Gregory , Allen Gregory with his parents Richard and Jeremy, and his sister Julie. Genre Animation, Sitcom Created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul Voices of Jonah Hill, French Stewart, Nat Faxon, Joy Osmanski, Christina Puccelli, Will Forte Country of origin United States Original language(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 7 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, David A. Goodman Producer(s) Jonah Hill, Philip Hackinson Running time 22 minutes Production company(s) JHR Productions, Chernin Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Broadcast Original channel Fox Original run 02013-10-30October 30 - December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) Allen Gregory is an American animated television series created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The series premiered on October 30, 2011 on Fox. On January 8, 2012, Fox announced that the series would not be returning for a second season. Synopsisedit: The series follows Allen Gregory De Longpre (Jonah Hill), a pretentious seven-year-old being raised by his father, Richard, and his father's life partner, Jeremy, and Julie, an adopted daughter. Allen Gregory must start attending a public elementary school due to the effect of the recession on his family's finances. Richard also pressures Jeremy to secure employment due to the financial issues, although Richard avoids divulging information to Jeremy as to why they need additional income. Allen is enamored of the school principal Judith Gottlieb, much to her disapproval. She protests but is forced to accept his behavior due to pressure from the school superintendent who is friends with Allen's father. Castedit: Jonah Hill as Allen Gregory De Longpre. A pretentious 7-year-old who is forced to attend elementary school and has no idea how to socialize with kids his own age, and acts more like a stuck-up posh adult nerd and, due to being sheltered all his life, he has a very warped perception on how the world works., French Stewart as Richard De Longpre, Allen's gay father. Richard is the so-called "Super CEO" of De Longpre International, but it turned out to be a fake title his father made up because he knows that he can't run the company and has the employees give him fake jobs to keep him busy. His views on the world are just as warped as Allen's and is always optimistic., Nat Faxon as Jeremy De Longpre, Richard's life partner. A former social worker with a loving wife and family, until one day he got Richard as one of his clients. Richard was attracted to him to the point where he started stalking him and his family until Jeremy finally agreed to be his husband. It's been said he's a heterosexual who actually left his wife and children for Richard who offered him an easy no-maintenance life as his trophy husband. He's a nice guy and a bit of a push over, and he receives little to no respect from Allen Gregory -- or Richard., Joy Osmanski as Julie De Longpre, Allen's adopted Cambodian sister. She is one of the only people in her family who makes any sense, and she is somewhat mistreated by Richard, mostly in a way where he doesn't notice her sometimes, and Allen Gregory for some reason finds her annoying, but she is in fact the most liked character on the show, and she doesn't let anything get to her., Christina Puccelli as Patrick, a student who is Allen Gregory's best friend/assistant. He is one of the only kids in the school who hangs out with Allen Gregory, and most of the time has no idea what he says or does, and whenever he says something, Allen Gregory doesn't listen, unless it plays to his ego., Will Forte as Superintendent Stuart Rossmire, the school's janitor. He understands Allen's mistakeness., Supporting castedit: Renée Taylor as Principal Judith Gottlieb. The elderly principal, who for some reason Allen Gregory is in love with, has made it very clear that she is not interested in a romantic relationship with the child, but he keeps trying. She truly doesn't like Allen Gregory and once she conspired with Julie to get him expelled. She is very straightforward and has a very serious, no-nonsense demeanor. Gottlieb is currently in a long-term romantic relationship with Sidney, the school's counselor; they live together and have recently celebrated their 65th anniversary. Sidney has made comments about getting married which she has blown off, though she has referred to their relationship as marriage to herself. She admitted to once being in Korea., Leslie Mann as Gina Winthrop. She is Allen Gregory's first-grade teacher who tries to teach him, but he shows no respect for her or her job and continually disrupts the class., Keith David as Carl Trent D'Avis aka Cole Train. An elderly African-American man whom Allen Gregory comes to when he has a problem, but doesn't always give the best advice. He has also shown violent and destructive tendencies, attacking an unsuspecting diner manager and setting a records hall on fire in the same day., Lacey Chabert as Beth. She is one of Julie's best friends who wears a back brace., Nasim Pedrad as Val. Another of Julie's best friends, of Indian descent, who is obese., Jake Johnson as Joel Zadak. He is the most popular kid in school, whom Allen Gregory tries so hard to impress, but he mostly likes to make fun of him., Will Forte as Ian, one of Allen's classmates. He is often picked on by Joel and the other students because his mom is dead., Guest voicesedit: Lisa Kudrow as Sheila. Appeared in the episode "Mom Sizemore" where Allen thought she was his biological mother and brought her to live with him and Richard and forced Jeremy to move out. But when she started to get strict with him, he realized there was nothing wrong with Jeremy, so he got him back and she left, but in the end he found out that Carl just pulled a random file and that he still doesn't know who his real mother is., Jeff Goldblum as Perry Van Moon, Richard's long-time rival., Episodesedit: Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release dates Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 1 7 October 30, 2011 December 18, 2011 N/A N/A N/A No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production, code U.S. viewers, (million) 1 "Pilot" Bernard Derriman Jonah Hill & Andrew Mogel & Jarrad Paul October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30) 101 4.77 Because of a recession, successful seven-year-old Allen Gregory DeLongpre has been forced to attend elementary school. But because of his precociousness, he has difficulty fitting in. He becomes infatuated with school principal Judith Gottlieb. 2 "1 Night in Gottlieb" Colin Heck Michael Colton & John Aboud November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06) 102 4.31 Allen Gregory attempts to make a sex tape with Principal Gottlieb. Meanwhile, Richard and Jeremy recruit some cool kids to hang out with Julie to make her seem cool. 3 "Gay School Dance" Tyree Dillihay Jonah Hill & Andrew Mogel & Jarrad Paul November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13) 103 4.24 Tension occurs when Joel Zadak invites Allen Gregory's best friend Patrick and not Allen to the school dance. 4 "Interracial McAdams" Bernard Derriman Hayes Davenport November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20) 104 3.97 When Joel Zadak stays home from school because he's sick, the always presumptuous Allen Gregory steps in to help his popular "friend" by keeping tabs on the clique. As Allen Gregory gains some ground with the exclusive group, Zadak loses more than his friends. Meanwhile, Richard hits the boardroom at his father's company 5 "Full Blown Maids" Wes Archer Guy Endore Kaiser November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27) 105 3.18 Gina decides to teach Allen Gregory by making him write a paper on racism after he mistakes Guillermo, a fellow Hispanic classmate, for the school janitor. Allen refuses to write the paper and instead produces a school play and presents it to the school, staff and student parents. 6 "Mom Sizemore" Jennifer Coyle Sean Clements & Dominic Dierkes December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04) 106 5.21 Allen Gregory discovers that it is biologically impossible for a male to bear a child, contrary to the story that he was conceived by his two fathers, a lie his father told him. Allen decides to find his biological mother Sheila and reunite her with his father, while shutting Jeremy out, until he realizes it's a terrible mistake. 7 "Van Moon Rising" Tyree Dillihay Gene Hong December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) 107 3.32 Allen Gregory attempts to blackmail Principal Gottlieb to date him. He did it successfully, but then Judith later turns her back on him by reading a love letter from her husband, the school's counselor. Note: This is the series finale. Productionedit: Hill co-created the series with Mogel and Paul. All three, along with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope, serve as executive producers.David A. Goodman, who was with the series Family Guy from its 2005 return to television, until its ninth season, is also an executive producer in addition to being the showrunner. The series is a co-production of 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin Entertainment. Fox placed an order for seven episodes in October 2010. On July 12, 2011, Fox ordered six additional scripts of the series. Although unknown if the scripts were ever finished, the scripts were never produced into episodes. Home mediaedit: The season was originally available on the iTunes Store and Amazon for download. However, it was eventually taken down for unknown reasons. No DVD release has been announced yet. Receptionedit: The series pilot episode attracted 4.77 million U.S. viewers; The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXII," which aired on the same night and network, attracted 8.10 million viewers. Critical receptionedit: Allen Gregory was universally panned by critics, and is considered to be one of the worst animated television series to air on television. Chris Swanson of WhatCulture gave an episode a rating of 0 out of 5, stating he was "seriously disappointed" by the episode.Robert Bianco of USA Today also gave an episode a negative review, calling it "nasty and brutish", "rarely funny", and stated that Julie was the only likable character in the series. Metacritic had an overall review of 39% for the show. Broadcastedit: Allen Gregory was simsubbed in Canada in most regions. In the UK it was shown on E4.

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