What About Brian Information

What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J. J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007. On May 16, 2006, ABC renewed the series for its second season, notably making it the only new series to be picked up by the network from the 2005"2006 television season, despite it being the final new series introduced by ABC during the season. The series returned October 9, 2006, with a full 22-episode season confirmed by November 10, 2006. The second season order was subsequently scaled back to 19 episodes by the network.

What About Brian ended its run after two seasons on March 26, 2007.

Plot

32-year-old Brian Davis is living the life of a single guy in Venice Beach, California. However, he is the only bachelor left in his group of friends. His best friend, lawyer Adam Hillman, recently got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Marjorie, a girl Brian is secretly in love with and whom Adam was planning to break up with. Another friend, Dave Greco, who is co-founder with Brian of Zap Monkey, a company that designs and produces video games, cannot wait to welcome Brian into the marriage club, as Dave has been married to Deena for thirteen years and has three daughters. His older sister, record executive Nicole, has recently married Italian model Angelo Varzi and is pregnant with a girl she names Bella. Brian's journey to find romance leads him down a road where the picture-perfect relationships of his friends are tested and revealed for what they truly are.

Cast

• Barry Watson as Brian Davis
• Matthew Davis as Adam Hillman
• Sarah Lancaster as Marjorie Seaver (Episodes 1"10 & 17-18)
• Rick Gomez as Dave Greco
• Amanda Detmer as Deena Greco
• Rosanna Arquette as Nicole Varzi
• Raoul Bova as Angelo Varzi (Episodes 1"11)
• Jon Hamm as Richard Povich (Episodes 1"6)
• Amy Jo Johnson as Karen "the Car Girl" (Episodes 1"6)
• Rachelle Lefevre as Heather "Summer" Hillman (Episodes 11"25)
• Krista Allen as Bridget Keller (Season 2)
• Jason George as Jimmy (Episodes 9"25)
• Amanda Foreman as Ivy (Episodes 9"25)
• Tiffani Thiessen as Natasha Drew (Episodes 21"25)
• Stacy Keibler as Stephanie (Episodes 20-25)
• Jessica Szohr as Laura (Episodes 20-25)

Episodes

Unaired pilot

An unaired pilot with a completely different structure from the first episode was created, with Polly Shannon portraying Marjorie instead of Sarah Lancaster.

International broadcasts

Country	TV Network(s)	Date of Premiere	Weekly Schedule
	Seven Network 7Two	February 18 2007 November 4 2009	Sundays, 9.30pm Wednesdays, 10:30pm (repeats)
	ORF eins	December 2007
	bTV	2008	Monday"Thursday, 9.00pm (first run) Monday"Friday, 3.30pm (second run)
	Nelonen	2008	Sundays, 4.30pm
	TF1	May 2007	Saturdays, 4.00pm
	Fox Life Greece	January 7, 2011	Fridays, 9.50pm
	Xtra HOT HOT3	December 24, 2006 2007	Sundays, 10.00pm Sunday"Thursday, 7.10pm
	CTV	June 3, 2008	Monday"Friday, 4.15pm
	WOWOW	April 2008	Sundays
Latin America	Sony	November 2006	Mondays, 9.00pm
	NET 5	2007	Tuesdays. 9.30pm
	TV2	2007	Fridays, 8.30pm
	Vibe	2009	Saturday, 7.30pm
	Global TV	2008	Tuesdays, 11.25pm
	Pakistan Television	September 2008	Sundays, 9.00pm
	RTP2	February 2007	Thursdays, 10.40pm
	Kanal A	February 2007	Thursdays, 10.40pm
	Nitro	January 2009	Saturdays, 14:40
	E4 Channel 4	May 2007 ?	Tuesdays, 9.00pm Fridays after midnight
	ABC	April 16, 2006	Mondays, 10.00pm

DVD release

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.

DVD name	Ep #	Release date	Additional information
The Complete Series	24	September 25, 2007	What About Season 3 featurette Cast interviews & Bloopers

Music

• Howie Day's "Collide" is the song used in the announcement commercials.
• The theme song that appears at the beginning of each episode is "Calling All Friends" by Low Stars.
• The 1970 song "Hey Hey What Can I Do" by Led Zeppelin inspired the theme song and also has lyrics that parallel the show's plot. The lyrics of the song tell of a man's love for a woman that he will never have all to himself; a woman who 'wants to ball all day', 'stays drunk all the time', and who 'won't be true.' The first verse is a declaration of his love and his desire to tell her that she is the only one for him. The second verse describes her infidelity and his jealousy and frustration. In the third verse he comes to the conclusion that he must leave her 'where the guitars play', a sentiment reinforced by the vamp in which the lead singer, Robert Plant, is backed by the rest of the band repeating the two lines; 'Hey hey what can I do' and 'Oh Lord what can I say.'
• Colin Hay's music has been used in several episodes of What About Brian:
• Hay's song "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin" ended the episode "Two in 24" and was also used in the episode "Sex, Lies and Videotape."
• "Beautiful World" ended the episode "Moving Day."
• "Don't Wait Up" ended the episode "The Importance of Being Brian" and was also in the episode "Sex, Lies and Videotape."
• Keith Varon has provided songs for the show.