Naked Josh

*Naked Josh*
Naked Josh
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Alex Epstein; Laura Kosterski
Starring	David Julian Hirsh; Andrew Tarbet; Sarah Smyth; Patricia McKenzie
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Showcase
Release	June 15, 2004 –; July 18, 2006

Naked Josh is a Canadian comedy television series, which aired on Showcase from 2004 to 2006. It was created and written by Alex Epstein and Laura Kosterski. The show starred David Julian Hirsh as Josh Gould, a university professor in Montreal who, although he teaches a sexual anthropology course, struggles to understand the ever-shifting rules and expectations of the dating scene.

It premiered in the 2004–2005 television season with eight half-hour episodes, and aired for a total of three seasons. The show's first season briefly aired on the Oxygen Network in the United States.

The series received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Comedy Series at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.

Cast and characters

David Julian Hirsh as Josh Gould
Sarah Smyth as Natalie Bouchard
Patricia McKenzie as Jennifer Chopra
James A. Woods as Steve
Susan Glover as Sarah
Andrew Tarbet as Eric Kosciusko
Ruth Chiang as Claudia
Lucinda Davis as Angela

Directors

Writers

Episodes

Season 1 (2004)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"The Sexual Contract"	Paul Carriere	Alex Epstein & Laura Kosterski	June 15, 2004 (2004-06-15)
2	2	"Game, Setup, Match"	Unknown	Unknown	June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22)
3	3	"Flirting With Disaster"	Unknown	Unknown	June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
4	4	"Celibacy"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)
5	5	"Domme & Dommer"	Unknown	Unknown	July 13, 2004 (2004-07-13)
6	6	"Do Not Resuscitate"	Paul Carriere	Alex Epstein	July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)
7	7	"The More the Merrier"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)
8	8	"Fun for the Whole Family"	Unknown	Unknown	August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)

Season 2 (2005)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
9	1	"Baring It All"	Unknown	Unknown	June 22, 2005 (2005-06-22)
10	2	"Damsel"	Unknown	Unknown	June 29, 2005 (2005-06-29)
11	3	"The Artist and the Professor"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 2005 (2005-07-06)
12	4	"The Loneliness Long Distance"	Unknown	Unknown	July 13, 2005 (2005-07-13)
13	5	"The Thrill of the Chase"	Unknown	Unknown	July 20, 2005 (2005-07-20)
14	6	"Fake It Till You Make It"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)
15	7	"Making It Work"	Unknown	Unknown	August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)
16	8	"What's the Rush?"	Unknown	Unknown	August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)

Season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
17	1	"Man on the Ledge"	TBA	TBA	TBA
18	2	"Who's Your Daddy?"	TBA	TBA	TBA
19	3	"Just Say Mo"	TBA	TBA	TBA
20	4	"Looking Good"	TBA	TBA	TBA
21	5	"Name Your Price"	TBA	TBA	TBA
22	6	"Pistols at Dawn"	TBA	TBA	TBA
23	7	"Virgin Territory"	TBA	TBA	TBA
24	8	"Planned Parenthood"	TBA	TBA	TBA
25	9	"Footprints"	TBA	TBA	TBA
26	10	"Beating the Rap"	TBA	TBA	TBA

References

↑ "The plot is flimsy; the sex is hot". Winnipeg Free Press, June 15, 2004.
↑ Brendan Kelly, "Montrealer starring as hapless anthropology prof in new Showcase TV show Naked Josh". CanWest News Service, June 7, 2004.
↑ "Gemini Hit List". Winnipeg Free Press, November 4, 2006.

External links

Naked Josh at IMDb

[1] "The plot is flimsy; the sex is hot". Winnipeg Free Press, June 15, 2004.

[2] Brendan Kelly, "Montrealer starring as hapless anthropology prof in new Showcase TV show Naked Josh". CanWest News Service, June 7, 2004.

[3] "Gemini Hit List". Winnipeg Free Press, November 4, 2006.