Happyish (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2015-04-26
Ended: 2015-06-28
Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
Country: US
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 21:30
Runtime: 30 minutes
Average rating: 7.7
Happyish is a scathing examination of our pursuit of happiness, a pursuit that might just be the very thing causing our unhappiness in the first place. The new half-hour pilot stars Steve Coogan as Thom Payne, a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," as his mentor insists, or does he just have a "low joy ceiling," as his corporate headhunter suggests? Maybe pursuing happiness is a fool's errand? Maybe, after 44 years on this ludicrous planet, settling for happyish is the best one can expect.