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{{Infobox television
| image = Updated Franklin & Bash logo.png
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| genre =
*[[Comedy drama]]
| creator = [[Kevin Falls]]<br>Bill Chais▼
*[[Legal drama|Legal procedural]]
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*[[Kevin Falls]]
*Bill Chais
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| developer =
| writer =
| director =
| creative_director =
| starring = {{Plain list|
* [[Breckin Meyer]] * [[Mark-Paul Gosselaar]] * [[Dana Davis]] * [[Kumail Nanjiani]] * [[Malcolm McDowell]] * [[Reed Diamond]] * [[Garcelle Beauvais]] * [[Heather Locklear]] * [[Toni Trucks]] * Anthony Ordonez
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| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = "Mixture" performed by Pete<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pete/133457601669 Pete]. Facebook.</ref>
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| composer = John Robert Wood, Tree Adams
| country = United States
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| num_episodes = 40
| list_episodes = List of Franklin & Bash episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plain list|
* [[Jamie Tarses]] * Kevin Falls * Bill Chais * [[Jason Ensler]] }}
| producer = Dana Calvo
| editor = Joe Hobeck
| location = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]<br>[[Atlanta, Georgia]] <small>(pilot only)</small>
| cinematography = Dennis S. Hall
| camera = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| runtime = 38 minutes
| company = {{Plain list|
* FanFare Productions * Four Sycamore Productions * Left Coast Productions * [[Sony Pictures Television]] }}
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|6|1}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|10|22}}
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'''''Franklin & Bash''''' is an American [[
The series was broadcast in the United States on cable channel [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]. It premiered on June 1, 2011.<ref name=premiere>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/10/tnt-announces-summer-schedule-franklin-bash-falling-skies-rizzoli-isles-and-more/85317 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313051953/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/10/tnt-announces-summer-schedule-franklin-bash-falling-skies-rizzoli-isles-and-more/85317 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |title=TNT Announces Summer Schedule |date=March 10, 2011|last=Seidman|first=Robert |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref> The second season aired June 5, 2012,<ref name=FB2>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=TNT Renews 'Franklin & Bash' For Second Season |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/07/tnt-renews-franklin-bash-for-second-season/ |work=Deadline|date=July 26, 2011|access-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> and the third on June 19, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/franklin-bash-perception-rizzoli-isles-cold-justice-new-premiere-dates-27795/|title=Franklin & Bash, Perception, Rizzoli & isles, Cold Justice: New Premiere Dates|date=April 10, 2013|access-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> The show was renewed for a fourth season on October 17, 2013, which premiered August 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|author=Goldberg, Lesley |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/franklin-bash-renewed-fourth-season-649385 |title='Franklin & Bash' Renewed for Fourth Season at TNT |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2011-11-17 |access-date=2013-10-18}}</ref> On November 11, 2014, TNT canceled
==Overview==
{{main|List of Franklin & Bash episodes}}
The characters Jared Franklin and Peter Bash, for whom the show is named, are an unlikely duo of streetwise attorneys.
In agreeing to work for Infeld Daniels, Franklin and Bash were guaranteed that they would still be taking on the same kind of cases as before, only with the backing of a major law firm. Over the course of their cases Franklin and Bash, through their courtroom antics, prove to be effective advocates for their clients, much to the chagrin of Damien Karp and his ex-girlfriend fellow attorney Hanna Linden.
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Unbeknownst to the titular duo, Karp and Linden have been clandestinely stockpiling files on the team in the hopes that enough infractions will motivate Infeld to fire them. However, after assisting Franklin & Bash in [[military court]], Linden tried to delete the entire file, failing to hide the file from the NY firm partners.
The duo later learn their hiring was a move by Infeld to protect the firm from a [[leveraged buyout]] by any firm, particularly Franklin's father's firm, Franklin and Franklin.
In Season 3's "Coffee and Cream", the firm is renamed Infeld•Daniels•King LLC, with the hiring/buying in of Rachel King, a lawyer who had worked with Karp years ago and had recently humiliated Franklin and Bash on national television. Infeld hired her in hopes of restoring some of the corporate culture lost with the changes Franklin and Bash brought in with their own hiring.
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===Main===
* [[Breckin Meyer]] as Elmo "Jared" Franklin, Duke of Landingshire, the snarky, self-confident party-boy son of a famous trial lawyer. In season 2, it is revealed that his real first name is Elmo, a name which his family passes down from father to son. In season 4, he and Peter become name partners at the firm after Stanton is disbarred and leaves them in charge.
* [[Mark-Paul Gosselaar]] as Peter Bash, Franklin's best friend and legal partner.
* [[Malcolm McDowell]] as Stanton Infeld, who is eccentric and yet easy-going.
* [[Reed Diamond]] as Damien Karp, Stanton's nephew, former senior partner for Infeld Daniels, who become jealous of Franklin and Bash's good standing and quick success with his uncle.
* [[Dana Davis]] as Carmen Phillips (seasons 1–3),<ref name="cast"/> an ex-convict working for Franklin and Bash as their private personal investigator. She does not appear in "Good Lovin", "Freck" and "Shoot to Thrill" in season 3, her absence is not explained in these episodes. The season 4 premiere reveals that Carmen and Pindar left the firm.
* [[Kumail Nanjiani]] as Pindar ("Pindy") Singh (seasons 1–3),<ref name="cast"/> an [[agoraphobia|agoraphobic]] lawyer working for Franklin and Bash, who first met the duo during their law school days. In season 3, his absence is not explained in the "Control" and "Out of the Blue" episodes. The season 4 premiere reveals that Carmen and Pindar left the firm. He said he left the show because of his new show ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'', and that Pindy's departure will be explained. "Yeah, I actually had to leave ''Franklin & Bash'' to do ''Silicon Valley'', so you'll see in the new season that we figure out a way to hand it off to another character in a really funny way."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2014/06/kumail_nanjiani_discusses_the_best_dick_joke_in_history.php |title=Kumail Nanjiani discusses the best dick joke in history |date=June 17, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821174234/http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2014/06/kumail_nanjiani_discusses_the_best_dick_joke_in_history.php |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Garcelle Beauvais]] as Hanna Linden (seasons 1–2), a senior partner working for Infeld Daniels, and Karp's ex-girlfriend who uses Franklin's affections to get back at Damien. Infeld has stated he sees her as running the future of his law firm when he decides to eventually step down as managing partner. Linden was a member of the [[ROTC]] and following her time in [[law school]], she served in the [[United States Navy]] as a [[Judge Advocate General's Corps|JAG]] attorney for a year. In "Coffee and Cream" Jared mentions that she left for a better senior partnership at the Buget & Towne law firm.
* [[Heather Locklear]] as Rachel Rose King (season 3), a trial lawyer who joins the firm as a newly named on-door law partner, causing it to be renamed Infeld•Daniels•King LLC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tvline.com/2013/01/17/franklin-bash-cast-season-3-heather-locklear-boss/ |title=Heather Locklear Joins
* [[Toni Trucks]] as Anita Haskins (season 4), a smart, professional law school graduate who joins the firm for a chance to actually try cases as opposed to doing research.<ref name="cast"/>
* Anthony Ordonez as Dan Mundy (season 4), the firm's eccentric new investigator. He has a number of strange mannerisms, such as appearing out of nowhere and liberally interpreting Peter and Jared's requests. It is loosely implied that he has a military or intelligence background.<ref name="cast">{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/14/tnt-to-roll-out-10-original-series-this-summer-including-falling-skies-the-last-ship-legends-more/244838/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314210517/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/14/tnt-to-roll-out-10-original-series-this-summer-including-falling-skies-the-last-ship-legends-more/244838/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |title=TNT to Roll Out 10 Original Series This Summer Including 'Falling Skies', 'The Last Ship', 'Legends' & More |last=Kondolojy |first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=March 14, 2014 |access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref>
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==Development and production==
The series was originally in development for the [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] network.<ref name=hrFeb9>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tbs-loads-comedy-pilots-20484|title=TBS loads up on comedy pilots|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 9, 2010|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> In February 2010, TBS placed a cast-contingent [[Television pilot|pilot]] order from a script written by [[Kevin Falls]] and Bill Chais.<ref name=hrFeb9/> Casting announcements began in early March, with Meyer and Gosselaar taking starring roles as the title characters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/two-actors-join-tbs-franklin-21381|title=Two actors join TBS' 'Franklin & Bash'|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 8, 2010|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref>
The pilot was filmed in [[Atlanta]] in late March and early April.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2010/03/17/two-tv-pilots-shooting-in-atlanta-tbss-franklin-and-bash-with-mark-paul-gosselaar-and-malcolm-mcdowell-abcs-187-detroit-with-michael-imperioli |title=Two TV pilots shooting in Atlanta: TBS's 'Franklin and Bash' with Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Malcolm McDowell; ABC's '187 Detroit' with Michael Imperioli |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=March 17, 2010 |work=Access Atlanta |publisher=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=June 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://
==Reception==
===Critical reception===
''Franklin & Bash'' received mixed reviews from TV critics. On [[Metacritic]], the show has a score of 56 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/franklin-bash/season-1/critic-reviews |title=Franklin & Bash : Season 1 |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the show holds a rating of 61%, based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus reads, "Slick, playful, and occasionally witty, ''Franklin & Bash'' unfortunately sticks too close to the courtroom drama formula".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/franklin-and-bash|title=Franklin & Bash|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=1 June 2011}}</ref>
The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described the pilot episode as "not as intrigue-heavy as ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'', as satiric as ''[[The Good Guys (2010 TV series)|The Good Guys]]'' or as beautifully located as ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''; 'Franklin & Bash' is smart, it's fun and it's summer."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-franklin-and-bash-20110601,0,4726708.story |title=TV review: 'Franklin & Bash' |last1=McNamara |first1=Mary |date=1 June 2011 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave a positive review, describing the show as "playful, silly and wholly unpretentious."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://
<blockquote>In the end, ''Franklin & Bash'' uses the legal genre to prop up what is mostly a buddy story. There may be bigger reveals ahead and certain daring complications, but no doubt Franklin and Bash will get out of them with their good looks and quick wits. That’s how they roll – mostly – on TNT.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goodwin|first=Timothy|title=Franklin & Bash: TV Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/franklin-bash-tv-review-192843|access-date=17 June 2011|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
===Ratings===
The pilot episode premiered with 2.7 million total viewers, scoring 1.1 million viewers in the 18–49 demographic and 1.2 million in the 25–54 demographic, making it the fourth most watched cable-program of the evening.<ref>{{cite
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==Home media==
[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] have released the first three seasons of ''Franklin & Bash'' in Region 1, and the first three seasons in Region 2. Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series in Region 1.
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| April 28, 2014<ref name=DVD2>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00I3A0ZIG |title=Franklin & Bash - Season 2 |date=28 April 2014 |publisher=Amazon UK|access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref>
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| November 3, 2014<ref name=DVD3>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K5KOI6W |title=Franklin & Bash - Season 3 |date=3 November 2014 |publisher=Amazon UK|access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref>
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| The Complete Series
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| November 17, 2020<ref name=DVD5>{{cite web|url=https://www.millcreekent.com/products/franklin-and-bash |title=Franklin & Bash - The Complete Series |publisher=Mill Creek Entertainment|access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>
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==Broadcast==
''Franklin & Bash'' premiered in Canada on [[CTV Drama Channel|Bravo!]] on August 22, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin & Bash|url=http://www.bravo.ca/television/tvshows/show.aspx?showID=Franklin%20and%20Bash|publisher=Bravo! Canada|access-date=29 July 2011}}</ref> For the fourth season, the show was moved to [[M3 (Canadian TV channel)|M3]].<ref>{{cite web|title=This August on M3, the Exclusive Season 4 Premiere of FRANKLIN & BASH, and the Season 5A Finale of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS|url=http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/MuchMore/Press/This-August-on-M3-|publisher=Bell Media Press Room|access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref>
In the UK the show premiered on July 13, 2011 on [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin & Bash|url=http://www.e4.com/franklinandbash/about.html|publisher=E4|access-date=29 July 2011}}</ref> On November 8, 2011 it began showing on [[M-Net]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin & Bash M-Net| url=http://mnet.dstv.com/2011/08/26/franklin-bash/|publisher=M-Net|access-date=26 August 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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