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Blue Mountain State
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Blue Mountain State intertitle
GenreComedy
Sports
Created byEric Falconer
Chris Romano
Theme music composerRev Theory
Opening theme"Hell Yeah"
by Rev Theory
Country of originUnited States
Original languageTransclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsSainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Running time22 min
Production companiesFalconer/Romanski
Varsity Pictures
Lionsgate Television
Original release
NetworkSpike
ReleaseJanuary 11, 2010 (2010-01-11) –
present

Blue Mountain State is an American comedy series that premiered on Spike TV on January 11, 2010. The series producers include Chris Romano and Eric Falconer of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Channel 101 and The Sarah Silverman Program. It is produced by Lionsgate Television.

Synopsis

The series is a takeoff of National Lampoon's Animal House and Van Wilder focusing on the football-centric university, Blue Mountain State, and its rather awkward team "The Goats". It covers topics of college life, including football, scoring with women, drinking binges, wild partying, and hazing.

Main characters

  • Alex Moran (Darin Brooks): A freshman second-string quarterback for the Blue Mountain State team and the first 10,000 yard passer in Wyoming high school history. Unlike the rest of the characters, Alex does not see college football as a stepping stone for the NFL and is content to spend his days as a back-up player and a life as an "Average Joe" once he graduates college. Instead, he is dedicated to having as much fun as humanly possible while in college, which includes getting drunk and having sexual intercourse. He is from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
  • Sammy Cacciatore (Chris Romano): The team mascot (Mounty, The Mountain Goat Mascot) and Alex's roommate. Is constantly searching for girls and excuses to get drunk, with his drinking often leading him into misadventure. Like Alex, he grew up in Wyoming.
  • Craig Shilo (Sam Jones III): Last year’s National High School Player of the Year, Craig Shilo is the team's star freshman player. Unlike his teammates, Craig is rather straight-laced and committed to his ultra-manipulative girlfriend Denise who he breaks up with when he finds out she cheated on him with other men, including a man from her marketing class who she tells Craig is an NFL scout. He is from Columbus, Ohio.
  • Thad Castle (Alan Ritchson): A junior linebacker/team captain from Connecticut. Despite his status as a two time consensus All-American and team record holder for most tackles in a game (a game which he was subsequently ejected from for calling referees "butt faces[1]" , Thad is largely hated by his teammates for his bully ways and high strung antics when things do not go his way. Has a father who died while in the military, stationed in Bosnia and has an attractive half-sister of which he is overly protective. He is also heavily prone to engage in excessive homoerotic behavior, especially in relations to the hazing rituals he makes freshmen engage in.
  • Coach Marty Daniels (Ed Marinaro): Six time National Champion, and long standing pillar of the BMS community, Coach Marty Daniels is the winning-est football coach in Blue Mountain State history. Coach Daniels has accumulated 243 wins over the years and expects to add to that total this year in his quest to break Joe Paterno’s record of 388.

Secondary characters

  • Denise Roy (Gabrielle Dennis): Denise is Craig Shilo's high school girlfriend. A former homecoming queen and star student at Blue Mountain State, Denise is a cold and calculating figure who withholds sex from Craig to make him play better, all the while sleeping around behind his back (having three-ways with two other women and sleeping with a guy from her marketing class). She is often at odds with Alex Moran, who sees through her facade.
  • Larry (Omari Newton): A junior defensive back, who plays a "sidekick" role to Thad. Although the event is unspecified, it is known that Larry once helped Thad out of a tough situation.

Reception

Metacritic gave the series 38 out of 100, from the 4 reviews it collected, and a user score of 8.7 out of 10 based on 32 votes.[2] Brian Lowry of Variety found that "Blue Mountain embraces that (crude comedy) aspect of Spike's mandate over all else -- putting the bodily function/semi-nudity cart before the sitcom horse."[3] Lowry also stated that, "(Spike) has simply made this too-blue "Mountain" into a comedic molehill."[3] Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald gave the series a favourable review saying, "Blue is also frequently funny in a raunchy American Pie way. It’s a college comedy in which the guys want to get wasted and laid, in whatever order." As to production Perigard described it as "solidly made on a cable budget."[4] Joe Walljasper of the Columbia Daily Tribune describes the series as appealing to those who viewed the film Porky's and "felt that the jokes were a little too high-brow."[5]

The show has averaged 949,000 viewers through its first six episodes while improving on the time slot by 165% among men 18-24. As a result, it has been renewed for a second season. [6]

Episodes

Main article: List of Blue Mountain State episodes

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD
Season premiere Season finale
1 13 January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11) March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30) —
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Filming locations

International distribution

Country Network(s) Aired Notes
 United States Spike Tuesday 10:00pm Starting January 11, 2010
 Argentina MTV Latin America Sunday 10:00 pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Australia MTV Australia Sneak Peak: April 18, Regular from April 22, 2010
 Belgium MTV Belgium Sunday 10:10pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Canada Super Channel Monday 11:30pm ET repeats at various times throughout the week[7]
 Chile MTV Latin America Sunday 10:00 pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Colombia MTV Latin America Sunday 10:00 pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Croatia MTV Adria Coming Soon
 Denmark MTV Denmark Sunday 10:10pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Ecuador MTV Latin America Sunday 10:00 pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Finland MTV Finland Sunday 10:10pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Germany MTV Germany Sunday 10:30pm repeats at various times throughout the week
 Austria MTV Austria Sunday 10:30pm repeats at various times throughout the week
 Hong Kong MTV Asia Sunday 10:00pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Hungary MTV Hungary Sunday 9:50pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Indonesia MTV Asia Sunday 9:00pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Ireland MTV UK & Ireland Sunday 10:30pm starting April 18, 2010
 Italy MTV Italy Monday 10:30pm
 Japan MTV Japan Sunday 11:30pm Starting April 18, 2010 when two episodes were broadcast, beginning at 11:00pm
 Mexico MTV Latin America Sunday 10:00 pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Netherlands MTV Netherlands Sunday 10:10pm Starting April 18, 2010
 New Zealand MTV (New Zealand) Started April 22, 2010
 Philippines MTV Asia Sunday 10:00pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Portugal MTV Portugal Saturday 9:00 pm
 Romania MTV Romania Wednesday 10:00 pm / Sunday 10:00 pm Starting April 18, 2010 when two episodes were broadcast, beginning at 10:00pm
 Serbia MTV Adria Coming Soon
 Singapore MTV Asia Sunday 10:00pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Slovenia MTV Adria Coming Soon
 South Africa DSTV Thursday 8:00pm ET
 Sweden MTV Sweden Sunday 10:10pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Ukraine MTV Ukraine Sunday 9:30pm Starting April 18, 2010
 United Kingdom MTV UK & Ireland Sunday 10:30pm Starting April 18, 2010
 Vietnam MTV Asia / VCTV Sunday 10:00pm Starting April 18, 2010.

References

  1. ^ "Thad Castle". Spike TV. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Blue Mountain State". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b Lowry, Brian (11 January 2010). "Blue Mountain State". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ Perigard, Mark A. (12 January 2010). "Rocky 'Mountain' Spike TV's raunchy college-set comedy lacks class". Boston Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ Walljasper, Joe. "TAKE TWO: An alternative look at the day in sports". Columbia, Missouri: Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ^ Umstead, Thomas (February 26, 2010). "Spike's `Blue Mountain State' Scores Second Season Pickup - College Football-Themed Series Averaging Nearly 1 Million Viewers". Multichannel News. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Blue Mountain State". Super Channel. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
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