The Show About the Show

Synopsis

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.

First Air Date: 2015-10-06

Last Air Date: 2025-03-30

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 24

Created By: Caveh Zahedi

Networks: BRIC TV

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Top Cast

Caveh Zahedi as Himself
Dustin Guy Defa as Aziz
Amanda Field as Self
Eléonore Hendricks as N/A
Lindsay Burdge as Mandy
Emmy Harrington as N/A
Kentucker Audley as Filmmaker
Zia Anger as Ashley
Terence Nance as N/A
Matt Grady as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (2015) - (7 Episodes)

Season 2 (2018) - (5 Episodes)

Season 3 (2025) - (8 Episodes)

Season 4 (2021) - (4 Episodes)

Season 1 (2015)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Why Did We Greenlight This? (2015-10-06)

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi tries to persuade a Brooklyn Cable Network to give him money to make a meta-series TV show in which each episode will be about the making of the previous episode.
Ep. 2: Paraplegic Threesome (2015-10-27)

During the filming of the pilot episode, Caveh becomes obsessed by the sexual exploits of his co-star, Eleonore Hendricks, and decides to re-enact them. series.
Ep. 3: The Truth Shall Set You Free (2015-12-09)

Caveh's radical honesty alienates his cast and crew and threatens his marriage.
Ep. 4: David Mark Chapman (2016-03-08)

Caveh confesses his crush to Mandy and Eleonore, with unexpected results.
Ep. 5: Fan Mail (2016-08-02)

Caveh's on-camera pot smoking with his students gets him in trouble with the University.
Ep. 6: He Called Hydrangeas Purple (2017-02-10)

Mandy gets stoned with the neighbors and Caveh commits poetic adultery as questions surface about Sam’s tattoo.
Ep. 7: Break-Up (2017-08-10)

Mandy tells Caveh what she's been hiding from him ever since Episode 3.