DTLA (TV series)

2012 American TV series or program

DTLA

Genre| Drama
Comedy
Created by| Larry Kennar
Directed by| Larry Kennar
Composer| Alexander Bornstein
Country of origin| United States
Canada
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 9
Production
Executive producers| Larry Kennar
Darryl Stephens
Michael Andres Palmieri
Helen Shaw
Producer| Charisse Reneau
Cinematography| Alex Milosevic
Production companies| Larry Kennar Entertainment
OUTtv
Original release
Network| OUTtv
Logo
Release| October 24 (2012-10-24) –
December 1, 2012 (2012-12-01)

DTLA (acronym for Downtown Los Angeles) is a gay-themed television series which premiered October 24, 2012. The series was created, and is co-produced and directed by Larry Kennar.[1] It follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles[2] under the slogan: One City, Seven Lives / Old Friends, New Stories. The seven main characters are Lenny, Bryan, Sara Jane, Matthew, Marky, Kai and Stefan.

## Cast

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* Darryl Stephens as Leonard "Lenny", a civil litigation attorney and Bryan's boyfriend of six years[3]
* Matthew Stephen Herrick as Bryan, a stoner and Lenny's boyfriend who has been unemployed for over a year[4]
* Marshelle Fair as SJ, a Professor of fashion merchandizing, textiles, and accessories, she is a college friend of Lenny, Kai and Kevin, and estranged wife of Norm[5]
* Hiro Tanaka as Kai Nakamoto, a high school math teacher[6]
* Scott Pretty as Marky, a military man and boyfriend of Matthew[7]
* Patrick McDonald as Matthew Bouvier, Bryan's friend who recently moved to LA to be an actor[8]
* Ernest Pierce as Stefan, a lawyer and friend of Lenny[9]
* JC Jones as Trey, Stefan's young boyfriend, he works in a doughnut shop part-time and has a stage act at night as a drag queen[10]
* Jeremy Jackson as Kevin, a former model, college friend of Lenny, Kai, and SJ, who recently moved back to LA for a new start
* Michael Basilli as Rafi, a manager of a Downtown Los Angeles club, who after meeting Kai soon becomes a romantic interest of Kai
* B. Scott as Bosco, owner of a restaurant they frequently gather at[11]
* Sandra Bernhard as Carla, one of Bryan's mothers[12]
* Melanie Griffith as Kimberley, one of Bryan's mothers[13]
* Paul Mooney as Silas, Lenny's estranged father[14]
* AzMarie Livingston as Ricki, Kimberly's current girlfriend[15]
* William McNamara as Norm, a lawyer and SJ's husband[16]
* Ryan Izay as Rod
* Cesar D' La Torre as Ceasar Gomez
* Luenell as Racine, Trey's mother and Ressie's sister
* Tiffany Pollard as Reesie, Trey's aunt and Racine's sister
* Jeffrey Damnit as Shef, one of Lenny's naked neighbors

## Production

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DTLA was originally made as a movie.[1] The U.S.'s two main LGBT cable channels were not enthusiastic about the project; here! passed on the project and Logo was initially non-committal.[17] Brad Danks, COO of OUTtv said, "He called us because he had heard from people in the U.S. that we were doing good things in Canada with the service."[17] After screening a rough cut of the movie for executives of OUTtv they commissioned a series instead.[1] It was originally expected that the series would premiere on OUTtv in the late spring of 2012.[18] On January 25, 2012 Kennar created an account on Kickstarter.com for the series, to secure the remaining required financing via crowd funding.[19] In 6 days 50 people had pledged a total of $4762.[1] On February 21, 2012 it was announced that they had surpassed their target of $25000.[20] In April 2012 it was announced that the premiere of DTLA would be delayed until after the launch of OUTtv's HD channel which would be coming in a few months.[21] In September 2012 it was announced that DTLA had been acquired by Logo.[22] DTLA is the first series funded in part via Kickstarter to receive domestic and international distribution.[17] Distribution outside of Canada and the U.S. is being handled by OUTtv.[21]

## Episodes

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Canadian air date| U.S. air date

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1| "Episode 1 – The Pilot - Part 1"[23]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar| October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)| October 24, 2012
2| "Episode 2 – The Pilot – Part 2"[24]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar| October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)| October 24, 2012
3| "Episode 3"[25]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar| October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31)| October 31, 2012
4| "Episode 4"[26]| Larry Kennar| Darryl Stephens| November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07)| November 7, 2012
5| "Episode 5"[27]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar & Michael Andres Palmieri| November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)| November 17, 2012
6| "Episode 6"[28]| Larry Kennar| Michael Andres Palmieri| November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21)| November 24, 2012[29]
7| "Episode 7"[30]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar| November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)| November 24, 2012[31]
8| "Episode 8 – Season Finale – Part 1"[32]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar| December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)| December 1, 2012[33]
9| "Episode 9 – Season Finale – Part 2"[34]| Larry Kennar| Larry Kennar| December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12)| December 1, 2012[35]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Holzer, Alexandra (January 30, 2012). "Larry Kennar, L Word Producer, Talks DTLA, His New Gay Scripted Drama Series". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
2. ^ Lynn, Logan (November 1, 2013). "Sex, Love and Los Angeles: Your New Favorite Show Has Arrived". Huffington Post.
3. ^ "Lenny". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
4. ^ "Bryan". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
5. ^ "SJ". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
6. ^ "Kai". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
7. ^ "Marky". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
8. ^ "Matthew". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
9. ^ "Stefan". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
10. ^ "Trey". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
11. ^ "Bosco". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
12. ^ "Sandra Bernhard joins cast of DTLA". May 30, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
13. ^ "Melanie Griffith joins cast of DTLA". July 10, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
14. ^ "Paul Mooney Joins the Cast of DTLA". July 5, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
15. ^ "Model AzMarie joins DTLA Cast". July 14, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
16. ^ "Norm". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
17. ^ a b c Vlessing, Etan (October 16, 2012). "How Canada's Gay Network Rode to the Rescue of Logo's DTLA Ensemble Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
18. ^ Rathe, Adam (January 26, 2012). "OUT Exclusive: New Gay TV Drama, 'DTLA'". Out.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
19. ^ "DTLA by Larry Kennar — Kickstarter". Retrieved November 23, 2012.
20. ^ "DTLA Kickstarter Campaign - 24 Hours To Go!". February 21, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
21. ^ a b "DTLA - Breaking News!!!". April 11, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
22. ^ "Logo Acquires Scripted Series 'DTLA'". Deadline Hollywood. September 27, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
23. ^ "Episode 1 – The Pilot – Part 1". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
24. ^ "Episode 2 – The Pilot – Part 2". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
25. ^ "Episode 3". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
26. ^ "Episode 4". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
27. ^ "Episode 5". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
28. ^ "Episode 6". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
29. ^ "LOGOONLINE.com : TV Schedule : Episodes Air Dates (DTLA episode 6)". Logo. Retrieved November 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
30. ^ "Episode 7". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
31. ^ "LOGOONLINE.com : TV Schedule : Episodes Air Dates (DTLA episode 7)". Logo. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
32. ^ "Episode 8 – Season Finale – Part 1". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
33. ^ "LOGOONLINE.com : TV Schedule : Episodes Air Dates (DTLA episode 8)". Logo. Retrieved November 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
34. ^ "Episode 9 – Season Finale – Part 2". dtlatheseries.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
35. ^ "LOGOONLINE.com : TV Schedule : Episodes Air Dates (DTLA episode 9)". Logo. Retrieved November 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* DTLA on imdb.com
* DTLA on logotv.com Archived October 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
* DTLA on OUTtv.ca
* DTLA on Facebook

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