High Fidelity (TV series)

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This article is about the 2020 Hulu TV series. For the 2000 movie, see High Fidelity (film). For other uses, see high fidelity (disambiguation).
High Fidelity
File:High Fidelity Series Title Card.jpeg
Genre Romantic comedy
Based on High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
Developed by Veronica West
Sarah Kucserka
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Narrated by Zoë Kravitz
Music by Nathan Larson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10 (list of episodes)
Production
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Producer(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Adrienne Erickson
  • Raymond Quinlan
Cinematography Carmen Cabana
Editor(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Kate Hickey
  • Catherine Haight
  • Matthew James Barbato
  • Jack Cunningham
Running time 26–34 minutes
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Distributor Disney Platform Distribution
Release
Original network Hulu
Picture format 4K UHD Dolby Vision HDR 10
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

High Fidelity is an American romantic comedy television series, based on the 1995 novel High Fidelity by Nick Hornby and the 2000 High Fidelity film. It premiered on the Hulu streaming service on February 14, 2020.[1] The series starred Zoë Kravitz, whose mother Lisa Bonet appeared in the original film. Although favorably reviewed, the series was canceled in August 2020 after one season.[2]

Premise

High Fidelity follows "the ultimate music fan, a record store owner who's obsessed with pop culture and Top Five lists" in the neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn.[3]

Cast and characters

Main

  • Zoë Kravitz as Robyn "Rob" Brooks,[4][5] the owner of Championship Vinyl who struggles with a lifetime of failed relationships
  • Jake Lacy as Clyde[5]
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Cherise,[5] an employee at Championship Vinyl and one of Rob's best friends
  • David H. Holmes as Simon,[5] an employee at Championship Vinyl and Rob's other best friend who is also Rob's heartbreak story #3

Recurring

  • Kingsley Ben-Adir as Russell "Mac" McCormack, Rob's latest ex-boyfriend who broke her heart and heartbreak story #5
  • Rainbow Sun Francks as Cameron Brooks, Rob's brother
  • Nadine Malouf as Nikki Brooks, Cameron's pregnant wife and Rob's sister-in-law
  • Antonio Ortiz as Carlos, a bodega cashier
  • Edmund Donovan as Blake, a barista who flirts with Simon

Guest

  • Clark Furlong as Kevin Bannister, Rob's heartbreak story #1 when she was in middle school
  • Ivanna Sakhno as Kat Monroe, Rob's heartbreak story #2
  • Justin Silver as Justin Kitt, Rob's heartbreak story #4
  • Kevin Iso as Lewis, a friend of Rob, Simon, and Cherise
  • Thomas Doherty as Liam Shawcross, a young Scottish musician
  • Debbie Harry as herself
  • Jeffrey Nordling as Tim Parker, a music enthusiast whose wife is secretly selling his vinyl collection
  • Parker Posey as Noreen Parker, an Upper West artist who wants to sell her husband Tim's vinyl collection
  • Jack Antonoff as himself
  • Sydney Mae Diaz and Kyoko Takenaka as Shane and Peachy, two aspiring musicians who borrow the store's records
  • Brian Silliman as the Hammer, an old friend of Rob and Cameron
  • Christian Coulson as Benjamin Young, a lawyer and Simon's on-again, off-again boyfriend
  • Dana Drori as Lily, Mac's fiancée
  • Tara Summers as Tanya, Rob's first roommate, with whom she goes out on her 30th birthday

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date
1 "Top Five Heartbreaks" Jesse Peretz and Jeffrey Reiner Veronica West & Sarah Kucserka February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Robyn "Rob" Brooks is the owner of a record store called Championship Vinyl. Breaking the fourth wall, she explains her history of failed relationships, five of which compose her All-Time Top 5 Most Memorable Heartbreaks. One of her ex-boyfriends is Simon, who is now working at the store and is best friend with her alongside Cherise. Rob's latest breakup was Russell "Mac" McCormack, who left her brokenhearted to live in London. A year later, thinking she has recovered from Mac, she decides to go on a date with a man named Clyde. On her way to the meeting spot, she bumps into Mac, who is back to New York. Distraught, she behaves poorly at the beginning of the date, but ultimately cedes and takes Clyde to her house. The next day, he is gone, but he returns at night and explains to her that his car was towed, and he needed to take off without explanations, even leaving his phone behind.
2 "Track 2" Jeffrey Reiner Veronica West & Sarah Kucserka February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Rob is developing a playlist about Mac with no intention of sending it to him. While explaining how to make a good playlist, she rewinds past events from their relationship. One night, she found a wedding ring among his stuff and panicked; she left suddenly and only returned late in the night, saying that she was ready to be his fiancée. As Rob flashes back, Simon and Cherise show up at her apartment and take her to watch the show of an up-and-coming punk rock singer named Liam Shawcross. They end up adoring Liam and his musical expression, so they invite him to show up someday at the store. Rob returns home with the perfect song to close the playlist and sends it to Mac. The next morning, having brunch with Cam, Rob's brother, and his wife Nikki, Rob discovers that Mac is dating another woman and leaves infuriated.
3 "What Fucking Lily Girl?" Jeffrey Reiner Josh Koenigsberg February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Rob discovers via Cam that Mac met Lily one year earlier and is about to propose. As she starts obsessing with Lily, Liam Shawcross shows up at the store and invites them to a concert he's performing. Simon questions Cherise why she hasn't released a song yet, even though she wants to launch a music career. Rob misses Liam's show because she was trying to spot Lily in a frose bar, but she and Liam have a good time together afterwards, ending up in Liam's apartment. When they start kissing, Rob discovers that Liam's much younger than her and leaves abruptly. Questioning why she always becomes miserable after a breakup, Rob calls Kevin Bannister, number one on her top 5 heartbreaks, and learns through one of his family members that he has married Hannah Shepherd, the girl he dated after Rob, when they were children. This revelation makes Rob understand that the end of their relationship was fate and was beyond her control. Relieved, she decides to search for the other ex-lovers she had.
4 "Good Luck and Goodbye" Andrew DeYoung Eli Wilson Pelton February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Rob starts her search to track down her Top 5 heartbreaks to find out why she's always "rejected." Though initially planning on speaking with them chronologically, she runs into Simon at a pretentious coffee shop. Simon becomes annoyed when Rob tells him he's on her list of heartbreaks, but also insists that since they've maintained their friendship, in a way, they've never broken up. At the store, Rob and Simon notice Cherise putting in more work than usual and that she's put up a flyer in search of a band. Rob reaches out to Kat Monroe through Instagram, where Kat's found a moderate amount of fame as an influencer but is left on read. Rob decides to move on to Justin Kitt, her fourth ex, who still performs stand up comedy as he did when they were dating. Rob becomes moderately disinterested in their conversation, but she does feel a lot better when reminded that she was the one who ended things with Justin not the other way around. The next day, Kat follows up with Rob. They meet at a sponsored event for Kat and her fellow influencers, which Rob leaves dismissed and irritated by Kat. That night, Simon and Cherise heavily advise Rob not to talk to her final ex: Mac. Instead, Rob decides to show up to Mac's apartment unannounced. They share a drink and at first things seem well, until Rob brings up Lily. She leaves, upset that she could not bring herself to Mac why he left her and smokes alone in her apartment in frustration.
5 "Uptown" Jeffrey Reiner E.T. Feigenbaum & Zoë Kravitz February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
6 "Weird...But Warm" Natasha Lyonne Celeste Hughey February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
7 "Me Time" Jeffrey Reiner Franklin Hardy February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
8 "Ballad of the Lonesome Loser" Jeffrey Reiner Solomon Georgio February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
9 "Fun Rob" Chioke Nassor Veronica West, Sarah Kucserka, and Leigh Ann Biety February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
10 "The Other Side of the Rock" Jeffrey Reiner Veronica West February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)

Production

Development

On April 5, 2018, Disney announced it was developing a television series adaptation of their 2000 Touchstone film High Fidelity to be written by Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka with the intention of distributing it through their then-unnamed upcoming streaming service, now known as Disney+.[6] Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Midnight Radio and ABC Signature Studios.[7] On September 24, 2018, it was announced that Disney had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. Executive producers were expected to include West, Kucserka, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, and Zoë Kravitz.[3] On April 9, 2019, it was announced that the series has been moved from Disney+ to Hulu.[8] In July 2019, during an interview, Natasha Lyonne revealed that she was directing an episode of High Fidelity.[9] On August 5, 2020, Hulu canceled the series after one season.[2]

Casting

Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Zoë Kravitz, whose mother Lisa Bonet appeared in the 2000 film adaptation, is set to star in the series.[3] On April 22, 2019, it was announced that Jake Lacy had been cast as a series regular.[10] On May 17, 2019, it was reported that Da'Vine Joy Randolph and David Holmes had joined the main cast.[4] In the same month, Kingsley Ben-Adir was cast in a guest starring role.[11]

Filming

The principal photography started around July 2019 in Brooklyn.[12]

Release

Broadcast

High Fidelity premiered on February 14, 2020.[1] The first three episodes were also aired on March 16, 2020, on Freeform.[13] Internationally, the series premiered on February 21, 2020, in Canada on Starz and on May 1, 2020, in Australia on ABC iview and ABC Comedy.[14][15] It was also released in select territories like Australia, the UK and Canada on Disney+ under the Star content hub and on Star+ in Latin America.[16]

Marketing

The first set of images were released in late October 2019 with the announcement of series premiere date.[17] The teaser trailer for the series was released on December 20, 2019 [18]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an 86% approval rating with 70 reviews, with an average rating of 7.79/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Though it skips the occasional beat, High Fidelity's fresh take on a familiar track is as witty as it is emotionally charged, giving the charming and curmudgeonly Zoe Kravitz plenty of room to shine."[19] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[20]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref
2020 Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards Best New Streaming Series (Comedy) High Fidelity Nominated [21]
2021 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Best Music Supervision for Television Comedy or Musical Manish Raval, Alison Rosenfeld Moses, and Tom Wolfe Won [22]
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical Zoë Kravitz Nominated [23]

References

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External links

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