Naked Josh

Naked Josh
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Alex Epstein Laura Kosterski
Starring	David Julian Hirsh Andrew Tarbet Sarah Smyth Patricia McKenzie
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26
Production
Production locations	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Showcase
Release	June 15, 2004 (2004-06-15) – July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)

Naked Josh is a Canadian comedy television series, which aired on Showcase from 2004 to 2006. It was created and written by Alex Epstein and Laura Kosterski. The show starred David Julian Hirsh as Josh Gould, a university professor in Montreal who, although he teaches a sexual anthropology course, struggles to understand the ever-shifting rules and expectations of the dating scene.

It premiered in the 2004–2005 television season with eight half-hour episodes, and aired for a total of three seasons. The show's first season briefly aired on the Oxygen Network in the United States.

The series received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Comedy Series at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.

Cast and characters

• David Julian Hirsh as Josh Gould
• Sarah Smyth as Natalie Bouchard
• Patricia McKenzie as Jennifer Chopra
• James A. Woods as Steve
• Susan Glover as Sarah
• Andrew Tarbet as Eric Kosciusko
• Ruth Chiang as Claudia
• Lucinda Davis as Angela

Directors

• James Allodi
• Paul Carrière
• Jim Donovan
• Tim Southam

Writers

• Alex Epstein, co-creator and writer
• Laura Kosterski, co-creator and writer
• Matt MacLennan
• Robert David Sheridan
• Henri-Leon Solomon
• Karen Hill

Episodes

Season 1: 2004

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Sexual Contract"	Paul Carriere	Alex Epstein & Laura Kosterski	June 15, 2004 (2004-06-15)
2	2	"Game, Setup, Match"	Unknown	Unknown	June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22)
3	3	"Flirting With Disaster"	Unknown	Unknown	June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
4	4	"Celibacy"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)
5	5	"Domme & Dommer"	Unknown	Unknown	July 13, 2004 (2004-07-13)
6	6	"Do Not Resuscitate"	Paul Carriere	Alex Epstein	July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)
7	7	"The More the Merrier"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)
8	8	"Fun for the Whole Family"	Unknown	Unknown	August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)

Season 2: 2005

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
9	1	"Baring It All"	Unknown	Unknown	June 22, 2005 (2005-06-22)
10	2	"Damsel"	Unknown	Unknown	June 29, 2005 (2005-06-29)
11	3	"The Artist and the Professor"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 2005 (2005-07-06)
12	4	"The Loneliness Long Distance"	Unknown	Unknown	July 13, 2005 (2005-07-13)
13	5	"The Thrill of the Chase"	Unknown	Unknown	July 20, 2005 (2005-07-20)
14	6	"Fake It Till You Make It"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)
15	7	"Making It Work"	Unknown	Unknown	August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)
16	8	"What's the Rush?"	Unknown	Unknown	August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)

Season 3

1. "Man on the Ledge"
2. "Who's Your Daddy?"
3. "Just Say Mo"
4. "Looking Good"
5. "Name Your Price"
6. "Pistols at Dawn"
7. "Virgin Terrority"
8. "Planned Parenthood"
9. "Footprints"
10. "Beating the Rap"

External links

• Naked Josh at IMDb