Alone Together
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Benji Aflalo Esther Povitsky Eben Russell
Starring	Esther Povitsky Benji Aflalo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Andy Samberg Akiva Schaffer Jorma Taccone Billy Rosenberg Hunter Covington Benji Aflalo Esther Povitsky Eben Russell Becky Sloviter
Producers	Jason Zaro Adrien Finkle Joanne Toll
Production locations	Los Angeles,California
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	The Lonely Island
Original release
Network	Freeform
Release	January 10 (2018-01-10) – August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29)

Alone Together is an Americansitcom that was created by and starring Benji Aflalo andEsther Povitsky. Eben Russell also co-created the series and executive produces alongside Aflalo and Povitsky. The series is also produced byThe Lonely Island'sAndy Samberg,Akiva Schaffer andJorma Taccone.^[1] It follows two platonic best friends who attempt to find a foothold inLos Angeles. It premiered on January 10, 2018 onFreeform.^[2] The series' second season began airing on August 1, 2018.

On November 2, 2018, Freeform canceled the series after two seasons.^[3]

Two millennial misfits strike up a platonic friendship in order to navigate life in vain and status-obsessed Los Angeles.^[2]

• Esther Povitsky as Esther, a woman from the Midwest who is trying to make it as a comedian
• Benji Aflalo as Benji, a trust fund kid from Beverly Hills who lives with his older brother

• Edgar Blackmon as Jeff, Esther's and Benji's mutual friend
• Chris D'Elia as Dean, Benji's older brother
• Ginger Gonzaga as Alia, Benji's older sister
• Punam Patel as Tara, a friend from an acting class Esther previously took (season 2)

While working atThe Comedy Store, Aflalo, a comedy writer and stand-up, met another relatively new comedian,Esther Povitsky.^[4] In 2015, Povitsky and Aflalo wrote, starred in, and self-produced the short film "Alone Together."

Development on the series was underway in April 2016.^[5] A pilot was greenlit in July 2016,^[6][7] and it was picked up to series by Freeform in December 2016.^[8][9]Chris D'Elia, Ginger Gonzaga, Edgar Blackmon,Hayley Marie Norman, Kamilla Alnes,Jim O'Heir andJustine Lupe guest star in the series' pilot.^[1]

The series was renewed for a second season by Freeform in October 2017, before the first season had even aired.^[2] Season 2 premiered on August 1, 2018. All ten episodes were released for immediate streaming onHulu. Season 2 guest stars includedCarmen Electra,Nikki Glaser,Seth Morris, andFran Drescher.^[10]

Freeform cancelled the program on November 2, 2018 after two seasons.^[3]Alone Together did not garner a large viewership, with an average of 268,000 viewers per episode after seven days of DVR.

On thereview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 62% based on 13 reviews, with anaverage rating of 5.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Esther Povistky and Benji Alflalo's awkward charms and convincingly platonic chemistry work, thoughAlone Together's lack of urgency keeps its nihilistic tenderness from truly jelling."^[28] OnMetacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the series has a score 60 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[29]

• Alone Together atIMDb

• 2010s American single-camera sitcoms
• 2018 American television series debuts
• 2018 American television series endings
• American English-language television shows
• Freeform (TV channel) original programming
• Television shows set in Los Angeles

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