Big Time Rush (2009)
Big Time Rush is a 2009 comedy series created by Scott Fellows. It stars Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson and James Maslow.
Four hockey buddies from Minnesota get a shot at pop stardom almost by accident. When a hotheaded record producer named Gustavo Rocque comes scouting and Kendall talks his way into an audition, he and his three best friends move to Los Angeles to become a boy band. The Nickelodeon series is a broad, bouncy comedy stuffed with original songs, celebrity cameos, and the culture shock of small-town kids loose in a Hollywood mansion. Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan mostly want to stay friends while a demanding label tries to package them into a hit.
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What is Big Time Rush about?
Four hockey buddies from Minnesota get a shot at pop stardom almost by accident. When a hotheaded record producer named Gustavo Rocque comes scouting and Kendall talks his way into an audition, he and his three best friends move to Los Angeles to become a boy band. The Nickelodeon series is a broad, bouncy comedy stuffed with original songs, celebrity cameos, and the culture shock of small-town kids loose in a Hollywood mansion. Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan mostly want to stay friends while a demanding label tries to package them into a hit.
When was Big Time Rush released?
Big Time Rush was released on 28 November 2009.
How many episodes does Big Time Rush have?
Big Time Rush has 70 episodes across 4 seasons.
Who made Big Time Rush?
Big Time Rush was created by Scott Fellows.
Where can I watch Big Time Rush?
Big Time Rush is available on Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home and Google Play Movies.
Where to watch Big Time Rush
Stream: Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies
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Cast
- Kendall Schmidt as Kendall Knight
- Logan Henderson as Logan Mitchell
- James Maslow as James Diamond
- Carlos PenaVega as Carlos Garcia
- Stephen Kramer Glickman as Gustavo Rocque
- Ciara Bravo as Katie Knight
- Tanya Chisholm as Kelly Wainwright
- Challen Cates as Jennifer Knight
- David Anthony Higgins as Reginald Bitters
- Erin Sanders as Camille Roberts
- Matt Riedy as Arthur Griffin
- Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor
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A few thoughts on Big Time Rush
The Nickelodeon energy carries over to Nickelodeon Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown, a tie-in game built on the same tween-sitcom silliness and stage-show stakes. For the older roots of the hang-out-with-your-crew story, Cooley High follows teenage friends chasing fun and music before real life arrives.
Movies about a band chasing a big break together
Big Time Rush turns four Minnesota hockey friends into an accidental boy band, and these movies share that dream of making it in music with your closest friends. Pitch Perfect, Greatest Days and the rest follow groups rehearsing, bickering and harmonizing their way toward a stage, keeping the friendship as central as the songs.
Loud animated family comedies to binge
Underneath its pop songs, Big Time Rush runs on broad, fast, gag-packed comedy, and these long-running animated shows deliver the same easy binge. The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad and Rick and Morty stack quick jokes, cutaways and cartoon chaos into episodes built for watching a dozen in a row.
Coming-of-age comedies about friends who refuse to drift apart
The heart of Big Time Rush is four friends trying to stay a unit while the world pulls at them. These coming-of-age comedies mine the same tension, following teenagers through crushes, mistakes and loyalty tests. Cooley High and Giant Little Ones treat young friendship as something worth protecting, laughs and bruises included.
Comfort comedies about a chosen family
Big Time Rush is really about a makeshift family sharing one chaotic house, and these shows build the same found-family warmth. The Office, Shameless, The Bear and Gullak throw mismatched people together and let bickering, loyalty and small kindnesses do the work, comfort viewing anchored by people who put up with each other.