After winning the hearts of Australia as an award-winning stand-up comedian, Josh Thomas (Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, The Strange Chores) turned his hand to writing, acting, and producing and has garnered global recognition for his groundbreaking television comedy Please Like Me.
Inspired by his stand-up comedy and real-life experiences, it explores the world of a young man in no hurry to grow up. But as he navigates a bipolar mother, a father in mid-life crisis, a baby sister, an anxiety-ridden boyfriend, a flaky exgirlfriend and an unmotivated housemate, he may just be the sanest person he knows.
Over four critically acclaimed seasons, Please Like Me was nominated for an International Emmy® Award, GLAAD Media Award and GALECA Dorian Award. Please Like Me was hailed as one of the best shows on television by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and twice was named in the top five TV shows of the year by America’s influential Entertainment Weekly.
RATED 100% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES
Episodes Available
Season 1 - 6 x 30
Season 2 - 10 x 30
Season 3 - 10 x 30
Season 4 - 6 x 30
Production Company
A Pigeon Fancier / John and Josh International Production;
A Participant Media Original Series in association with ABC TV
Commissioning Broadcaster
AWARDS & REVIEWS
Best Comedy – Australian Academy Awards (2014 & 2015)
Best Comedy – Australian Writers Build
Best Comedy – Australian Directors Guild
Nominated for Best Comedy Series – International Emmy Award
‘sweetly melancholic… a bit like “Louie” or “Girls”—that is, if Louis CK were Australian or Lena Dunham gay.’
The New Yorker
‘One of the best shows on TV’
Time
‘Thomas is a Modern-Day Oscar Wilde, a sharp-witted dandy who skewers hipster idiocy'
Entertainment Weekly
'All I ever want is to be curled in bed watching Please Like Me. This show soothes my existential unrest. I love you @JoshThomas87'
Lena Dunham (via Twitter)