IFC to Air Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared

NEW YORK: The Judd Apatow comedies Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared have been picked up by IFC from Paramount Pictures.

Freaks and Geeks will premiere on IFC tomorrow, July 2, at 11 p.m., with encores on Mondays at 11 p.m. and Sundays at 10 p.m. The show is set in the 1980s at a high school separated into two different groups of teens. Freaks and Geeks originally aired for one season of 18 episodes on NBC from 1999 to 2000. It starred Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) and Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall).

Making its IFC debut this fall, Undeclared also stars Rogen and Segel and is set as the college spin-off. A previously unaired episode of Undeclared will make its U.S. TV debut on IFC.

"These acquisitions help further solidify IFC as the destination for programming that shares an off-kilter sensibility with its audience, particularly within the comedy genre," said Jennifer Caserta, the executive VP and general manager of IFC. "Judd Apatow is a comedic genius with a loyal fan base of young men. This same audience comes to IFC for new and rescued shows they can’t find anywhere else. Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared will be right at home on IFC alongside other comedies, like Arrested Development, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Whitest Kids U’ Know, and the upcoming The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret from David Cross, and Onion News Network."

"We are pleased that Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared can soon be enjoyed again by television audiences on IFC," added Hal Richardson, the president of Paramount Worldwide Television Distribution. "We believe that IFC is the perfect home to give them renewed life as well as introduce them to a new fan base who can watch the series that helped launch the careers of some of today’s brightest comedic talents."