Greek (TV series)

Greek
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Patrick Sean Smith
Starring	Spencer Grammer Jacob Zachar Jake McDorman Scott Foster
Opening theme	"Our Time Now"
Composer	John Swihart
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Lloyd Segan Shawn Piller
Producers	Nellie Nugiel Michael Lange
Production location	Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Jules Labarthe
Running time	44 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC Family
Release	July 9, 2007 – Present

Greek is an American teen comedy-drama television series which airs on the ABC Family network. The show follows students of Cyprus-Rhodes University who partake in the school's Greek system. Most of the characters belong to either the fictional fraternities Kappa Tau Gamma (ΚΤΓ) and Omega Chi Delta (ΩΧΔ), or the fictional sorority Zeta Beta Zeta (ΖΒΖ).

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Greek characters

• Casey Cartwright is a popular, ambitious sister at Zeta Beta Zeta sorority, who is poised to become the next president. Pledge Jen K.'s article exposed many of CRU's fraternities' dirty little secrets and ZBZ was investigated by Nationals. Casey, in an attempt to save her sorority admits to everything. Instead of being kicked out, Casey was awarded the presidential title but at the expense of ousting Frannie. Played by Spencer Grammer..

• Rusty Cartwright (Jacob Zachar) is a Chicago native who attends college in an attempt to leave behind his geeky image. Rusty pledges Kappa Tau, fitting in to the suprise of his siter Casey, who didn't tell anyone he wsa her brother. He is nicknamed "Spitter" after spitting out tequila after his first taste. Played by Jake McDorman.

• Evan Chambers is a brother at Omega Chi Delta, the brother fraternity to Zeta Beta Zeta. Wealthy, handsome and charming, Evan falls in love with Casey freshman year. After the scandal, Evan is put in charge of the Greek Task Force, set to enforce the new rules and regulations of the CRU administration as a result of the article. Played by Jake McDorman.

• Cappie is the president of Kappa Tau Gamma. Though he acts like the stereotypical frat guy, he also has an intelligent mind and is fluent in Latin and Japanese. Played by Scott Foster.

• Calvin Owens is a gay student who initially remained in the closet to most of his friends, after a bad experience when he came out in high school. His close friend, Ashleigh, accidentally outs him to the Omega Chi brothers, leading to him leave the house. Played by Paul James.

• Dale Kettlewell is Rusty's roommate and the lead guitarist in the band, Darwin Lied. After the newspaper scandal, Dale starts his own group USAG (University Students Against Greeks). Played by Clark Duke.

• Ashleigh Howard is Casey's best friend and the social chair of the sorority. kindhearted and sometimes ditzy, Ashleigh always supports Casey in her endeavors at Zeta Beta. Played by Amber Stevens.

• Rebecca Logan, is a senator's daughter who pledges Zeta Beta Zeta with a little incentive from Casey Cartwright. They had a falling out after Rebecca hooked up with Casey's then boyfriend Evan during rush. Since then they have been competitors in everything. Played by Dilshad Vadsaria.

• Frannie Morgan is the former ZBZ president who was lost her position and was suspended from school dur to Jen K's article. Played by Tiffany Dupont.

Featured Musical Groups

• In several episodes, the band Plain White T's is featured as musical entertainment for parties hosted by Kappa Tau Gamma. In the episode "The Great Cappie", two band members made cameos as KTΓ brothers.

• In the episode "Multiple Choice", the band the Dollyrots was featured as musical entertainment at a party hosted by Omega Chi Delta.

Pop Culture References

• In the episode "The Rusty Nail", Casey is lying in bed and turns on the television to an an episode of Frasier. The character of Casey is played by Spencer Grammer, the daughter of Kelsey Grammer who played the lead on Frasier for eleven years.

• In the episode "Separation Anxiety", Jen K describes living with her agoraphobic roommate, Stephanie, like living with lonelygirl15. Jen K is played by Jessica Rose, who also plays Bree, or rather lonelygirl15, in the video blog series of the same.

• In the episode "The Great Cappie", Ashleigh tells Dean Bowman that she thinks that the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off is her generation's version of The Great Gatsby. The character of Dean Bowman is played by Alan Ruck who played Cameron Frye in that film. Additionally, in the episode "No Campus for Old Rules", Dean Bowman addresses his female date as "Sloane," which is a reference to Mia Sara's character Sloane Peterson in the Ferris Bueller film.

• In the episode "No Campus for Old Rules," the character of Beaver chants "Donna Martin graduates," a reference to an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210.

• Cappie frequently quotes famous films - some examples being The Matrix, Braveheart and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. When he does so he replaces several words with ones relevant; for instance when quoting the matrix he replaces the "blue pill" with a jelly bean.

Name of the show

The Greek letter "Sigma" is not the equivalent of the Latin/ English letter "E"

ABC oftens advertises the name of the show, "GREEK," with the Greek letter "Sigma" to spell the title GRΣΣK (since Sigma resembles an E in the English/ Latin/) instead of Epsilon, which is much the same in appearance and function as E. When spelled in this fashion, the show's logo actually spells GRSSK, since Sigma is the Greek letter equivalent of the English/Latin S. This practice is comparable to that of faux Cyrillic and foreign branding.

External links

• Official Website
• Greek at MySpace
• Greek at IMDb
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