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{{Infobox television
| show_name = Big Time Rush
| image = [[File:Th btr logo.png|150px]]
| caption = Series logo
| genre = [[Teen sitcom]] / [[musical theater|Musical]]
| format =
| creator = [[Scott Fellows]]
| starring = [[Kendall Schmidt]]<br>[[James Maslow]]<br>[[Carlos Pena Jr.]]<br>[[Logan Henderson]]<br>[[Stephen Kramer Glickman]]<br>[[Tanya Chisholm]]<br>[[Ciara Bravo]]<br>[[Challen Cates]]<br>[[Matt Riedy]]
| theme_music_composer =
| opening theme = "[[Big Time Rush (song)|Big Time Rush]]"
| country = [[United States]]
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 20<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/big-time-rush/?ipp=25|title=Big Time Rush: Episode Guide|publisher=[[MSN TV]]|accessdate=January 16, 2010}}</ref>
| list_episodes = List of Big Time Rush episodes
| executive_producer = [[Scott Fellows]]<br />[[Marjorie Cohn]]
| location =
| camera = [[Film]]; [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| runtime = approx. 23 minutes
| company = Jack Mackie Pictures<br>Nickelodeon Productions
| distributor =
| network = [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]]),<br>[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
| audio_format =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2009|11|28}} (as a special preview)<br>January 18, 2010 (as a regular series)
| last_aired = present
| status = In production
| followed_by =
| website = http://www.nick.com/shows/big-time-rush/ http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?id=461837
| production_website =
}}

'''''Big Time Rush''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[television sitcom]], airing on [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], about four hockey-playing teenage boys from Minnesota who are suddenly brought to Hollywood by record producer Gustavo Rocque to become the next hit-maker [[hot guy band]].
The hour-long pilot episode originally aired on November 28, 2009 as a "sneak preview", and the show began airing as a regular series on January 18, 2010, following the ''[[iCarly]]'' episode "[[iSaved Your Life]]". It has been announced in a Nick press conference on March 12, 2010 that the show has been renewed for a 20 episode second season which will begin production On May 10th. And Nickelodeon UK will show a sneak peak of Big time Rush on may 3rd at 5:25. But it will start as a regular weekly series from June. The series 'sneak preview' (Big Time Audition) will be shown on April 16th, 2010 on Nickelodeon South East Asia after the Kid's Choice Awards 2010. However, it will only become a regular series starting in May.

==Show synopsis==
Four hockey friends from [[Minnesota]] &mdash; Kendall Knight ([[Kendall Schmidt]]), James Diamond ([[James Maslow]]), Carlos Garcia ([[Carlos Pena Jr.]]), and Logan Mitchell ([[Logan Henderson]]) &mdash; successfully try out to be the "next great [[boy band]]."<ref name="Post">[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/heir_guitar_wVZs7LTw4adM6Xi4uDmfgN#ixzz0dZOjtdJT Shen, Maxine. "Heir Guitar."] ''[[New York Post]].'' January 17, 2010.</ref> They move to [[California]], where they attend Palm Woods School, a special [[school]] just for actors, singers, and other performers. The boys routinely come into conflict with their overbearing, outrageous, hard-driving (but successful) boy band manager, Gustavo Rocque ([[Stephen Kramer Glickman]]), and his well-meaning assistant Kelly ([[Tanya Chisholm]]), while trying to impress Gustavo's boss, Arthur Griffin ([[Matt Riedy]]), so that they can become successful, and so far, so good.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Knight ([[Challen Cates]]) helps keep the boys in line while trying to get her long-suffering daughter, Katie (Ciara Bravo), an acting or singing career as well. The four teens are also regularly seen with and helping a young boy, Tyler ([[Tucker Albrizzi]]), who has a mother obsessed with his acting career, as they also have many incidents in which they impress or hang out with a rad teenager at the Palm Woods named Guitar Dude ([[Barnett O'Hara]]). They also repeatedly and unsuccessfully attempt to get dates with the large number of young women, including the Jennifers ([[Denyse Tontz]], [[Spencer Locke]], and [[Savannah Jayde]]), who also attend their school. The show is on Nickelodeon, and new episodes premiere usually every Friday night at 8:30/7:30c.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Big Time Rush episodes}}

==Singles==
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
! rowspan="2"|Year
! rowspan="2"|Song
! colspan="1"|Peak <br />chart <br />positions
! rowspan="2"|Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:30px;"|<center>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S.]]</center>
|-
| rowspan="1"|2009
|align="left"|"[[Big Time Rush (song)|Big Time Rush]]"
| 116
|rowspan="2"|''Big Time Rush''
|-
|rowspan="1"|2010
|align="left"| "[[Any Kind of Guy]]"
| 124
|}

===Other songs===
* "[[This City Is Ours]]"
* "[[Famous (Big Time Rush)|Famous]]"
* "[[Halfway There]]"
* "[[Stuck]]"
<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNXfkTZKwdk Big Time Rush - Giant Turd Song]</ref>
<!-- Do not add "Stuck" without a reliable source. -->

The first Big Time Rush album (mostly compiled of music from Season 1) will be released in Summer 2010.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqUvGGtoR6A album release announced during interview</ref>

==Cast==
:''For the rest of the cast, see [[List of Big Time Rush characters]].''
* '''Kendall Knight''' ([[Kendall Schmidt]]) - Kendall is the schemer of the group and Gustavo always refers to him as the leader of the band. According to Kelly, Kendall is tall, blonde, and all eyebrows. He is 16 years old. Gustavo chose Kendall as his singer in "Big Time Audition", but Kendall got Gustavo into letting Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan to become a band. He was supposed to be the bad boy of the band, but refused. His sister is Katie Knight, who helps her brother sometimes. For example, when she found out Jo was lying about having a boyfriend she told him and helped him get a date.
* '''James Diamond''' ([[James Maslow]]) - James is the one who originally wanted to be in a boy band. He is apparently obsessed with his hair and always keeps his lucky comb in his jacket and takes personal head shots of himself. According to Carlos, he always gets the girls and declares himself the "pretty one". He is upset when Mercedes Griffin picks everyone else in the band to be her boyfriend and not him at all. He also is a little obsessed with bandanas and always suggests to wear them. He also has a alter ego called Bandana Man which is him wrapped in several purple bandanas.
* '''Carlos Garcia''' ([[Carlos Pena Jr.]]) - Carlos is the joker of the band and always likes to wear his hockey helmet. His dad is a cop who takes his job seriously and has gone through sensitivity training 9 times. He has never had a real girlfriend (besides Mercedes Griffin, the daughter of Griffin who forced him into the relationship) and thinks being carried by Freight Train, Gustavo's new bodyguard, is "kinda fun". He seems to be very easygoing, and whenever the others start to get into a fight, he suggests thinking "happy thoughts about kittens".
* '''Logan Mitchell''' ([[Logan Henderson]]) - Logan is the genius of the group, but panics under pressure. Whenever the others are doing something bad and they tell him to join them, he always says "I've gotta get new friends", but still joins them afterwards. It is unsure if he knows about Camille's deep crush on him, but when she kissed him pretending it was for an audition for ''[[One Tree Hill]]'', he said he was pleasently surprised. It is implied that he is beginning to return her crush, Camille being quick to forgive him when he attempted to be with her and another girl at the same party. Remarking "you're really cool", the two shared a dance together. He has a learner's permit. He also always sees the downside to the other's schemes.
* '''Katie Knight''' ([[Ciara Bravo]])<ref>- [http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100103/ENT11/1030314/1175/ENT/People+to+watch++Ciara+Bravo Kiesewetter, John. "People to watch: Ciara Bravo."] ''[[Cincinnati Post]].'' January 3, 2010.</ref> - Katie is Kendall's little sister who is always shown to be a lot smarter than her mother.
* '''Gustavo Rocque''' ([[Stephen Kramer Glickman]]) - Gustavo is a worldwide record producer who meets the boys in Minnesota and offers Kendall a chance to come to Hollywood with him, and Kendall convinces him to bring the others, too. He hasn't had a hit in nine years, and the boys are his ticket back on top. He is cliche mean and always has a frown on his face while the boys are performing, even when he likes the song. Even so, when he tells them the song wasn't as good as he wanted it to be, they always manage to call his bluff. He admits to liking the boys after dealing with an absolutely perfect boyband that he hated because they were so perfect. When the boys were house-sitting he told them they liked them after they wrecked the house, had Kendall's mom clean it up but not fully, and Gustavo accidentally wrecks his own house. He calls the boys "monkey dogs", but in one episode he calls them "monkey dogs." He also is seen to have serious anger issues and his blood pressure can sky rocket. An example is in Big Time Audition he breaks a tea cup to pieces and destroying a few things outside after Kendall rejecting his first offer and he also causes a 3.1 earthquake after being really annoyed with Kendall.

==Guest stars==
*[[Nicole Scherzinger]] as herself, who made a brief appearance in the middle of the pilot episode (1 episode)
*[[Dee Bradley Baker]] as Mr. Smitty, one of the boys' teachers at the School of Rocque (1 episode)
*[[Chris Mordetzky|Chris Masters]] as himself, another one of the boys' teachers at the School of Rocque (1 episode)
*[[Tara Strong]] as Miss Collins, the boys' current teacher at the Palm Woods school (1 episode)
*Matt Angel as Wayne Wayne/Wally Dooley, a mean bad boy who is actually a nerdy comedian who tries to kick Kendall out of the band (1 episode)
*[[Daran Norris]] as the maintenance man, who Mrs. Knight thinks is a axe/chainsaw maniac in "''Big Time Bad Boy''", but discovers that he is the maintenance man at the end of the episode (3 episodes)
*Stephen Keys as Freight Train, Gustavo's personal helper who is strong enough to lift the boys all at once(2 episodes)
*Tiana Madry and Tiera Madry as the Simms Twins, two girls at the Palm Woods who the guys like (1 episode)
*[[Katelyn Tarver]] as Jo, the boys' love interest (3 episodes)
*Rachel DiPillo as another new girl at the Palm Woods who the guys fall for (1 episode)
*[[Lorenzo Lamas]] as Dr. Hollywood, a cowardly doctor at the Palm Woods (1 episode)
*[[Curt Hansen (actor)|Curt Hansen]] as Dak Zevon, a teen hunk whose autograph Katie and Mrs. Knight demand (1 episode)
*[[Carlos Alazraqui]] as Marcos, a photographer (1 episode)
*[[Erik Estrada]] as Carlos's father, who helps Carlos find his helmet in "''Big Time Break''"<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131746/fullcredits#cast</ref> (1 episode)
*Carlie Casey as Mercedes Griffin, Griffin's mean and pushy daughter (2 episodes)
*[[James Arnold Taylor]] as Regional Manager Taylor, Mr. Bitters's boss

==Production notes==
The series was conceived and created by [[Scott Fellows]], formerly the creator, [[executive producer]] and [[showrunner]] of ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]''.<ref name="Fellows">[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS150511+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103 "Nickelodeon and Columbia/Epic Label Group Partner on Big Time Rush, a New Comedy Series About Finding, Making and Breaking A Band." Press release. Nickelodeon. November 3, 2009.] Accessed 2010-01-24.</ref><ref name="Lloyd">[http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/la-et-big-time18-2010jan18,0,1486338.story Lloyd, Robert. "Reviews: 'Big Time Rush' and 'I'm in the Band'."] ''[[Los Angeles Times]].'' January 18, 2010.</ref><ref name="Moore" /> Fellows says his inspiration for the show was the 1960s musical comedy show, ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''<ref name="Play">Martin, Denise. "Child's Play." ''Los Angeles Times.'' November 22, 2009.</ref>—a popular and culturally significant American television series about a group of four young male adults who form a rock band, become famous, and sing songs while having comedic adventures.<ref>Baker, Glenn A. ''Monkeemania: The Story of the Monkees.'' Rev. ed. Medford, N.J.: Plexus Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0859652920; Lefcowitz, Eric. ''The Monkees Tale.'' Rev. ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Last Gasp, 1989. ISBN 0867193786; Sandoval, Andrew. ''The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the '60s TV Pop Sensation.'' Charlotte, N.C.: Thunder Bay Press. ISBN 1592233724</ref> Although the show had a concept as early as 2007, the series had no actual title as late as August 2009.<ref name="Laffers" />

Nickelodeon partnered with [[Columbia/Epic Label Group]] to produce the show,<ref name="Fellows" /> which will incorporate original music into the series.<ref name="PressRelease">[http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/nickelodeon-scores-record-breaking-night-with-brand-new-icarly-and-big-time-rush-debut-82099487.html "Nickelodeon Scores Record-Breaking Night with Brand-New iCarly and Big Time Rush Debut." Press release. Nickelodeon. January 19, 2010.] Accessed 2010-01-24.</ref> ''Big Time Rush'' is one of three Nickelodeon shows (the others are ''[[iCarly]]'' and the forthcoming ''[[Victorious]]'') on which the cable network is partnering with the music group to promote music as well as shows.<ref name="Laffers">Weisman, Jon. "Nick, Sony Will Duet on Laffers." ''Daily Variety.'' August 26, 2009.</ref> The four actors will sing in a band whose name will be "Big Time Rush."<ref name="Post" /><ref name="Dallas">[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-logan_0118gd.ART.State.Edition1.4bba59a.html Atlas, Darla. "Texas Actor Joins 'Big Time Rush' Debut."] ''[[Dallas Morning News]].'' January 18, 2010.</ref> The first single from the show, "Big Time Rush" (the series theme song), was released in November 2009.<ref name="Post" /> Additional songs will be released throughout the show's first season.<ref name="Post" /> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' has been critical of the show's focus on music, noting:
{{cquote|There is a marketing angle, to be sure, the same crossing of the revenue streams that powers "[[Hannah Montana]]" and "[[American Idol]]" and "[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]," and whose conceptual forerunner was "[[The Monkees]]"—television shows that function as elaborate advertisements for music that in turn advertises the TV show. "Big Time Rush," which has more than a little of "The Monkees" in its makeup, was developed with Sony Music specifically to move units.<ref name="Lloyd" />}}

A nationwide<ref name="Laffers" /> casting effort began in 2007.<ref name="Dallas" /><ref name="Boston">[http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/11/26/big_time_rush_is_a_little_bit_entourage_a_little_bit_monkees/ Martin, Denise. "'Big Time Rush' Is A Little Bit 'Entourage,' A Little Bit 'Monkees'."] ''[[Boston Globe]].'' November 26, 2009.</ref><ref name="Village">[http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-11-28/local-county-news/local-teen-ready-for-a-%E2%80%98big-time-rush%E2%80%99-on-nickelodeon#ixzz0dZhK7to0 Tillman, Adriane. "Local Teen Ready For a 'Big Time Rush' on Nickelodeon."] ''La Jolla Village News.'' November 28, 2009.</ref> More than 1,500 teens and young adults auditioned for the four roles.<ref name="InsideLook">Moore, Frazier. "An Inside Look at a Boy Band on Nick's New Comedy." ''[[Associated Press]].'' January 15, 2010.</ref> Kendall Schmidt was the last actor cast, and the most difficult role to cast.<ref name="InsideLook" /> Filming of the series began in August 2009.<ref name="InsideLook" /> Actor Carlos Pena Jr. previously worked with creator/producer Scott Fellows on ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]''.<ref name="Boston"/> Although he was reluctant to do so (he had just entered the [[Boston Conservatory]] to study music), Pena submitted an audition tape and won the role a month later.<ref name="Connection">Rentería, Melissa. "Plans Change as Pena Lands Co-Starring Role in Nickelodeon's 'Big Time Rush'." ''Conexión.'' November 26, 2009.</ref> [[Executive Producer]] Scott Fellows was inspired to write each character by the personality of the actor playing him.<ref>Blair, Iain. "Big Time Rush." ''Daily Variety.'' December 4, 2009.</ref>

The show incorporates [[Animated cartoon|cartoon]]-like noises, music, and [[Film editing|editing]] cuts designed to make it more humorous<ref name="Lloyd" />, this was also a trademark of series creator Scott Fellows' previous Nickelodeon series ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide''. It is targeted primarily at children age 6 to 18.<ref name="Moore" />

Twenty episodes were ordered in August 2009 for the first season.<ref name="Moore">[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/jan/18/life-is-a-rush-for-pals-in-new-series/ Moore, Frazier. "Life Is A 'Rush' For Pals in New Series."] ''[[Associated Press]].'' January 18, 2010.</ref><ref name="Laffers" /> Nickelodeon airs ''Big Time Rush'' at 8:30 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern time]] on Fridays.<ref name="Variety">[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118013996.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Weisman, Jon. "Nickelodeon Series Set Records."] ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]].'' January 19, 2010.</ref>

==Reception and ratings==

A one-hour special preview (which serves as the series pilot and first episode) premiered on Nickelodeon on November 28, 2009.<ref name="Fellows" /> That airing was watched by 3.5 million viewers.<ref name="Moore" /> The series officially debuted on on January 18, 2010. It was watched by 6.8 million total viewers, making it the highest-rated live-action show premiere in Nickelodeon history.<ref name="PressRelease" /><ref name="Variety" /> Approximately twice as many viewers watched Nickelodeon during that half-hour as did a year earlier.<ref name="Variety" />

''Los Angeles Times'' television critic Robert Lloyd called the show "hyperactive and mostly charming," although he also did note that the "music is incidental" (which might disappoint a number of viewers).<ref name="Lloyd" /> The ''[[Associated Press]]'' said the show had "a comic-caper style, rousing spirit and snippets of music and dance," and concluded it was an "engaging romp that should tickle the network's core audience...plus many parents."<ref name="Moore" /> AP critic Frazier Moore also credited the show with "sharp writing and snappy pacing".<ref name="Moore" /> Reporter Maxine Shen of the ''[[New York Post]]'' declared, "The guys are adorable and full of a genuine camaraderie that comes across on the small screen and carries over to real life."<ref name="Post" />

The ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' was slightly less enthusiastic, concluding that the show was "Nick's attempt at building a [[Jonas Brothers]]-style pop band. It's Nick's answer to Disney Channel's "[[JONAS (TV series)|JONAS]]," albeit slightly less organic since "Rush" doesn't feature siblings."<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10018/1029034-67.stm#ixzz0dZRVWAux Owen, Rob. "Producer of FX's 'Justified' Recalls 'Boom' Times Here."] ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].'' January 18, 2010.</ref> The ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' was openly critical, calling the series a "copycat" show "with their own thin pop and unfunny comedies."<ref>[http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2010/01/also-on-tonight-buried-life-am.html Catlin, Rogert. "Also On Tonight: 'Buried Life,' 'American Pickers'."] ''[[Hartford Courant]].'' January 18, 2010.</ref> The ''[[Boston Globe]]'' criticized the show as "one example in a growing list of kid shows selling showbiz fantasies to children. The genre is stronger than ever now and more fixated on the perks of the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle ... wish fulfillment at a time when tabloid dreams are ubiquitous."<ref name="Boston" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=1131746|title=Big Time Rush}}
* [http://www.nick.com/shows/big-time-rush/ Big Time Rush on Nick.com]
* [http://www.facebook.com/bigtimerush/ Big Time Rush Facebook Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bigtimerush/ Big Time Rush MySpace Page]
* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/big_time_rush/artist.jhtml Big Time Rush on MTV.com]
* [http://bigtimerushfans.wetpaint.com/ Big Time Rush Fan Site]
* [http://bigtimerush.proboards.com/index.cgi Big Time Rush Fan Forum]

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