Next Stop Hollywood

2013 • Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Rating

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Week 1 - Hollywood, California

1/7/13

A candid documentary series that follow six ambitious young Aussie actors as they embark on one of the toughest journeys of their lives with a clear challenge in mind - to score a TV role in Hollywood, during the frenzied and chaotic US TV pilot season.

2 Week 2 - Hollywood, California

1/14/13

Alycia scores two major auditions after only two weeks in Hollywood. Luke admits that his past demons may have cost him opportunities during past pilot seasons, while Michael, HaiHa and Craig attend a Hollywood awards ceremony. Craig talks to Joel Edgerton, Geoffrey Rush and Meryl Streep.

3 Week 3 - Hollywood, California

1/22/13

Penelope gets a Hollywood agent and is in the running for a major feature film. Michael auditions for a role in Boardwalk Empire, while Craig gets some advice from Tropfest founder and feature film director John Polson.

4 Week 4 - Hollywood, California

1/28/13

Things are heating up for Alycia and she must make some tough decisions about her career. Luke meanwhile gets angry over a failed audition and things get really heated.

5 Week 5 - Hollywood, California

2/4/13

Alycia flies to Canada to meet the director of the feature film. Luke realizes time is running out and needs to refocus. He auditions for a pilot, executive produced by Natalie Portman. HaiHa gets an audition for a new series from the producers of Scrubs.

6 Week 6 - Hollywood, California

2/11/13

Final episode. It is Hollywood's night-of-nights - the Oscars - and Penelope and Michael check out the parties around town. Some of the cast need to make some big decisions whether to stay in LA or return home. There are some unexpected surprises. One of the cast gets a meeting with a top Hollywood agent and another is offered a role in a major series.

About this show

From leaving Australia through to the G'Day USA function, Next Stop Hollywood follows six aspiring young Australian actors during pilot season in Los Angeles: the frenzied period when network television pilots get the go ahead and casting begins. Some of our characters have already made names for themselves at home. Others want to leapfrog from their small ponds directly into Hollywood. All are attractive, ambitious and talented, but who will make it in the cut-throat American system? Who has a chance of becoming a star?

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