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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Wilfred
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When Adam meets Sarah at a Powderfinger concert, he doesn't realise that he will have to contend with the jealousies of her 'special little man': Wilfred, her foul-mouthed, bad-tempered, hard-partying dog.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Wilfred David Zuckerman , United States of America (USA) : Wilfred Productions FX Network , 2011-2014 8286780 2011 series - publisher film/TV humour

An American adaptation of the Australian television series of the same name.

Although Jason Gann remained involved with the American adaptation, the series took a distinctly different form to its Australian inspiration, and Gann's creative involvement was not as intensive as it was with the Australian version.

Notes

  • Award winning and individually published episodes in this series are included on AustLit.
  • In 2013, after the success of the American version, there were widespread reports that Renegade Films (the production company behind the Australian version of Wilfred) had sold the concept to a Ukrainian-based production company, Star Media Group, who would make a Russian version called Charlie. As of 2015, no further information on this production is available.

Includes

2.5
form y separately published work icon The Ice Dog Cometh Adam Zwar , Jason Gann , Australia : Renegade Films , 2010 Z1838843 2010 single work film/TV humour

'A holiday to the snow takes a bad turn when Wilfred, Adam and Sarah meet sexed-up Swedish couple Lars, Hilda and their dog Annika. Wilfred suffers performance anxiety.'

Source: SBS Television website, http://www.sbs.com.au/
Sighted: 30/01/2012

Australia : Renegade Films , 2010
2.7
form y separately published work icon Dog Star Adam Zwar , Jason Gann , Australia : Renegade Films , 2010 Z1744753 2010 single work film/TV humour

'Sarah's annoyed that Adam still doesn't have a job. Wilfred sees a dog that looks like him on a television commercial and decides he wants to be a dog star, asking Adam to manage him.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 11/6/2013)

Australia : Renegade Films , 2010

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2007

Works about this Work

Slap Set to Ring around World as US Networks Come Looking for Drama Michael Idato , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 October 2012; (p. 3)
Rags to Stitches Natalie Craig , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 8-9)
A Doggone Dedicated Aussie Darren Devlyn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 July 2012; (p. 4)
Perfectly Suited to a Dog's Life Jason Gann , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 July 2012; (p. 3)
Barking Mad Darren Devlyn , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2011; (p. 3)
Wilfred Creator Hounded by Past Assault 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 July 2011; (p. 20)
Barking Mad Darren Devlyn , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2011; (p. 3)
Perfectly Suited to a Dog's Life Jason Gann , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 July 2012; (p. 3)
A Doggone Dedicated Aussie Darren Devlyn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 July 2012; (p. 4)
Rags to Stitches Natalie Craig , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 8-9)
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