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PEN15
R-Rated. Cringeworthy. Middle school.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
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Signature profile
PEN15 reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E05
Community Service
There’s an exclusive fashion show at the local nursing home. Somehow Anna and Maya make it in, but feelings of inadequacy lead them down a shady path.
- Directed by Andrew DeYoung
- Written by Jessica Watson

S01E10
Dance
It’s the night of their first school dance but Anna and Maya are on bad terms. They’ll have to navigate this unfamiliar terrain set to billboard hits, by themselves.
- Directed by Sam Zvibleman
- Written by Anna Konkle

S02E04
Three
Witnessing their daughters reach a new low, Kathy and Yuki rally around them. At school, Maya and Anna receive an opportunity at redemption but it will come with a range of influences.
- Directed by Sam Zvibleman
- Written by Vera Santamaria

S02E06
Play
The school play has been cast. Maya has the opportunity to get her actual first kiss. Anna struggles to find herself.
- Directed by Sam Zvibleman
- Written by Maya Erskine

S01E09
Anna Ishii-Peters
Anna gets to sleep over at Maya’s house on a school night and can’t wait to become part of the Ishii-Peter family. But things turn as Anna gets a little too comfortable.
- Directed by Sam Zvibleman
- Written by Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Anna Konkle

S01E02
Miranda
Maya and Anna become fascinated with the mature girls in their class who smoke. They are faced with the age-old question: stay home and play pretend or go out and do drugs?
- Directed by Daniel Gray Longino
- Written by Sam Zvibleman, Anna Konkle
Recently aired
Latest Episodes




S02E09
Bat Mitzvah
- Directed by Daniel Gray Longino
- Written by Maya Erskine, Gabe Liedman


Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Sam Zvibleman
Creator

Anna Konkle
Showrunner

Maya Erskine
Creator

Andy Samberg
Executive producer
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Shelley Zimmerman
Executive producer
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Brin Lukens
Executive producer
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Angela Stempel
Executive producer

Jorma Taccone
Executive producer
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Brooke Pobjoy
Executive producer

Akiva Schaffer
Executive producer
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James A. Fino
Executive producer
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Jordan Levin
Executive producer
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Paul Young
Executive producer

Deborah Liebling
Executive producer
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Vera Santamaria
Executive producer

Becky Sloviter
Executive producer
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Casey Rup
Executive producer
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Marc Provissiero
Executive producer

Gabe Liedman
Executive producer

Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Writer
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Jessica Watson
Writer
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Jeff Chan
Writer
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Josh Levine
Writer
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Andrew Rhymer
Writer
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Rachele Lynn
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Andy SambergExecutive Producer
- Shelley ZimmermanExecutive Producer
- Sam ZviblemanExecutive Producer
- Brin LukensExecutive Producer
- Angela StempelExecutive Producer
- Jeremy ReitzProducer
Writing
- Stacy Osei-KuffourWriter
- Sam ZviblemanWriter
- Jessica WatsonWriter
- Jeff ChanWriter
- Anna KonkleWriter
- Vera SantamariaWriter
Direction
- Sam ZviblemanDirector
- Anna KonkleDirector
- Andrew DeYoungDirector
- Maya ErskineDirector
- Daniel Gray LonginoDirector
Cinematography
- Adam SilverDirector of Photography
- Bella GonzalesDirector of Photography
- Andy RydzewskiDirector of Photography
Music
- Leo BirenbergOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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