Brotherhood
Genre	Drama
Running time	60 Minutes
Creator(s)	Blake Masters
Starring	Jason Isaacs Jason Clarke Fionnula Flanagan Annabeth Gish Kevin Chapman Ethan Embry Fiona Eriksonn Stivi Paskoski
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Showtime
Original run	July 9, 2006–present
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Brotherhood is a drama series on Showtime which premiered on July 9, 2006. The show tells the story of the Irish-American Caffee family. Tommy Caffee is a local politician, while his brother Michael is involved in the neighborhood's Irish Mob -- having just returned from time on the lam. The brothers share a strange sense of moral cooperation. Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density of people born in Ireland, 1870; these were mostly Catholics; the older Scots Irish immigration is not shown. ... The Irish Mob, or Irish Mafia, is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. ...

Set in "The Hill", a fictional Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island (and filmed on location in the same city), the series stars Jason Isaacs and Jason Clarke. Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area    - City 20. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jason Clarke is an Australian actor. ...

In Canada it is broadcast on The Movie Network and Movie Central. It is also broadcast on FX (UK) in the U.K from October 2006. The Movie Network is a general-interest premium television service available in Canada, specifically east of the Ontario-Manitoba border, excluding the territories. ... Movie Central is a Canadian premium television service available in Western Canada and the territories which was launched on April 1, 2001, and is owned by Corus Entertainment. ... FX is a British TV channel owned by Fox, launched in 2004 and originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital EPG number. ...

Episode list

Season 1: 2006

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The first season is currently available on DVD.

Season 2: 2007

Showtime has renewed the show for a second season, consisting of 10 episodes (bringing total episodes to 21). The 10 episodes will begin production sometime in the fall '06/winter '07 for a mid-to-late summer airing.

Episodes

For full summary and trivia, see

Main article: List of Brotherhood episodes

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Cast and characters

The series stars Jason Clarke and Jason Isaacs as the Caffee brothers. Isaacs plays Michael Caffee, a lifelong criminal who has returned to Providence after a self-imposed seven year exile hoping to pick up where he left off. Clarke plays Tommy Caffee, a husband, father and member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives who is not above bending the rules.

Tommy's lonely wife Eileen, played by Annabeth Gish, tries to fill the void in her life with drugs and an affair with the mailman. Tommy's eldest daughter Mary Rose Caffee is played by Fiona Erickson. Fionnula Flanagan plays Rose Caffee, the mother of the two brothers and their one sister Mary Kate, played by Kerry O'Malley. Bates Wilder plays Mary Kate's husband Jimmy, an inept lawyer. X-Files publicity shot Annabeth Gish (b. ... Kerry OMalley (September 5) is an actress. ...

Ethan Embry plays Declan Giggs, a Rhode Island Police officer who is investigating the Caffee brothers despite knowing them since his childhood. Kevin Chapman plays Freddi Cork, an Irish-American gang leader who Michael must pay tribute to. Stivi Paskoski plays Pete McGonagle, a recovering alcoholic who quickly returns to acting as Michael's partner when he returns to town. Ed ONeill (left) as Det. ...

Michael Caffee and Tommy Caffee are inspired by real-life brothers James J. Bulger and William M. Bulger. James Joseph Whitey Bulger (born on September 3, 1929) is a wanted fugitive and alleged leader, along with fellow mobster Stephen Flemmi, of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish American organized crime group operating in the area of Boston, Massachusetts. ... Bill Bulger former President Massachusetts Senate William Michael Bulger (born February 2, 1934) to James Joseph Bulger and Jean (McCarthy), was the third of their six children. ...

International Broadcasters

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
United States	Showtime	July 9, 2006
Canada	The Movie Network and Movie Central
United Kingdom	FX Network	2007

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Critical response

The show's first season was distributed to critics as a DVD boxset before airing and received a largely positive response. The show has been criticised as lacking the humorous approach of Italian-American gangster stories like A Bronx Tale, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos.^[1]

Despite having a total viewership of 540,000, Showtime has renewed the series for a second season to air in Summer 2007.^[2]

Production notes

Showtime parent company CBS aired a single showing of the pilot episode of Brotherhood to try and increase viewer interest.^[3] It drew in over 3 million viewers, but the numbers were still very low.

Some scenes were filmed at the Olneyville New York System Restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island. ^[4]

External links

• Official Showtime page (USA only)
• Official TMN Canada page
• Brotherhood on TV Squad
• Brotherhood at metacritic.com

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