| The Baby | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster
| |
| Genre | Horror comedy |
| Created by |
|
| Starring |
|
| Composer | Lucrecia Dalt |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
|
| Producer | Lucy Gaymer |
| Production location | United Kingdom |
| Cinematography |
|
| Editors |
|
| Running time | 23–34 minutes |
| Production companies |
|
| Original release | |
| Network |
|
| Release | 24 April (2022-04-24) – 12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) |
The Baby is a British horror comedy television limited series created by Lucy Gaymer and Siân Robins-Grace, which premiered on HBO on 24 April 2022 and Sky Atlantic on 7 July 2022. The series consists of eight episodes.
When 38-year-old Natasha is unexpectedly landed with a baby, her life of doing what she wants, when she wants, dramatically implodes. Stinky, controlling, manipulative and with violent powers, the baby twists Natasha's life into a horror show. Where does it come from? What does it want? And to what lengths will Natasha have to go in order to get her life back? She doesn't want a baby. The baby wants her.[1]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Arrival" | Nicole Kassell | Siân Robins-Grace | 24 April 2022 (2022-04-24) | 0.116[2] |
| 2 | "The Seduction" | Stacey Gregg | Siân Robins-Grace | 1 May 2022 (2022-05-01) | 0.130[3] |
| 3 | "The Bulldozer" | Stacey Gregg | Sophie Goodhart | 8 May 2022 (2022-05-08) | 0.170[4] |
| 4 | "The Mother" | Faraz Shariat | Susan Soon He Stanton | 15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) | 0.132[5] |
| 5 | "The Baby" | Faraz Shariat | Kara Smith | 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) | 0.115[6] |
| 6 | "The Rage" | Faraz Shariat | Anchuli Felicia King | 29 May 2022 (2022-05-29) | 0.091[7] |
| 7 | "The Curse" | Ella Jones | Siân Robins-Grace and Sophie Goodhart | 5 June 2022 (2022-06-05) | 0.087[8] |
| 8 | "The Possession" | Ella Jones | Siân Robins-Grace and Anchuli Felicia King | 12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) | 0.093[9] |
In August 2020, it was announced HBO had given a series order to The Baby.[10] Robins-Grace, Jane Featherstone, Carolyn Strauss, and Naomi de Pear were confirmed as executive producers with Lucy Gaymer producing.[1][10] The Baby is produced by HBO, Sky Atlantic, Sister Pictures, and Gaymer's Proverbial Pictures. Nicole Kassell joined in December 2020 as a lead director and executive producer.[11] Stacey Gregg, Faraz Shariat and Elle Jones also serve as directors.[12]
Sophie Goodhart, Kara Smith, Anchuli Felicia King and Susan Stanton serve as writers on the series.[1][11] Bisha K. Ali serves as a consulting producer.[11][12]
In June 2021, Michelle de Swarte was cast as Natasha, while Amira Ghazalla was cast as Mrs. Eaves and Amber Grappy as Bobbi.[12] In February 2022, Patrice Naiambana, Sinéad Cusack, Shvorne Marks, Isy Suttie, Tanya Reynolds, Seyan Sarvan, Karl Davies, and Divian Ladwa joined the series.[13]
Filming began on 31 May 2021 in the United Kingdom.[14] The series wrapped in November 2021.[15]
Lucrecia Dalt serves as the series' composer. Pete Saville and Zoe Bryant are the music supervisors, and Ed Hamilton is the music editor.[16]
The Baby premiered on HBO on 24 April 2022 and consist of eight episodes.[10][12][13]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 72% approval rating with an average rating of 7/10, based on 22 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Baby's tone can be as wobbly as a rocking crib, but its audacious nature of comedy and horror deserves to be nurtured."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18]
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Arrival" | 24 April 2022 | 0.02 | 0.116[2] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | "The Seduction" | 1 May 2022 | 0.02 | 0.130[3] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | "The Bulldozer" | 8 May 2022 | 0.04 | 0.170[4] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | "The Mother" | 15 May 2022 | 0.02 | 0.132[5] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | "The Baby" | 22 May 2022 | 0.01 | 0.115[6] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | "The Rage" | 29 May 2022 | 0.01 | 0.091[7] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | "The Curse" | 5 June 2022 | 0.01 | 0.087[8] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "The Possession" | 12 June 2022 | 0.01 | 0.093[9] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
|
Sky Atlantic original programming
| |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
| ||||||
| Italy |
| ||||||
| Germany |
| ||||||
