Get Shorty series trailer with Ray Romano & Chris O’Dowd EPIX and MGM Television have revealed the first Get Shorty series trailer featuring Ray Romano and Chris O’Dowd in the lead roles. Check it out below! Get Shorty premieres on EPIX August 13. Get Shorty is the story of Miles Daly, played by Chris O’Dowd, who works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film.