'Sex Education' Trailer: Gillian Anderson Embarrasses Son Into Becoming a Teen Sex Therapist (Video)

Look, Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson knows you’ve been pretending to masturbate and she wants to know if you want to talk about it.

That’s how the cringe-worthy 2-minute trailer for Netflix’s new series “Sex Education” begins, letting viewers know right off the bat this story about sex therapist Jean (Anderson) and her teenage son, Otis (Asa Butterfield), is going to be horrifyingly hilarious in the most awkward of ways.

In the clip, which the streamer dropped Wednesday ahead of the show’s Jan. 11 launch, Otis begins to realize he can actually turn his embarrassment over his mother’s profession into a lucrative trade, as he and his friends start an underground sex therapy clinic at their high school.

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Here’s the logline for the series:

Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) is an inexperienced, socially awkward high school student who lives with his mother, Jean (Gillian Anderson), a sex therapist. Surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis is a reluctant expert on the subject. When his home life is revealed at school, Otis realizes that he can use his specialist knowledge to gain status. He teams up with Maeve (Emma Mackey), a whip-smart bad-girl, and his best friend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and together they set up an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems. Through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realizes he may need some therapy of his own.

“Sex Education” is created and written by Laurie Nunn and executive produced by Jamie Campbell and Ben Taylor (“Catastrophe”) and co-executive produced by Sian Robins-Grace. Taylor and Kate Herron direct.

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The series was produced by Eleven for Netflix.

Watch the trailer above and see the key art for “Sex Education” below.

“Sex Education” launches Jan. 11 on Netflix.

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Here Are 2018's 15 Highest-Rated Broadcast Shows Among Millennials (Photos)

TV advertisers may be in love with adults 18-49, but within that demo is a more narrow group of tastemakers broadcasters covet: millennials. Yes, when the 22-37 range isn't streaming something, they are (occasionally) watching shows on CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC. Here TheWrap rounds up 2018's 15 highest-rated shows among that group, according to the "most current" data set from Nielsen through Dec. 9. This ranking excludes news, sports, repeats, specials and awards/pageants. It includes one week of delayed viewing where available

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Rank: 13 (tie)
Show: "New Amsterdam"
Net: NBC
Rating 22-37: 1.9

It's no "Manifest," but NBC's freshman medical drama still comes in high with those born between 1981 and 1996.

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Rank: 13 (tie)
Show: "Ellen's Game of Games"
Net: NBC
Rating 22-37: 1.9

Who doesn't love Ellen? 'Cause millennials def do.

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NBC
Rank: 13 (tie)
Show: "The Bachelorette"
Net: ABC
Rating 22-37: 1.9

The female-led version of ABC's reality dating series is popular with the younger crew -- but not as popular as the one with a dude at the center of this love story.

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ABC
Rank: 9 (tie)
Show: "Young Sheldon"
Net: CBS
Rating 22-37: 2.1

Since "The Big Bang Theory" comes in high on this list, it's really no surprise the CBS comedy's spinoff lands a decent slot too.

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Rank: 9 (tie)
Show: "Modern Family"
Net: ABC
Rating 22-37: 2.1

Ten seasons in and the Dunphys are still hip -- at least in the eyes of millennial viewers.

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ABC
Rank: 9 (tie)
Show: "Empire"
Net: Fox
Rating 22-37: 2.1

Oh, five seasons into "Empire," so is the Lyon family.

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Fox
Rank: 9 (tie)
Show: "America's Got Talent" (Tuesdays)
Net: NBC
Rating 22-37: 2.1

And NBC's got millennial love.

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NBC
Rank: 6 (tie)
Show: "Manifest"
Net: NBC
Rating 22-37: 2.2

And even more love for its new "Lost"-like series.

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NBC
Rank: 6 (tie)
Show: "The Good Doctor"
Net: ABC
Rating 22-37: 2.2

Freddie Highmore, are we right?

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ABC
Rank: 6 (tie)
Show: "The Bachelor"
Net: ABC
Rating 22-37: 2.2

See, the millennial residents of Bachelor nation are more into the man show -- or maybe the ladies trying to woo him?

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ABC
Rank: 5
Show: "9-1-1"
Net: Fox
Rating 22-37: 2.3

Ryan Murphy. Enough said.

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Fox
Rank: 4
Show: "Grey's Anatomy"
Net: ABC
Rating 22-37: 2.8

Shonda Rhimes. Even more enough said.

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ABC
Rank: 3
Show: "The Big Bang Theory"
Net: CBS
Rating 22-37: 2.9

Kaley Cuoco + nerds + many, many comic book references = millennial ratings gold.

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CBS
Rank: 2
Show: "This Is Us"
Net: NBC
Rating 22-37: 4.1

The U.S.’s No. 1 scripted drama is also the No. 2 broadcast TV series among millennials. A hit is a hit is a hit.

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NBC
Rank: 1
Show: "Roseanne"
Net: ABC
Rating 22-37: 4.5

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Fun fact: Where this list cuts off, Thursday and Wednesday broadcasts of CBS' "Big Brother" tie for 16th place among millennials, with the Sunday night show landing the next highest-rated slot.

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Give ”Fortnite“ a rest and read this on your phones, 22- to 37-year-olds

TV advertisers may be in love with adults 18-49, but within that demo is a more narrow group of tastemakers broadcasters covet: millennials. Yes, when the 22-37 range isn't streaming something, they are (occasionally) watching shows on CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC. Here TheWrap rounds up 2018's 15 highest-rated shows among that group, according to the "most current" data set from Nielsen through Dec. 9. This ranking excludes news, sports, repeats, specials and awards/pageants. It includes one week of delayed viewing where available

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