Men Behaving Badly (American TV series)
| Men Behaving Badly | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Based on | Men Behaving Badly by Simon Nye |
| Developed by | Matthew Carlson |
| Written by | Matthew Carlson |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Ben Vaughn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 35 (7 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | |
| Producer | Beryl Vertue |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 18, 1996 – December 17, 1997 |
| Related | |
| Men Behaving Badly (UK) | |
Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom television series on NBC from September 18, 1996, to December 17, 1997. It is based on the 1992 British sitcom of the same name.[2][3]
Synopsis
[edit]Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, the show starred Rob Schneider, Ron Eldard, and Justine Bateman. Kevin (Eldard) and Jamie (Schneider) were college buddies sharing an apartment and living out a second childhood, much to the chagrin of Kevin's girlfriend Sarah (Bateman). Brenda (Dina Spybey) was an upstairs neighbor that Jamie flirted with.[4]
Eldard and Bateman left after the first season amid rumors that they clashed with Schneider and the show's producers.[5] They were replaced by Ken Marino and Jenica Bergere, and Spybey was promoted from recurring to series regular.
Cast
[edit]- Rob Schneider as Jamie Coleman
- Ron Eldard as Kevin Murphy (season 1)
- Justine Bateman as Sarah Stretten (season 1)
- Dina Spybey as Brenda Mikowski
- Julia Campbell as Cherie Miller (season 1)
- Ken Marino as Steve Coprin (season 2)
- Jenica Bergere as Katie (season 2)
Justine Bateman and Ron Eldard left after season one due to salary demands.
Reception
[edit]Reviewers found the show's content to be too risqué, pushing its brand of gross-out humor beyond all but the racist cable shows of the day.[6][7][8][9] [10] The first season ran for 22 episodes. Altogether 13 episodes were completed for the second season, albeit with Schneider as the sole original member in the main cast.[2] Only six of those completed episodes ever aired during the initial run because of dropping ratings and steep competition from CBS's Touched by an Angel, Fox's The Simpsons, and ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney.
Home media
[edit]The entire series of 35 episodes was released as a Region 1 DVD box set in February 2007.[11][12]
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 22 | September 18, 1996 | June 4, 1997 | |
| 2 | 13 | September 28, 1997 | December 17, 1997 | |
Season 1 (1996–97)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Babies Having Babies" | James Burrows | Matthew Carlson | September 18, 1996 | 14.8[13] |
| 2 | 2 | "Temptation" | James Burrows | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | September 25, 1996 | 11.8[14] |
| 3 | 3 | "The Bed" | James Burrows | Matthew Carlson | October 2, 1996 | 11.0[15] |
| 4 | 4 | "Hot Parkas" | Jeff Melman | Tom Brady | October 23, 1996 | 11.5[16] |
| 5 | 5 | "Getting the Bugs Out" | James Burrows | Billiam Coronel | October 30, 1996 | 11.5[17] |
| 6 | 6 | "Jamie's in Love" | James Burrows | Matthew Carlson | November 6, 1996 | 10.1[18] |
| 7 | 7 | "Drunken Proposal" | Michael Zinberg | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | November 13, 1996 | 9.5[19] |
| 8 | 8 | "Sarah's Vestigial Organ" | Jeff Melman | Bill Freiberger | November 20, 1996 | 9.1[20] |
| 9 | 9 | "Road Trip" | Tom Cherones | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | December 11, 1996 | 10.1[21] |
| 10 | 10 | "Christmas" | Rod Daniel | Matthew Carlson | December 18, 1996 | 11.3[22] |
| 11 | 11 | "Wet Nurse" | Ellen Gittelsohn | John Frink & Don Payne | January 8, 1997 | 11.77[23] |
| 12 | 12 | "The Odds Couple" | James Burrows | Tom Brady | January 15, 1997 | 11.48[24] |
| 13 | 13 | "Jamie Needs a Kid" | Michael Zinberg | Reid Harrison | February 5, 1997 | 10.33[25] |
| 14 | 14 | "Playing Doctor" | James Burrows | John Frink & Don Payne | February 12, 1997 | 10.40[26] |
| 15 | 15 | "Brenda is Moved" | Michael Zinberg | Tom Brady | February 19, 1997 | 10.42[27] |
| 16 | 16 | "I Am What I Am" | Michael Zinberg | Story by : Tom Brady & Bill Freiberger Teleplay by : Tom Brady | April 2, 1997 | 11.74[28] |
| 17 | 17 | "The Party Favor" | Michael Zinberg | Brown Mandell | April 9, 1997 | 12.13[29] |
| 18 | 18 | "Getting Rid of Harry" | Rick Beren | Simon Nye | April 16, 1997 | 10.14[30] |
| 19 | 19 | "After Midnight" | Shelley Jensen | Steven Levitan | May 7, 1997 | 9.08[31] |
| 20 | 20 | "Testing, Testing" | Michael Zinberg | Rob Hanning | May 14, 1997 | 8.67[32] |
| 21 | 21 | "It's Good to Be Dead" | Michael Lembeck | Rick Nyholm | May 21, 1997 | 7.66[33] |
| 22 | 22 | "The Box" | Brian K. Roberts | Joe Becker & Jim Longstreet | June 4, 1997 | 8.78[34] |
Season 2 (1997)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "No Retreat, No Surrender" | Michael Zinberg | Story by : Jeff Martin Teleplay by : John Bowman & Tom Brady | September 28, 1997 | 11.23[35] |
| 24 | 2 | "Got Milk?" | Michael Zinberg | Stacie Lipp | October 5, 1997 | 9.70[36] |
| 25 | 3 | "The Sting" | Michael Zinberg | Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo | October 12, 1997 | 8.84[37] |
| 26 | 4 | "Spoils of War" | Rod Daniel | Rick Nyholm | November 2, 1997 | 7.20[38] |
| 27 | 5 | "Special Delivery" | Sam Simon | Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo | November 9, 1997 | 8.35[39] |
| 28 | 6 | "The Gift of Jami" | Michael Zinberg | Matt Tarses | December 17, 1997 | 8.40[40] |
| 29 | 7 | "Here We Go Again" | Michael Zinberg | Story by : John Bowman Teleplay by : Jeff Martin & Tom Brady | Unaired | N/A |
| 30 | 8 | "Jamie's Got Next" | Michael Zinberg | Matt Tarses | Unaired | N/A |
| 31 | 9 | "The Tape" | Michael Zinberg | Amy Welsh | Unaired | N/A |
| 32 | 10 | "The Truth About Cats and Ducks" | Rod Daniel | Bill Wrubel | Unaired | N/A |
| 33 | 11 | "The Fur Man Cometh" | Michael Zinberg | Stacie Lipp | Unaired | N/A |
| 34 | 12 | "Welcome to JamieCo" | Michael Zinberg | Stacie Lipp | Unaired | N/A |
| 35 | 13 | "Carpe Dino" | Michael Zinberg | Rick Nyholm | Unaired | N/A |
References
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- ^ a b "BBC - Comedy Guide - Men Behaving Badly". January 20, 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-01-20.
- ^ "20 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT MEN BEHAVING BADLY FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT TV'S MOST POLITICALLY INCORRECT SITCOM THE SHOW'S CREATOR WAS OUT BOOZING WITH HIS BUDDIES WHEN HIS WIFE WENT INTO LABOR & HE WAS TOO DRUNK TO ATTEND THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD". New York Daily News.
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- ^ "Men Behaving Badly – Complete Series, PopMatters". March 6, 2007.
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