Bram & Alice

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Bram & Alice
Genre Comedy
Created by Joe Keenan
Christopher Lloyd
Starring Alfred Molina
Traylor Howard
Roger Bart
Katie Finneran
Michael Rispoli
ComposerBruce Miller
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producersChristopher Lloyd
Joe Keenan
Production locations Los Angeles, California, United States
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesPicador Productions
Knotty Entertainment
Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseOctober 6 (2002-10-06) 
October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)

Bram & Alice is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 6 to October 27, 2002. The series only aired four episodes, although an additional five unaired episodes were also produced.

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Plot

The series centered on Bram Shepard, who won a Pulitzer Prize twenty years earlier for writing the best-selling novel Matthew Kent, and Alice O'Connor, who came to his door one day and informed him that she was his daughter, the result of a one-night stand he had when he was a guest lecturer at Vassar College.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Pilot" James Burrows Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd October 6, 2002 (2002-10-06)
2"Cat Burglar"Jerry ZaksJoe Keenan & Christopher LloydOctober 13, 2002 (2002-10-13)
3"Paul-Pot"UnknownMichael DavidoffOctober 20, 2002 (2002-10-20)
4"Goody Two Shoes"Unknown Jennifer Crittenden October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
5"Required Reading" Jerry Zaks Paul Corrigan & Brad WalshUnaired
6"Getting to Know You"Jerry ZaksAdam BraffUnaired
7"Book of the Dead"Jerry ZaksPaul Corrigan & Brad WalshUnaired
8"Scribbling Rivalry"TBDJennifer CrittendenUnaired
9"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Will Mackenzie Ken Levine & David Isaacs Unaired

Broadcast and release

Universal HD aired all nine episodes of the series during the spring of 2010. The series has not been released on DVD.

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