Help Me Help You (TV series)

Help Me Help You
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jennifer Konner Alexandra Rushfield
Starring	Ted Danson Jere Burns Darlene Hunt Charlie Finn Suzy Nakamura Jim Rash Jane Kaczmarek
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Alex Reid Jennifer Konner Alexandra Rushfield
Producers	Victor Hsu Jimmy Simons
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production companies	Pointy Bird Productions Tire Fire Productions Regency Television Fox Television Studios
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 26 (2006-09-26) – December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)

Help Me Help You is an American sitcom television series created by Jennifer Konner and Alexandra Rushfield that aired on ABC from September 26 to December 12, 2006. It was a comedy about a collection of eccentric individuals in group psychotherapy with a respected therapist, who may have more problems than his patients. The series was pulled from the schedule on December 14, 2006, ^[1] and ABC canceled it after one season on May 15, 2007. ^[2]

Cast

Main

• Ted Danson as Dr. Bill Hoffman, a brilliant therapist with a huge ego and a failed marriage.
• Jere Burns as Michael, a high-powered executive with anger issues, in court-ordered therapy.
• Darlene Hunt as Darlene, a woman with constant need of approval, secretly in an affair with Michael but obsessed with Dr. Hoffman.
• Charlie Finn as Dave, a man who tried to kill himself in his office because no one likes him.
• Suzy Nakamura as Inger, a deeply lonely woman with a complete lack of social skills.
• Jim Rash as Jonathan, a married gay man in denial.
• Jane Kaczmarek as Anne Hoffman, Bill's estranged wife. (6 episodes)

Recurring

• Jane Lynch as Raquel Janes, a therapist, part of Dr. Hoffman's "therapy for therapists" group.
• Philip Rosenthal as Phil, a therapist, part of the "therapy for therapists" group.
• Judd Apatow as Judd, a therapist, part of the "therapy for therapists" group.
• Larry Wilmore as Larry, a therapist, part of the "therapy for therapists" group.
• Lindsay Sloane as Sasha, Bill's daughter with deep-rooted daddy issues.
• Brenda Strong as Linda, Dr. Hoffman's new neighbor and romantic interest.
• Thomas F. Wilson as Kenny, a car salesman and Anne's new boyfriend.
• Meredith Roberts as Francesca, the girl at work Dave is in love with.
• Kathleen Rose Perkins as Jocelyn, Jonathan's Wife.
• Bruce Altman as Ira, Sasha's much, bada boyfriend and a huge fan of Dr. Bill Hoffman's.
• Mykel Shannon Jenkins as Shannon, a coffee barista Jonathan seems to find attractive.
• Tim Meadows as Petey, a colleague of Dr. Hoffman's who he shares a practice with.
• Toby Huss as Lenny, a patient of Petey's.
• Michael Cotter as Glen, a young man Inger meets on JDate and whom she becomes obsessed over.

Notable guests

• Kevin Hart as Kevin, a boxer who has trouble finding the anger to fight (episode "Raging Bill").
• Seth Rogen as Seth (episode "Working Women").

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Pilot"	Brian Dannelly	Jennifer Konner & Alexandra Rushfield	September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)	10097-06-179
2	"The Mattress"	Peter Lauer	Alex Reid	October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	16-06-101
3	"Fun Run"	Peter Lauer	Rodney Rothman	October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)	16-06-103
4	"Pink Freud"	Jason Ensler	Ron Weiner	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)	16-06-104
5	"Sasha's Birthday BBQ"	Jason Ensler	Jennifer Konner & Alexandra Rushfield	October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24)	16-06-102
6	"Inger Management"	Peter Lauer	Daley Haggar	October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31)	16-06-105
7	"Raging Bill"	Bryan Gordon	Chester Tam	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)	16-06-106
8	"Perverse Psychology"	Victor Nelli, Jr.	Joel Madison	December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05)	16-06-107
9	"Perseverance"	David Steinberg	Craig DiGregorio	December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)	16-06-108
10	"The Sheriff"	Matthew Diamond	Rodney Rothman	Unaired	16-06-109
11	"Working Women"	Linwood Boomer	Ron Weiner	Unaired	16-06-110
12	"Boxer"	Linwood Boomer	Linda Wallem	Unaired	16-06-111
13	"Moving On"	Linda Mendoza	Jennifer Konner & Alexandra Rushfield	Unaired	16-06-112

Production

Ted Danson signed on to star in the pilot for Help Me Help You in late February 2006. ^[3] ABC greenlit it to series on May 10, 2006, for the 2006–07 television season. ^[4] After its premiere, ABC ordered extra scripts of the series in late October 2006, ^[5] but it was pulled from the schedule on December 14, 2006, ^[1] and additional episodes were never produced. The series was cancelled by ABC on May 15, 2007. ^[2]

Broadcast

The series was first broadcast on ABC on September 26, 2006, at 9:30pm Tuesdays in the United States. It aired on Global in Canada.

References

1. Trevor Kimball (December 14, 2006). "Help Me Help You: ABC Says Goodbye to Group Therapy". TV Series Finale. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
2. "The Futon's Upfront Notes: ABC". The Futon Critic. May 15, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
3. Michael Schneider (February 28, 2006). "'Help' is on the way". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
4. Michael Schneider; Josef Adalian (May 10, 2006). "ABC shines greenlight on six-pack". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
5. Josef Adalian (October 26, 2006). "Nets order 2nd helping". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

• Brian Lowry (September 24, 2006). "Help Me Help You". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2023. – Variety review of series

External links

• Help Me Help You at IMDb