Life... and Stuff

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Life... and Stuff
Genre Sitcom
Created by Rick Reynolds [1]
Lee Aronsohn [2]
Starring Rick Reynolds
Pam Dawber
Fred Applegate
David Bowe
Composer Rick Marotta
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesSomers-Teitelbaum-David
Perrgood Productions
TriStar Television
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseJune 6 (1997-06-06) 
June 20, 1997 (1997-06-20)

Life... and Stuff is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1997 starring Rick Reynolds. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Plot

Advertising executive Rick Boswell, and his wife, Ronnie, are a couple married ten years and feeling overwhelmed by life. Sharing their home are their two young sons and Rick's man-child brother.

Cast

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"The First One"Andy Cadiff Rick Reynolds & Lee Aronsohn June 6, 1997 (1997-06-06)
2"Life...and Fisticuffs"Andy CadiffLee AronsohnJune 13, 1997 (1997-06-13)
3"Life...and Therapy"Andy CadiffRick ReynoldsJune 20, 1997 (1997-06-20)
4"Life...and Matchmaking"TBDTBDUnaired
5"Life...and the Spirit of Sunday"TBDTBDUnaired
6"Life ... and the Way We Were"TBDTBDUnaired

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