Life with Bonnie

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Life with Bonnie
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The cast in a promotional photo for season 2
Created by Bonnie Hunt
Don Lake
StarringBonnie Hunt
Mark Derwin
Charlie Stewart
Marianne Muellerleile
David Alan Grier
Anthony Russell
Holly Wortell
Chris Barnes
Frankie Ryan Manriquez
Samantha Browne-Walters
(Season 1)
Composer Nicholas Pike
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes44
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companies Bob & Alice Productions
Touchstone Television
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseSeptember 17, 2002 (2002-09-17) 
April 9, 2004 (2004-04-09)

Life with Bonnie is an ABC television sitcom that originally aired from September 17, 2002 to April 9, 2004. The show outlined the life of character Bonnie Malloy, who juggled her personal life and her job as a daytime TV talk show host. The series was created by Bonnie Hunt and Don Lake and produced by Bob & Alice Productions, in association with Touchstone Television. The series had fair ratings in the first season, but struggled in the second season, resulting in its cancellation. Life With Bonnie was also shown on Living TV in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Cast and characters

Main

Guest stars

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 22September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)March 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)
2 22September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)April 9, 2004 (2004-04-09)

Season 1 (2002–03)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot" Bonnie Hunt Bonnie Hunt & Don Lake September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)16.12 [1]
22"Weather or Not" John Bowab Bonnie Hunt & Don LakeSeptember 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)11.29 [2]
33"Dream"John BowabBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 1, 2002 (2002-10-01)11.08 [3]
44"Don't Act Your Age, Just Act"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)10.09 [4]
55"Duets"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)9.26 [5]
66"Is It Just Us?"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)10.25 [6]
77"A Day in the Life"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 29, 2002 (2002-10-29)10.25 [7]
88"Happy Day"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)9.04 [8]
99"Money Plus Marlens Makes Four"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)8.50 [9]
1010"Partly Sunny"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 19, 2002 (2002-11-19)8.42 [10]
1111"What If?"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)9.79 [11]
1212"Christmastime in the City"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeDecember 10, 2002 (2002-12-10)9.71 [12]
1313"Okay, Thanks"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeDecember 17, 2002 (2002-12-17)10.41 [13]
1414"Deuce is Wild"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeJanuary 7, 2003 (2003-01-07)9.17 [14]
1515"Assaulted Nuts"John BowabBonnie Hunt & Don LakeJanuary 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)7.83 [15]
1616"Psychic"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeFebruary 4, 2003 (2003-02-04)9.01 [16]
1717"The Graduate"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeFebruary 11, 2003 (2003-02-11)7.55 [17]
1818"Buy The Book"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeFebruary 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)8.51 [18]
1919"In Need of Assistants"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)7.21 [19]
2020"Stealing Home"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)6.48 [20]
2121"Ding, Ding, Ding Went the Truth"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)7.23 [21]
2222"Till Next Time"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)7.23 [21]

Season 2 (2003–04)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
231"Ironing Out Our Differences" Bonnie Hunt Bonnie Hunt & Don Lake September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)9.83 [22]
242"Pontiac Bonnie-Ville"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)8.06 [23]
253"Everything Old Is New Again"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)7.46 [24]
264"No Matter Where You Go, There You Are"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)8.33 [25]
275"Boyhood to Womanhood"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 24, 2003 (2003-10-24)8.02 [26]
286"The Merry Ole Land of Oz"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeOctober 31, 2003 (2003-10-31)7.20 [27]
297"Places, Stat!"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 7, 2003 (2003-11-07)8.93 [28]
308"Queer Eye for the Straight Lie"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 14, 2003 (2003-11-14)7.72 [29]
319"Boomerang"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeNovember 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)8.33 [30]
3210"Food for Thought"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeDecember 5, 2003 (2003-12-05)7.95 [31]
3311"It's a Wonderful Job"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeDecember 12, 2003 (2003-12-12)7.30 [32]
3412"Trifecta, Try Friendship"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeJanuary 9, 2004 (2004-01-09)8.27 [33]
3513"Live and Let Live"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeJanuary 23, 2004 (2004-01-23)8.69 [34]
3614"Space Heaters"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeJanuary 30, 2004 (2004-01-30)8.05 [35]
3715"Dare to Be Different"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeFebruary 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)7.50 [36]
3816"Nightshift"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeFebruary 20, 2004 (2004-02-20)6.53 [37]
3917"Act Natural"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeFebruary 27, 2004 (2004-02-27)7.22 [38]
4018"Therabeautic"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 5, 2004 (2004-03-05)6.98 [39]
4119"Striking a Match"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 19, 2004 (2004-03-19)6.48 [40]
4220"Don't Stress, Express"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeMarch 26, 2004 (2004-03-26)6.93 [41]
4321"Nip, Tuck and Roll"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeApril 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)6.50 [42]
4422"Father and Son: A Table for Two"Bonnie HuntBonnie Hunt & Don LakeApril 9, 2004 (2004-04-09)6.46 [43]

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