Men, Women & Dogs

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Men, Women & Dogs
Genre Comedy
Created by Rob Long
Dan Staley
Starring Bill Bellamy
Danny Pino
Niklaus Lange
Mike Damus
Composer Marc Bonilla
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producersDan Staley
Rob Long
Running time30 minutes
Production companies Staley-Long Productions
Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network The WB
ReleaseOctober 14 (2001-10-14) 
December 30, 2001 (2001-12-30)

Men, Women & Dogs is an American television sitcom starring Bill Bellamy. The series premiered October 14, 2001 on The WB. [1] [2]

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Plot

The series centered on four guys who meet every day with their dogs in a Los Angeles dog park. Among those shown were Jeremiah, a chef, Clay, Jermiah's best friend, Eric, a surfer, and Royce, who didn't have a dog but thought the dog park was a good place to meet girls.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Pilot" John Whitesell Rob Long & Dan Staley October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)
2"Sick as a Dog"John WhitesellNicole AvrilOctober 21, 2001 (2001-10-21)
3"A Bone of Contention"UnknownUnknownOctober 28, 2001 (2001-10-28)
4"A Bulldog Scorned"UnknownUnknownNovember 4, 2001 (2001-11-04)
5"Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"UnknownUnknownNovember 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)
6"Kibbles & Grits"UnknownUnknownDecember 2, 2001 (2001-12-02)
7"Old Dogs, New Tricks"UnknownUnknownDecember 9, 2001 (2001-12-09)
8"Dog Day Afternoon and Night"UnknownUnknownDecember 16, 2001 (2001-12-16)
9"A Fetching New Lawyer"UnknownUnknownDecember 30, 2001 (2001-12-30)
10"Top Dog"TBDTBDUnaired
11"Chew Toy"TBDTBDUnaired
12"The Magic Three-Legged Sex Dog"TBDTBDUnaired
13"Cheese Dog"TBDTBDUnaired

Reception

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly described the series as the "most insultingly moronic, sniggering sitcom of the year". [3]

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