Men Behaving Badly | |
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Title screen | |
Genre | Sitcom |
Based on | Men Behaving Badly by Simon Nye |
Developed by | Matthew Carlson |
Written by | Matthew Carlson |
Starring | Rob Schneider Ron Eldard Justine Bateman |
Composer(s) | Ben Vaughn |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 35 (28 aired) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Marcy Carsey Tom Werner Caryn Mandabach |
Producer(s) | Beryl Vertue |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Vanity Logo Productions Carsey-Werner Company |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 18, 1996 – December 17, 1997 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Men Behaving Badly (UK) |
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Babies Having Babies" | James Burrows | Matthew Carlson | September 18, 1996 |
2 | 2 | "Temptation" | James Burrows | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | September 25, 1996 |
3 | 3 | "The Bed" | James Burrows | Matthew Carlson | October 2, 1996 |
4 | 4 | "Hot Parkas" | Jeff Melman | Tom Brady | October 23, 1996 |
5 | 5 | "Getting the Bugs Out" | James Burrows | Billiam Coronel | October 30, 1996 |
6 | 6 | "Jamie's in Love" | James Burrows | Matthew Carlson | November 6, 1996 |
7 | 7 | "Drunken Proposal" | Michael Zinberg | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | November 13, 1996 |
8 | 8 | "Sarah's Vestigial Organ" | Jeff Melman | Bill Freiberger | November 20, 1996 |
9 | 9 | "Road Trip" | Tom Cherones | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | December 11, 1996 |
10 | 10 | "Christmas" | Rod Daniel | Matthew Carlson | December 18, 1996 |
11 | 11 | "Wet Nurse" | Ellen Gittelsohn | John Frink & Don Payne | January 8, 1997 |
12 | 12 | "The Odds Couple" | James Burrows | Tom Brady | January 15, 1997 |
13 | 13 | "Jamie Needs a Kid" | Michael Zinberg | Reid Harrison | February 5, 1997 |
14 | 14 | "Playing Doctor" | James Burrows | John Frink & Don Payne | February 12, 1997 |
15 | 15 | "Brenda is Moved" | Michael Zinberg | Tom Brady | February 19, 1997 |
16 | 16 | "I Am What I Am" | Michael Zinberg | Teleplay by: Tom Brady Story by: Tom Brady & Bill Freiberger | April 2, 1997 |
17 | 17 | "The Party Favor" | Michael Zinberg | Brown Mandell | April 9, 1997 |
18 | 18 | "Getting Rid of Harry" | Rick Beren | Simon Nye | April 16, 1997 |
19 | 19 | "After Midnight" | Shelley Jensen | Steven Levitan | May 7, 1997 |
20 | 20 | "Testing, Testing" | Michael Zinberg | Rob Hanning | May 14, 1997 |
21 | 21 | "It's Good to Be Dead" | Michael Lembeck | Rick Nyholm | May 21, 1997 |
22 | 22 | "The Box" | Brian K. Roberts | Joe Becker & Jim Longstreet | June 4, 1997 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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23 | 1 | "No Retreat, No Surrender" | Michael Zinberg | Teleplay by: John Bowman & Tom Brady Story by: Jeff Martin | September 28, 1997 |
24 | 2 | "Got Milk?" | Michael Zinberg | Stacie Lipp | October 5, 1997 |
25 | 3 | "The Sting" | Michael Zinberg | Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo | October 12, 1997 |
26 | 4 | "Spoils of War" | Rod Daniel | Rick Nyholm | November 2, 1997 |
27 | 5 | "Special Delivery" | Sam Simon | Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo | November 9, 1997 |
28 | 6 | "The Gift of Jami" | Michael Zinberg | Matt Tarses | December 17, 1997 |
29 | 7 | "Here We Go Again" | Michael Zinberg | Teleplay by: Jeff Martin & Tom Brady Story by: John Bowman | Unaired |
30 | 8 | "Jamie's Got Next" | Michael Zinberg | Matt Tarses | Unaired |
31 | 9 | "The Tape" | Michael Zinberg | Amy Welsh | Unaired |
32 | 10 | "The Truth About Cats and Ducks" | Rod Daniel | Bill Wrubel | Unaired |
33 | 11 | "The Fur Man Cometh" | Michael Zinberg | Stacie Lipp | Unaired |
34 | 12 | "Welcome to JamieCo" | Michael Zinberg | Stacie Lipp | Unaired |
35 | 13 | "Carpe Dino" | Michael Zinberg | Rick Nyholm | Unaired |
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