Miss Match

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Miss Match
Miss Match title card.png
Genre
Created by
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Love Is Gonna Get You" by Macy Gray
Composers David Kitay
David Lawrence
William Levine
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes17 (6 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
Running time40–44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseSeptember 26 (2003-09-26) 
December 15, 2003 (2003-12-15)

Miss Match is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Darren Star Productions, and Imagine Television. It aired in the United States on NBC from September 26 to December 15, 2003, including international networks aired in Australia on Seven Network, Arena, and Fox8, and in the United Kingdom on Living, Channel 4, and is on E4. Seventeen episodes of the series were filmed, with eleven aired in the United States. The entire series aired in both the UK and Canada.

Contents

Starring Alicia Silverstone and Ryan O'Neal, the show garnered poor ratings, which could have been due to its inability to compete in the Friday 8 pm ET timeslot (the "Friday night death slot"). It was based on the real-life story of Samantha Daniels.

Premise

A Los Angeles matrimonial attorney, Kate Fox (Alicia Silverstone), doubles as a high-end matchmaker even though her own love life is far from perfect.

Cast and characters

Main

The cast of Miss Match; from left to right: Lake Bell, Ryan O'Neal, Jodi Long, Alicia Silverstone, James Roday, David Conrad, and JoBeth Williams Missmatch poster.jpg
The cast of Miss Match; from left to right: Lake Bell, Ryan O'Neal, Jodi Long, Alicia Silverstone, James Roday, David Conrad, and JoBeth Williams

Recurring

NBC had a cross promotion where Deanna Wright, Galen Gering and McKenzie Westmore, who starred on NBC's soap opera Passions , appeared in an episode of the series.

Episodes

No.TitleDirected by [1] Original air date [1] Prod.
code [1]
U.S. viewers
(millions)[ citation needed ]
1"Pilot"Darren StarSeptember 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)1AHE797.7
2"Who's Your Daddy?"Steven MinerOctober 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)1AHE015.9
3"Something Nervy"Allison Liddi-BrownOctober 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)1AHE026.0
4"Kate in Ex-Tasy"Randy ZiskOctober 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)1AHE036.5
5"I Got You, Babe"Tom MooreOctober 24, 2003 (2003-10-24)1AHE056.7
6"Addicted to Love"Michael LangeNovember 7, 2003 (2003-11-07)1AHE065.9
7"Jive Turkey"Dennis ErdmanNovember 14, 2003 (2003-11-14)1AHE085.7
8"The Love Bandit"Arvin BrownNovember 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)1AHE075.7
9"Bad Judgement" Tim Busfield December 5, 2003 (2003-12-05)1AHE096.8
10"Santa, Baby"Arlene SanfordDecember 12, 2003 (2003-12-12)1AHE105.9
11"Who's Sari Now?" Jamie Babbit December 15, 2003 (2003-12-15)1AHE116.1
12"The Price of Love"TBDUnaired1AHE04TBD
13"Miss Communication"TBDUnaired1AHE12TBD
14"Divorce Happens"TBDUnaired1AHE13TBD
15"Forgive and Forget"TBDUnaired1AHE14TBD
16"Most Hopeless Romantics"TBDUnaired1AHE15TBD
17"Matchmaker, Matchmaker"TBDUnaired1AHE16TBD

Production

The series was executive produced by Darren Star, who also directed the pilot, and Jeff Rake, [2] who wrote the pilot, as well as David Nevins and Brian Grazer. [3] After Alicia Silverstone, the first actors cast in Miss Match were David Conrad, Lake Bell and James Roday in February 2003. [4] This was followed by the casting of Ryan O'Neal, as the divorce attorney father of Silverstone's character, and Jodi Long, in early March 2003. [3]

NBC ordered Miss Match (then titled Miss/Match) to series in May 2003. [5] In December 2003 NBC added four episodes to the order for Miss Match, bringing the total number of produced episodes to 17. [6]

Reception

Based on 12 reviews, the show holds an 83% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The critics consensus reads, "With the incredibly charming Alicia Silverstone at the helm, Miss Match is a sweet romantic comedy with echoes of Sex and the City." [7]

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