The War Next Door

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The War Next Door
Genre Sitcom
Created by Will McRobb
Chris Viscardi
Starring Linden Ashby
Damian Young
Susan Walters
ComposerDonald Quan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producer Will McRobb
Chris Viscardi
ProducerKevin Lafferty
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesWellsville Pictures
USA Cable Entertainment
Original release
Network USA Network
ReleaseJuly 23 (2000-07-23) 
September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24)

The War Next Door is an American sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The show used non-canon humor as one of the two main characters dies at the end of each episode, only to reappear alive the following episode as if nothing had happened. The show ran for only 8 out of 13 episodes and was broadcast on USA Network from July 23 until September 24, 2000.

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Summary

Kennedy Smith, a super secret agent, just wants to retire. Unfortunately, his seemingly indestructible nemesis, Kriegman, wants to make his life hell and so moves into the suburbs and becomes Smith's next-door neighbor and evil opponent.

Characters and actors

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Kill Kill Kill" Damon Santostefano Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi July 23, 2000 (2000-07-23)
2"Menage-a-Kill" Bruce McDonald Joe Stillman July 30, 2000 (2000-07-30)
3"Father Knows Death" Bruce Seth Green Tim Hill & Michael RubinerAugust 6, 2000 (2000-08-06)
4"Death of a Salesman"David Grossman Roger S.H. Schulman August 13, 2000 (2000-08-13)
5"Death Dish"Don McCutcheon Ned Goldreyer August 20, 2000 (2000-08-20)
6"Get a Death" Milan Cheylov Dan Redican August 27, 2000 (2000-08-27)
7"Blood Is Thicker Than Death"Milan Cheylov Dan E. Fesman & Harry VictorSeptember 17, 2000 (2000-09-17)
8"And Baby Makes Death" David Straiton Nell Scovell September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24)
9"Death in the Hood"TBDTBDUNAIRED
10"Killing with Kindness"TBDTBDUNAIRED
11"Paul Is Dead"TBDTBDUNAIRED
12"The End of the World as We Know It: Part 1"TBDTBDUNAIRED
13"The End of the World as We Know It: Part 2"TBDTBDUNAIRED

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