Three Sisters (American TV series)

Three Sisters
Also known as	These Women
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Eileen Heisler DeAnn Heline
Starring	Katherine LaNasa David Alan Basche Vicki Lewis Peter Bonerz Dyan Cannon
Composer	W. G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	35 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Eileen Heisler DeAnn Heline
Producer	Werner Walian
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Blackie and Blondie Productions NBC Studios
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 9, 2001 (2001-01-09) – February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)

Three Sistersis an American sitcom television series created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, that aired on NBC for two seasons from January 9, 2001, to February 5, 2002. ^[1]

Summary

Steven Keats narrates the story of his life in Los Angeles with his wife, Bess, their new baby... and her two omnipresent neurotic sisters, and interfering parents. Plots revolved around the young couple's efforts to lead a normal life through Bess's family's craziness and her people-pleasing personality. Guest stars included Valerie Harper and Howard Hesseman as Steven's divorced parents, Merle and Jerry Keats.

Cast

• David Alan Basche as Steven Keats
• Katherine LaNasa as Bess Bernstein-Flynn Keats
• Vicki Lewis as Nora Bernstein-Flynn
• A.J. Langer as Annie Bernstein-Flynn
• Dyan Cannon as Honey Bernstein-Flynn
• Peter Bonerz as George Bernstein-Flynn
• Edward Kerr as Jasper 'Jake' Riley
• Brian Scolaro as Gordon
• Paul Hipp Elliot

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	16		January 9, 2001 (2001-01-09)	May 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
2	19		September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25)	February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)

Season 1 (2001)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Pamela Fryman	Eileen Heisler & DeAnn Heline	January 9, 2001 (2001-01-09)	16.31 [2]
2	2	"My Birth and Welcome to It"	Andrew Tsao	Eileen Heisler & DeAnn Heline	January 16, 2001 (2001-01-16)	15.78 [3]
3	3	"Masters of Intervention"	Lee Shallat Chemel	Lester Lewis	January 23, 2001 (2001-01-23)	12.79 [4]
4	4	"The Dry Spell"	Pamela Fryman	Maria Semple	January 30, 2001 (2001-01-30)	14.66 [5]
5	5	"The In-Laws"	Unknown	Unknown	February 6, 2001 (2001-02-06)	12.21 [6]
6	6	"Summer of Chocolate"	Lee Shallat-Chemel	Matt Goldman	February 13, 2001 (2001-02-13)	11.36 [7]
7	7	"The Faculty Party"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20)	13.21 [8]
8	8	"The Rooster"	Unknown	Unknown	February 27, 2001 (2001-02-27)	10.49 [9]
9	9	"The New Guy"	Gail Mancuso	Unknown	March 6, 2001 (2001-03-06)	13.43 [10]
10	10	"Sisters: Undressed"	Unknown	Unknown	March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	10.49 [11]
11	11	"Blame the Messenger"	Unknown	Unknown	March 20, 2001 (2001-03-20)	10.57 [12]
12	12	"Work-Related"	Unknown	Unknown	March 27, 2001 (2001-03-27)	10.77 [13]
13	13	"My Best Friend's Girl"	Unknown	Unknown	April 3, 2001 (2001-04-03)	9.44 [14]
14	14	"It's a Wonderful Wife"	Gail Mancuso	Unknown	April 10, 2001 (2001-04-10)	8.99 [15]
15	15	"Mother's Day"	Unknown	Unknown	May 1, 2001 (2001-05-01)	11.89 [16]
16	16	"Sister Break"	Gail Mancuso	Unknown	May 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)	10.76 [17]

Season 2 (2001–02)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
17	1	"Two Steps Forward, One Step Back"	Unknown	Unknown	September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25)	7.70 [18]
18	2	"Critical Reaction"	Steve Zuckerman	Rob Bragin	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	7.65 [19]
19	3	"Three"	Peter Bonerz	Lester Lewis	October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)	7.63 [20]
20	4	"A Shot in the Dark"	Gail Mancuso	Katy Ballard	October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)	6.71 [21]
21	5	"Don't Be Thrown"	Leonard R. Garner, Jr.	Maria Semple	October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)	6.29 [22]
22	6	"Halloween 1"	Gail Mancuso	Bill Daly	October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)	7.23 [23]
23	7	"A Date with Destiny: Parts 1 & 2"	Unknown	Unknown	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)	7.31 [24]
24	8
25	9	"Three Thanksgivings, One Turkey"	Jay Sandrich	Lester Lewis	November 29, 2001 (2001-11-29)	11.36 [25]
26	10	"Is It Me?"	Mark Cendrowski	Peter Murrieta	December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11)	5.89 [26]
27	11	"The Manny"	Jay Sandrich	Rob Bragin	December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	6.48 [27]
28	12	"Dog Day Afternoon"	Peter Bonerz	Katy Ballard	January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)	7.04 [28]
29	13	"The Sister Equinox"	Unknown	Unknown	January 15, 2002 (2002-01-15)	6.38 [29]
30	14	"Changing Rooms"	Unknown	Unknown	January 29, 2002 (2002-01-29)	7.79 [30]
31	15	"Best Laid Plans"	Unknown	Unknown	February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)	8.73 [31]
32	16	"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A
33	17	"The Song"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A
34	18	"'Twas the Night Before"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A
35	19	"Deep Issue Massage"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A

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External links

• Three Sisters at IMDb