What About Joan? | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Gwen Macsai |
Written by | Paige Bernhardt Chris Downey |
Directed by | Ed Weinberger |
Starring | Joan Cusack Kyle Chandler Jessica Hecht Donna Murphy Kellie Shanygne Williams Wallace Langham Jeff Garlin |
Composer | James S. Levine |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 21 (10 unaired) |
Production | |
Executive producers | James L. Brooks David Richardson Richard Sakai |
Producers | Josh Greene Joan Cusack |
Editor | Deborah Gavlak |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Gracie Films Columbia TriStar Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | March 27 – October 9, 2001 |
What About Joan? is an American sitcom that aired on ABC for two seasons in 2001. [1] It starred Joan Cusack as Joan Gallagher, a Chicago schoolteacher and the comedy of her day-to-day life. [2] It co-starred Kyle Chandler. It was produced by James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, David Richardson, and Ed Weinberger.
Joan Cusack played a high school teacher on the verge of a deepening relationship with Chandler. It was filmed before a live studio audience in Chicago and edited in Los Angeles. Joan's apartment was supposed to be located in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Lembeck | Gwen Macsai | March 27, 2001 |
2 | 2 | "Sex Talk" | Michael Lembeck | Gwen Macsai | April 3, 2001 |
3 | 3 | "The Proposal" | Lee Shallat Chemel | Story by : Robin Epstein & David Richardson Teleplay by : David Richardson | April 10, 2001 |
4 | 4 | "Joan Meets the Parents" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Jon Vitti | April 17, 2001 |
5 | 5 | "Free Speech" | Ed. Weinberger | Michael Price & Chris Downey | April 24, 2001 |
6 | 6 | "Joan's Sister Visits" | Michael Lembeck | Jon Vitti | May 1, 2001 |
7 | 7 | "Maeve" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Gwen Macsai | May 8, 2001 |
8 | 8 | "Ruby Doobie Doo" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Gwen Macsai & Robin Epstein | May 15, 2001 |
9 | 9 | "Betsy's Wedding" | Ed. Weinberger | Jon Vitti | May 22, 2001 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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14 | 1 | "My Dinner with Jake" | Terry Hughes | Katherine Green | October 2, 2001 |
15 | 2 | "Quiet Time" | Unknown | Unknown | October 9, 2001 |
16 | 3 | "Testing, Testing" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
17 | 4 | "No Bar Is an Island" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
18 | 5 | "Quid Pro Quo" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
19 | 6 | "Joan Sets Up Alice" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
20 | 7 | "The Curse of the Sweater" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
21 | 8 | "Mr. Roboto" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
22 | 9 | "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Joan" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
23 | 10 | "Green Bay" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
24 | 11 | "You Can't Go Home Again" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
25 | 12 | "Jake's Dilemma" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
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