Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series)

Men Behaving Badly
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)

Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It serves as a transatlantic equivalent to the earlier British sitcom of the same name.

Synopsis

Set in Indianapolis, Indiana the show starred Rob Schneider, Ron Eldard and Justine Bateman. Kevin (Eldard) and Jamie (Schneider) were college buddies sharing an apartment and living out a second childhood, much to the chagrin of Kevin's girlfriend Sarah (Bateman). Brenda (Dina Spybey) was an upstairs neighbor that Jamie flirted with.

Eldard and Bateman left after the first season, amid rumors that they clashed with Schneider and the show's producers. They were replaced by Ken Marino and Jenica Bergere, and Spybey was promoted from recurring to series regular.

Cast

• Rob Schneider as Jamie Coleman
• Ron Eldard as Kevin Murphy (season 1)
• Justine Bateman as Sarah Stretten (season 1)
• Dina Spybey as Brenda Mikowski
• Julia Campbell as Cherie Miller (season 1)
• Ken Marino as Steve (season 2)
• Jenica Bergere as Katie (season 2)

Reception

Reviewers found the show's content to be too risqué, pushing its brand of gross-out humor beyond all but the raciest cable shows of the day. The first season ran for 22 episodes. Altogether 13 episodes were completed for the second season, albeit with Schneider as the sole original member in the main cast. Only six of those completed episodes ever aired during the initial run because of dropping ratings and steep competition from CBS's Top 10 hit Touched by an Angel, Fox's Top 20 hit The Simpsons, and ABC's Top 40 hit The Wonderful World of Disney—all of which were more family-friendly programs.

Home media

The entire series of 35 episodes was released as a Region 1 DVD box set in February 2007.

Episodes

External links

• Men Behaving Badly on IMDb
• Men Behaving Badly at epguides.com