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    Cancelled

    Country
    Runtime 25 min
    Premiere: World February 5, 2004
    Premiere: USA October 1, 2003
    Channel ABC (21:30, United States)
    Production Companies Paramount TelevisionTouchstone TelevisionStoryline Entertainment

    Description

    So you think Romeo and Juliet had family issues? Listen to this: Bobby is a bartender and the only son of gregarious, salt-of-the-earth Irish Catholic parents from Boston. His fiancée Liz, is a tony Harvard medical student and she’s Protestant (no, that’s not the problem). Liz has two dads, not one, and they’re a worldly pair of well-heeled gay men. The moment Bobby popped the question to Liz, they knew their families would have to meet. And the first time they brought his Mom and Dad together with her Dad and Dad… well, things did not go well. Aside from the obvious, there’s a culture gap between these in-laws-to-be that makes the Grand Canyon look like a seam in the sidewalk. Liz’s parents are devotees of the arts. Bobby’s are devotees of the Red Sox. Liz’s parents are into St. Laurent. Bobby’s parents swear by St. Patrick. Did we mention that Bobby’s sister Maddy loves to throw gasoline on the fire? From Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, acclaimed producers of the Oscar-winning "Chicago."
    e1 — Episode 1  

    Pilot

    October 1, 2003 7.2
    e2 — Episode 2  

    Truth and Consequences

    October 8, 2003 7.2
    e3 — Episode 3  

    Hell’s Kitchen

    October 15, 2003 7.4
    e4 — Episode 4  

    Take Me Out

    October 22, 2003 7.5
    e5 — Episode 5  

    The Doctor is Out

    October 29, 2003 7.5
    e6 — Episode 6  

    Waking Uncle Paddy

    November 5, 2003 6.8
    e7 — Episode 7  

    Swangate

    November 12, 2003 6.6
    e8 — Episode 8  

    Road Trippin'

    November 19, 2003 7.3
    e9 — Episode 9  

    Thanks, But No Thanks

    November 25, 2003 6.7
    e10 — Episode 10  

    Artistic Differences

    December 10, 2003 5.4
    e11 — Episode 11  

    The Santa That Came to Dinner

    December 17, 2003 7.6
    e12 — Episode 12  

    What’s Up

    January 7, 2004 7.4
    e13 — Episode 13  

    Our Sauce, It is a Beauty

    January 14, 2004 7.2
    e14 — Episode 14  

    Ready, Aim, Sing!

    January 21, 2004 8.2
    e15 — Episode 15  

    Tackleboxxx/The Love Below

    January 28, 2004 7.7
    e16 — Episode 16  

    Cross My Heart

    February 11, 2004 8.4
    e17 — Episode 17  

    A Long Day’s Journey Into Leonard’s

    February 18, 2004 7.4
    e18 — Episode 18  

    Oscar Interruptus

    February 25, 2004 7.8
    e19 — Episode 19  

    Who’s Camping Now

    March 30, 2004 7.6
    e20 — Episode 20  

    Philip in a China Shop

    April 6, 2004 7.6
    e21 — Episode 21  

    Doggy-Style

    September 16, 2008 7.4
    e22 — Episode 22  

    Fight for Your Invite to Party

    September 18, 2008 7.3

    Сast and Crew

    Production

    The show was created by Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano. In January 2003, the project received a pilot order at ABC, albeit untitled. Reid Scott was the first cast on March 5, 2003. The next day, Maggie Lawson was cast, shortly following her leading role on the ABC pilot Nancy Drew. John Benjamin Hickey was cast on March 21, 2003. On March 31, 2003, Christopher Sieber was cast; Sieber had previously starred in another ABC sitcom Two of a Kind. Lenny Clarke was cast on April 9, 2003.

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