The series centers around the life of Gary Brooks (Jay Mohr) and begins three months after he and his ex-wife, Allison Brooks (Paula Marshall), officially divorce. Gary owns a house painting business and bought his own place after his divorce. Now his life revolves around trying to move on from his marriage and get back out into the dating scene while constantly having to deal with his ex-wife because they have two children together.
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| Country | |
| Runtime | 22 min |
| Premiere: World | January 5, 2009 |
| Premiere: USA | September 24, 2008 |
| Channel | CBS (20:30, United States) |
| Digital: World | September 13, 2013 |
| Production Companies | |
| Also Known As | Project Gary United States |
Description
Newly divorced after fifteen years of marriage, Gary Brooks, a painting contractor, strives to balance work, shared custody of his two children, a controlling ex-wife, and his foxy new girlfriend.Gary’s Ex Got Engaged
September 24, 2008Gary Gets Boundaries
October 1, 2008Gary Marries Off His Ex
October 8, 2008Gary Gets His Stuff Back
October 15, 2008Gary Breaks Up His Ex-Wife and Girlfriend
October 22, 2008Gary Meets the Gang
November 5, 2008Gary and Allison’s Restaurant
November 12, 2008Gary and Allison Brooks
November 19, 2008Gary Gives Thanks
November 26, 2008Gary Goes First
December 10, 2008Gary Toughens Up Tom
December 17, 2008Gary Dates Louise’s Teacher
January 14, 2009Gary Moves Back In
January 21, 2009Gary and Dennis' Sister
February 11, 2009Gary’s Ex-Brother-in-Law
February 18, 2009Gary Uses His Veto
March 11, 2009Gary Hooks Up Allison
March 18, 2009Gary and the Trophy
April 8, 2009Gary and His Half Brother
May 6, 2009Gary Fixes Allison’s Garbage Disposal
May 20, 2009Сast and Crew
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Critique: 13
Gary’s uneven because it doesn’t feel like a sitcom working for Mohr, but Mohr working for a sitcom.
Mohr knows how to deliver a sarcastic one-liner, the pilot has a few laughs and the characters are all likable. But despite modern refere...
The performances, in and of themselves, range from solid (King’s) to inspired (Marshall’s)…But taken together, there is both too much a...
Mostly, though, Gary trades insults with his ex-wife (Paula Marshall, who really needs to stop jumping into the sack with uninspired series) and st...
While they’re entertaining together, the show needs other characters to avoid becoming just an endless exchange of the snarky things TV write...
This sitcom may elicit a few laughs, but the premiere episode is pretty lackluster overall, with obvious punchlines and predictable characteri...
On the up side, some of the one-liners are quite funny. On the downside, a lot of the show just doesn’t work no matter how hard Mohr works it.
Ed Begley Jr shows a light touch as the ex-couple’s counselor, and not every joke on Gary Unmarried falls flat. But this show hinges on one’s...
The show is funny enough, and the performers and setup are solid enough to hope CBS will give this working-class comedy a little time to work.
This is the kind of dull-witted, over-laugh-tracked, artificial sitcom that makes you wonder if the Hollywood honchos ever got the memo about the 2...
Gary is a throwback to a time when laugh tracks were provided by evidently demented studio audiences; when one-liners were stoked with double enten...
Despite its 1980s ambiance, you can’t simply dismiss the show. It has some genuinely funny lines, though it’s not clear who to tha...
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