YES, DEAR

'''Yes, Dear''' is an American television sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder. These actors had recently starred in their own series failed sitcoms; critics ravaged it as one of the worst new shows of the season and a likely candidate for first cancellations of the season. Instead, ''Yes, Dear'' scored surprisingly solid ratings for CBS over the next four seasons, in spite of little or no promotion and a number of timeslot changes.
In spring 2004, CBS pulled the plug on the program, but later ordered an additional 13 episodes for midseason. After canceling ''Center of the Universe'', CBS began airing the new ''Yes, Dear'' episodes on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 in the 9:30 p.m. EST timeslot. The show did better than many expected and CBS ordered an additional season of 22 episodes for 2005-2006, but that order was later cut to 13.
Thanks to an untimely preemption, the Season Five finale was not aired in May 2005. Instead, it was aired in September of 2005 a week before the "official" start of the season. Thus, many viewers were unaware that a new episode was being broadcast. Another episode held over from Season Five due to a preemption was finally aired in January of 2006. Because of these preemptions, continuity for the series was thrown into disarray.
CBS confirmed to The Washington Post that the show will not return in the 2006-2007 season [1].
As of September 2007, reruns of ''Yes, Dear'' air on cable station TBS. The show aired in local syndication in 2005-06; in the fall of 2006, 20th Television, the syndication subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, took the show out of barter syndication and replaced it with "Still Standing".

Contents

Cast

Plot synopsis

Recurring cast members

Main Theme Song - "Family is Family"

Trivia

International airings of ''Yes, Dear''

References

See also

External links

Cast

★ 'Anthony Clark' as Greg Warner

★ 'Jean Louisa Kelly' as Kim Warner

★ 'Mike O'Malley' as James "Jimmy" Hughes

★ 'Liza Snyder' as Christine Hughes

★ 'Joel Homan' as Dominic Hughes

Plot synopsis

Clark and Kelly portrayed Greg and Kim Warner; Greg was a motion picture executive and Kim is a stay-at-home mother to Sam and later Emily. Kim's sister Christine and her husband Jimmy Hughes (and their two sons, Dominic and Logan) lived in the Warners' guest house, where the Hughes' lazy and easygoing approach to life in general contrasted with the more uptight and snobbish demeanor of Greg. The plots revolved around child rearing, work (especially after Greg got Jimmy a job as the movie studio's security guard), and sex, and often involved various combinations of the four adult characters plotting against the others - such as Jimmy and Greg trying to manipulate each other, or their respective wives, or vice-versa. In addition, Jimmy became the focus of a larger number of outlandish plots, including get-rich-quick schemes.
Late in the fifth season, the Hughes' finally have enough money to move out of the guest house and buy the house next door. Meanwhile, Greg quits his job following its takeover by a new corporation and the firing of his boss, the overbearing but ultimately decent Mr. Savitsky. The continuity disruption mentioned above meant viewers saw an unemployed Greg before the episode that depicted him losing his job had been aired.
After Greg is unable to find new work and toxic mold is discovered in their home, the Warners are forced to move in with the Hughes in a role-reversal early in the sixth season. Eventually, Savitsky latches on with a Japanese movie studio and rehires Greg, and the Warners are able to move back into their home. In the final scene of the series finale, an earthquake strikes Los Angeles; the Warners' home receives minimal damage, but the Hughes' are apparently not so lucky, as they show up at the Warners' front door asking if the guest house is still available.

Recurring cast members

★ 'Brendon Baerg' as Lobo "Logan" Hughes

★ 'Anthony Bain' as Sam Warner

★ 'Michael Bain' as Sam Warner

★ 'Madison Poer' as Emily Warner

★ 'Christopher Berry' as Lobo "Logan" Hughes

★ 'Nicholas Berry' as Lobo "Logan" Hughes

★ 'Jerry Van Dyke' as Big Jimmy Hughes

★ 'Tim Conway' as Tom Warner

★ 'Vicki Lawrence' as Natalie Warner

★ 'Beth Grant' as Kitty Hughes

★ 'Dan Hedaya' as Don Ludke

★ 'Alley Mills' as Jenny Ludke

★ 'Billy Gardell' as Billy Colivita

★ 'Phill Lewis' as Roy Barr

★ 'Brian Doyle-Murray' as Mr. George Savitsky

Main Theme Song - "Family is Family"

The Main Theme Song of "Yes, Dear", even though mostly thought to be sung or performed by Mike O'Malley who plays Jimmy Hughes in the television series, is actually performed by and written by Bill Janovitz.

Trivia

★ Anthony Clark and Mike O'Malley appeared in the Alan Jackson music video "''The Talkin' Song Repair Blues''", somewhat parodying their roles as Greg Warner and Jimmy Hughes, respectively.

★ Greg stated in one episode that he met Kim when he needed a ride across their university campus, but in a different episode stated they met at the university's health clinic.

★ Clark, O'Malley and Kelly presented an award at the 2004 CMA awards.

★ Actor Lou Wagner has played two different roles in the series, one as Mr. Bradley in "Jimmy Gets a Job", as well as Mike Werle in "The Radford Reshuffle" and "Christine the Spy".

International airings of ''Yes, Dear''

Country	Alternate title (translation)	TV network(s)
United States	Yes, Dear	CBS, TBS
Canada	Yes, Dear	CBS, TBS, CH
Australia	Yes, Dear	FOX8
Bulgaria	Да, мило	Fox life
Denmark	Umage Søstre	TV3+
France	Oui, chérie!	TF1
India	Yes, Dear	Star World
Italy	Prima o poi divorzio!	Italia1
South Africa	Yes, Dear	SABC 3
Sweden	Omaka Systrar	TV4

References

See also

★ List of Yes, Dear episodes

External links

★ Official Site

★ TV.com Episode Guide

★ ''Yes, Dear'' at Internet Movie Database