Just Deal is a comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 series that aired Saturday mornings on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 as a part of the network's TNBC

TNBC

TNBC was a Saturday morning programing block of television shows geared toward teenagers and young adults that aired on NBC from 1992 to 2002.-History:The idea for TNBC sprang from the popularity of Saved by the Bell...

 lineup. The series premiered on September 23, 2000 and ended on September 7, 2002

Premise

The show revolved around Dylan Roberts, an ordinary teenager living in the suburbs of Seattle, whose older brother Mike is the star quarterback of the high school football team. Dylan's best friend Jermaine Greene is a biracial, highly educated teen who wants to go to Harvard some day. They spend a lot of time together until Ashley Gordon, the new girl in town, takes up most of Dylan's attention. But all together they make a strong group of friends.

Production

The show was the first on TNBC to use the single-camera format (i.e. not in front of a live audience and with no laugh track

Laugh track

A laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...

). Another single-camera show, Sk8

Sk8 (TV series)

Sk8 is a half-hour teen drama that aired on NBC's TNBC Saturday morning programming block from October 6 2001 to January 5, 2002 with 13 episodes produced. The show continued in reruns until TNBC's dissolution in September 2002....

, was created soon after, but the TNBC lineup was soon canceled in favor of Discovery Kids

Discovery Kids

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.

Main cast

• Brian T. Skala
  Brian Skala
  Brian T. Skala is an American actor. He known for playing the lead role, Dylan Roberts, on the NBC series Just Deal. He has guest starred on Boston Public, JAG, Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Supernatural, Heroes and FlashFoward...
  
   as Dylan Roberts
• Erika Thormahlen
  Erika Thormahlen
  Erika Thormahlen is an American actress and child educator. She is best known for her role as Ashley "Ash" Gordon on the NBC comedy-drama Just Deal.-Career:...
  
   as Ashley "Ash" Gordon
• Shedrack Anderson III as Jermaine Greene
• John L. Adams
  John L. Adams
  John L. Adams is an American film and television actor.After attending Winston-Salem State University, Adams moved to Los Angeles where he began a career as a stand-up comic, performing at such venues as The Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, as well as the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas.In...
  
   as Mr. Peña (Season 1)

Recurring cast

• Will Sanderson
  Will Sanderson
  Will Sanderson is a Canadian television and film actor.He is known for having a long working relationship with director Uwe Boll, having appeared in most of his video-game based movies such as House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne and In the Name of the King.In 2007 he played the...
  
   as Mike Roberts Jr.
• Eileen Pedde
  Eileen Pedde
  Eileen Pedde is an American actress.Pedde made her debut in the TV series The Little Kidnappers in 1990. She has appeared in numerous major American television series including The X Files and Smallville but is perhaps best known for her role as Sergeant Erin Mathias in Battlestar Galactica...
  
   as Coleen Roberts
• Eric Keenleyside
  Eric Keenleyside
  Eric Keenleyside is a Canadian actor.He lives in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada, with his wife, Peg, and their two children. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and grew up in London, Ontario, and spent time in Brisbane, Australia...
  
   as Mike Roberts Sr.
• Alison Matthews
  Alison Matthews
  Alison Matthews is a Canadian actress. She has voiced several anime roles, most notably Ezalia Joule in Gundam SEED, as well as the narrator in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny...
  
   as Emily Gordon
• Fiona Scott as Naomi Esterbrook
• Kandyse McClure
  Kandyse McClure
  Kandyse McClure is an actress, best known for playing Anastasia Dualla on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica.- Biography :...
  
   as Kim
• Jewel Staite
  Jewel Staite
  Jewel Belair Staite is a Canadian actress, who portrayed Catalina in Space Cases, Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis.-Personal life:...
  
   as Laurel
• Michael P. Northey as Benny
• Parker Jay as Vijal
• Antonio Cupo
  Antonio Cupo
  Antonio Cupo is a Canadian actor.He was born into a family of Italian emigrants who came to Canada in 1968. His father Manlio is from Palomonte, a small town in the province of Salerno, south-western Italy and his mother Lucia from Barletta, a province of Bari.In 2007, Antonio Cupo starred in a...
  
   as Josh
• David Paetkau
  David Paetkau
  David E. Paetkau is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Evan Lewis in Final Destination 2 , Beck McKaye in Whistler , and Sam Braddock in the CTV television series Flashpoint ....
  
   as Hunter Kerrigan

Season 1: 2000

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Season 2: 2001

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Season 3: 2002

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