The Geena Davis Show was an American sitcom starring Geena Davis

Geena Davis

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist...

. The show lasted one season (2000-2001) on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

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Background

Terri Minsky

Terri Minsky

Terri Minsky is an American television writer and producer who created Lizzie McGuire, Less Than Perfect, and The Geena Davis Show as well as writing several episodes of Sex and the City...

 first pitched the idea of a Sex and the City

Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...

-like character becoming a suburban housewife to ABC in early 2000. Basic plot details were drawn up, and the script eventually reached Geena Davis. After some debating, ABC decided to make the show less like Sex and the City and more tailored to its star, Geena Davis. The show was filmed in Los Angeles and premiered on ABC on Tuesday, October 10, 2000, at 9.30pm. The show lasted less than a season before being replaced by the Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack

Joan Mary Cusack is an American film, stage and television actress. Throughout her career, Cusack has appeared in many films as well as appearing in stage productions....

 sitcom What About Joan?

What About Joan?

What About Joan? is an ABC sitcom that aired in 2001 for 2 seasons . It starred Joan Cusack as Joan Gallagher, a Chicago schoolteacher and the comedy of her day-to-day life. It co-starred Kyle Chandler. It was produced by James L...

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Cast

• Geena Davis
  Geena Davis
  Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist...
  
   - Teddie Cochran
• Peter Horton
  Peter Horton
  Peter Horton is an American actor and director. He played the role of Prof. Gary Shepherd on the popular television series Thirtysomething until 1991.-Early life:...
  
   - Max Ryan
• Mimi Rogers
  Mimi Rogers
  Mimi Rogers is an American movie actress and competitive poker player.-Early life:Rogers was born Miriam Spickler in Coral Gables, Florida, the daughter of Philip C...
  
   - Hillary
• Kim Coles
  Kim Coles
  Kimberley "Kim" Coles is an American actress and comedian.-Career:Coles has appeared on many television shows, including Frasier , Six Feet Under, Celebrity Mole and The Geena Davis Show...
  
   - Judy
• John Francis Daley
  John Francis Daley
  John Francis Daley is an American television and film actor, singer, screenwriter, and director, sometimes credited as John Daley or John Francis Daly. He is best known for playing Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and his current role as Lance Sweets on the series Bones...
  
   - Carter Ryan
• Makenzie Vega
  Makenzie Vega
  -Personal life:Vega was born in Los Angeles, California to a Colombian father and an American mother. She is the younger sister of actress Alexa Vega. Vega currently lives in New York with her mother Gina Rue , and three siblings...
  
   - Eliza Ryan
• Esther Scott
  Esther Scott
  Esther Scott is an American actress. She has had regular spots in shows such as The Geena Davis Show, City Guys and The Tracy Morgan Show. She has guest starred in Ellen, Less Than Perfect and 7th Heaven. She lives in Los Angeles....
  
   - Gladys

Rest of cast

• Harland Williams
  Harland Williams
  Harland Williams is a Canadian actor, comedian, author, artist, musician and radio personality.-Personal life:Harland Reesor Williams was born on November 14, 1962, in Toronto, Ontario, to Lorraine , a social worker, and John Reesor Williams, who worked as a member of the Ontario Provincial...
  
   - Alan
• Peggy Jo Jacobs as Patrice
• Lise Simms as Natalie
• Steve Valentine as Walter
• Susan Wood as Sydney
• Sarah Zinsser as Mrs. Toll
• Adeline Allen as Morgan
• Dylan Capannelli as Justin
• Graham Norton
  Graham Norton
  Graham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton , is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist...
  
   as Bryan Fernando
• Monique Edwards
  Monique Edwards
  Monique Diane Edwards is an American actress.-Life and career:Edwards was born in Kittery, Maine. She is a multi-talented actress, singer, director, and humanitarian who is steadily building a solid reputation in television, feature films, the stage, and commercials. She was born in Maine, but...
  
   as Fed-Ex Woman
• Jodi Nelson as Cafe Patron #1

Plot

Sexy and sophisticated Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

party-planner Teddie Cochran starts dating writer Max Ryan. The two hit it off, and Teddie soon moves into Max's suburban home along with his two children, six-year-old Eliza and 13-year-old Carter. Motherless for some time (Max is a widower), the two are not exactly welcoming of Teddie. Along with her two girlfriends Hilary and Judy, Teddie must use her unique blend of wits and sarcasm to get through her new lifestyle.

Episodes

Listed below are episodes of the show with original airing dates:

• Pilot - 10 October 2000

• What I Like About You - 17 October 2000

• Piece of Cake - 24 October 2000

• Jealousy - 31 October 2000

• Motherly Advice - 14 November 2000

• There's Something About Max - 21 November 2000

• Cooties - 28 November 2000

• The Long Kiss Goodbye - 5 December 2000

• By Teddie Cochran - 12 December 2000

• How the Mom Stole Christmas - 19 December 2000

• Momma Bear - 9 January 2001

• Car Wash - 16 January 2001

• Max Hates Hillary - 23 January 2001

• There's a New Bride in Town - 30 January 2001

• Photo Finish - 6 February 2001

• Sex, Lies, and Videotape - 13 February 2001

• Hot Potato - 20 February 2001

• The Prime Directive - 6 March 2001

• Girls' Night Out - 3 July 2001

• White Moms Can't Jump - 10 July 2001

• The Tango Lesson - 17 July 2001

• The Wedding - 24 July 2001