The Trouble with Normal (TV series)

This article is about the television series. For the book, see The Trouble with Normal (book).
The Trouble with Normal
Also known as People Who Fear People
Created by Victor Fresco
Starring
Composer(s) Bruce Miller
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Garfield Grove Productions
Touchstone Television
Paramount Television
Release
Original network ABC
Original release October 6 (2000-10-06) – November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03)

The Trouble with Normal is an American comedy series that originally aired on ABC from October 6 to November 3, 2000. The show starred David Krumholtz, Brad Raider, Jon Cryer, Larry Joe Campbell, and Paget Brewster.[1] The show was described as "the misadventures of four paranoid young men whose fear of urban conspiracy leads them to seek counseling in a therapy group run by therapist Claire Garletti (Brewster)." Recurring members of the therapy group were played by Jim Beaver and Patricia Belcher.[2]

History

A total of thirteen episodes of the series were ordered by ABC and completed, however the network aired only five of the episodes in the United States before the series was canceled. All thirteen episodes were later shown in Australia.

This show has never been released for consumer purchase. To date, no plans have ever been announced to release this program as a DVD from CBS Home Entertainment.

This series was originally titled People Who Fear People. Director James Burrows was involved in the initial project but did not participate in the retitled series.[3] Maria Pitillo and Mackenzie Astin were replaced by Paget Brewster and Brad Raider.[4]

Cast

Additional Cast

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
1"Pilot"Andy AckermanVictor FrescoOctober 6, 2000 (2000-10-06)TBA
2"Not the Pilot"TBATBAOctober 13, 2000 (2000-10-13)TBA
3"Psychologists Without Borders"TBATBAOctober 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)TBA
4"Mail Trouble"TBATBAOctober 27, 2000 (2000-10-27)TBA
5"Owl Show Ya"TBATBANovember 3, 2000 (2000-11-03)TBA
6"Clairanoia"TBATBATBATBA
7"Unconventional Behavior"TBATBATBATBA
8"Say Cheese"TBATBATBATBA
9"Speech! Speech!"TBATBATBATBA
10"Help Yourself"TBATBATBATBA
11"Spy vs. Guy"TBATBATBATBA
12"Chez Schlick"TBATBATBATBA
13"Manhattan Transference"TBATBATBATBA

References

  1. TV.com details
  2. IMDB details
  3. ABC sets appointment for Cryer’s couch trip pilot Cynthia Littleton Editor-in-chief: TV. Variety, August 17, 1999
  4. Inside Move: Goodman show gets ‘Normal’ Josef Adalian. Variety, August 18, 2000
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