Mad About You

NBC (ended 1999)

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Premiered: Sep 23, 1992
Status: Ended

Jamie (Helen Hunt) and Paul Buchman (Paul Reiser) are a young urban couple with five months of marriage behind them and they're still trying to make some ground rules of living together in an apartment in Manhattan. This is definitely not easy because Jamie & Paul are both equally neurotic - but in totally different ways. Paul is a documentary filmmaker, he is charming and creative, but also extremely careful and analytic. Jaime works as a public relations consultant, and is more of a free spirit, but also has a number of discomforts. Jaime's sister Lisa Stemple (Anne Ramsay) often comes to visit them, just like their friends Mark Devanow (Richard Kind), his wife Fran (Leila Kenzle) and Paul's cousin Ira Buchman (John Pankow). But, they aren't the only ones dropping by the apartment - there are always all kinds of other characters like noisy neighbours, a funny dogwalker (Hank Azaria), family members and others.''''With a big part of personal intimacy, which Paul Reiser, the head character and the creator of the show, compares to "a ride home after a party, when a couple can finally tell each other what have they been thinking all night", the 30-minute show searches for capricious moments of every couple. Their co-creator of the show, Danny Jacobson, adds that "they wanted to set a mirror to marriage life and see how the world is behind closed doors".''''Awards and Nominations:''''GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:''> 1998 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Paul Reiser]''> 1998 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Helen Hunt]''> 1997 - Won! - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Helen Hunt]''> 1997 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Paul Reiser]''> 1997 - Nominated - Best TV-Series Comedy/Musical''> 1996 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Helen Hunt]''> 1996 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Paul Reiser]''> 1996 - Nominated - Best TV-Series Comedy/Musical''> 1995 - Won! - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Helen Hunt]''> 1995 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Paul Reiser]''> 1995 - Won! - Best TV-Series Comedy/Musical''> 1994 - Won! - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Helen Hunt]''> 1993 - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical [Helen Hunt]''''EMMY AWARDS:''> 1999 - Won! - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Mel Brooks] (For playing "Uncle Phil Buchman". For episode "Uncle Phil Goes Back To High School".)''> 1999 - Won! - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''> 1999 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [Paul Reiser]''> 1998 - Won! - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Mel Brooks] (For playing "Uncle Phil". For episode "Uncle Phil And The Coupons".)''> 1998 - Won! - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''> 1998 - Nominated - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Hank Azaria] (For playing "Nat". For episode "Nat And Arly".)''> 1998 - Nominated - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Nathan Lane] (For playing "Professor Twilley". For episode "Good Old Reliable Nathan".)''> 1998 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [Paul Reiser]''> 1998 - Nominated - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series [Carol Burnett] (For playing "Theresa Stemple". For episode "Coming Home".)''> 1997 - Won! - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''> 1997 - Won! - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Mel Brooks] (For playing "Uncle Phil". For episode "The Penis".)''> 1997 - Won! - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series [Carol Burnett] (For playing "Teresa Stemple". For episode "Jamie's Parents".)''> 1997 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [Paul Reiser]''> 1997 - Nominated - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Sid Caesar] (For playing "Harold". For episode "Citizen Buchman".)''> 1997 - Nominated - Outstanding Comedy Series''> 1996 - Won! - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''> 1996 - Nominated - Outstanding Comedy Series''> 1996 - Nominated - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special (for episode "New Years Eve")''> 1996 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [Paul Reiser]''> 1995 - Won! - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series [Carl Reiner] (For playing "Alan Brady". For episode "The Alan Brady Show".)''> 1995 - Won! - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series [Cyndi lauper] (For playing "Marianne Lugasso". For episode "Money Changes Everything".)''> 1995 - Won! - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special (for episode "Up in Smoke")''> 1995 - Nominated - Outstanding Comedy Series''> 1995 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''> 1995 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [Paul Reiser]''> 1995 - Nominated - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production (Sheila Amos; for episode "The Ride Home")''> 1994 - Won! - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special (for episode "The Surprise")''> 1994 - Nominated - Outstanding Comedy Series''> 1994 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''> 1994 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [Paul Reiser]''> 1994 - Nominated - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Comedy Series (Tom Moore; for episode "Love Letters")''> 1994 - Nominated - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Comedy Series (Lee Shallat Chemel; for episode "Paul is Dead")''> 1993 - Nominated - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series [Helen Hunt]''''International Broadcasting:''''ARGENTINA: Telecasted on SONY ETV''AUSTRALIA: Telecasted on Channel 10''AUSTRIA: Telecasted on ORF1''BELGIUM: Telecasted on BRTN1''BRAZIL: Telecasted on ETV, GLOBO TV and SONY Entertainment Cable''CROATIA: Telecasted on RTL TELEVIZIJA''FINLAND: Telecasted on YLE TV1''FRANCE: Telecasted on RTL9''GERMANY: Telecasted on RTL and VOX''HONG KONG: Telecasted on TV-B PEARL''ISRAEL: Telecasted on Family Channel (3)''ITALY: Telecasted on Italian Tv''MALAYSIA: Telecasted on TV3''NETHERLANDS: Telecasted on NED-3 and YORIN''NEW ZEALAND: Telecasted on TV2''PORTUGAL: Telecasted on TV-I''SINGAPORE: Telecasted on TCS Channel 5''SLOVENIA: Telecasted on SLO 1 & 2 and KANAL A''SOUTH AFRICA: Telecasted on SABC 3''SOUTH KOREA: Telecasted on AFKN''SPAIN: Telecasted on TV3''SWEDEN: Telecasted on KANAL 1''TAIWAN: Telecasted on TV TIME CABLE''UNITED KINGDOM: Telecasted on SKY ONE, ABC1''''NBC Broadcast History''September 1992 - January 1993 -- Wednesdays 9:30pm''February 1993 - May 1993 -- Saturdays 9:30pm''September 1993 - May 1995 -- Thursdays 8:00pm''September 1995 - May 1996 -- Sundays 8:00pm''September 1996 - November 1998 -- Tuesdays 8:00pm''December 1998 - May 1999 -- Mondays 8:00pm''''Theme Song:''"Final Frontier" performed by Andrew Goldmoreless

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S 7 : Ep 22	The Final Frontier (2)	Aired 5/24/99
S 7 : Ep 21	The Final Frontier (1)	Aired 5/24/99
S 7 : Ep 21	The Final Frontier	Aired 5/24/99	go
S 7 : Ep 20	The Dirty Little Secret	Aired 5/17/99	go
S 7 : Ep 19	Paved with Good Intentions	Aired 5/13/99	go

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The Final Frontier

S 7 : Ep 21

Aired 5/24/99
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The Dirty Little Secret

S 7 : Ep 20

Aired 5/17/99
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Paved with Good Intentions

S 7 : Ep 19

Aired 5/13/99
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Stealing Burt's Car

S 7 : Ep 18

Aired 5/10/99

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Helen Hunt

Jamie Stemple Buchman
Paul Reiser

Paul Buchman
Leila Kenzle

Fran Devanow (episodes 12-142, recurring otherwise)

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Very enjoyable

7.5

"Good"

By bobfrapples8, Feb 16, 2011 Report Abuse

I thought Mad About You was a thoroughly enjoyable show centering around the newlywed relationship of Paul and Jamie Buchman. Helen Hunt was outstanding here and Paul Reiser was much less annoying than he was on My Two Dads so we will call that a good thing. They show greatly benefitted as the lead-in to NBC's Holy Trinity of must see TV blockbusters on Thursday night -- Mad About You followed by Friends and then Seinfeld. A whole group of my friends used to get together and watch this great 1 1/2 hour TV block.

Then came Mabel and the show jumped the shark in my opinion. She was cute sure but it just wasn't what the show was about and I lost interest toward the end. I am seriously thinking of giving it a second chance and checking it out on DVD.moreless

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Great show about a young couple living in NY.

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"Perfect"

By PaxPhoenix, Jun 29, 2010 Report Abuse

It feels so strange to review a show almost ten years after its end, but the other day I was remembering how much fun my family and I had watching this amazing show - and I'm not a nostalgic person.

"Mad About You" was a tv show about a young couple living in New York City and their crazy family and friends. Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt star as Paul and Helen Buchman. They had a lot of funny situations happening in their lives, such so real, that happened with my family too. Lisa Kudrow, before becoming best known as Phoebe from "Friends", played Ursula, the crazy waitress from the restaurant where Paul and Jaime had lunch. As soon as "Friends" became a popular show, Ursula was turned into Phoebe's evil twin. There were crossovers between both shows too.

It was a great tv show. I can't find any other show like this.moreless

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So totally awesome!

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"Superb"

By treehillbabe_xo, Jul 17, 2007 Report Abuse

My parents watched this show when it originally aired, but seeing as I was seven when it ended, I didn't. I occasionally saw it in repeats, but I just discovered how funny Mad About You really is. Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser and so cute together!

This has got to be one of the funniest sitcoms in history. And I know people saw it jumped the shark with Mabel's birth, but I still thought it was hilarious, though maybe not quite as much as before.

Paul and Jamie are the best and I don't think there should be any dispute over that. Anyone who's seen the show should agree with me. I love it!! Even the soundtrack!moreless

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Newly weds in the Big Apple and how they cope with married life. This show in a nutshell, it also helps to have a lot of comedy!

9.0

"Superb"

By timmer_1, Jul 09, 2007 Report Abuse

This show brings memories back since I used to watch it nightly after school. These two characters are hilarious together! Jamie and Paul may not have the perfect marriage but they bring a lot of the myths to the surface about married life. This show gives everyone a glimpse into the world of marriage and shows that it isn't all wonderful, it can be hard and even saddening but they show us that together they can overcome anything. Such as not enough "play time" all the way to buying the first couch together, sorry love seat, no couch, whatever. I recommend this just for the comedy portion of the show it is a laugh from start to finish every time. Enjoy!moreless

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Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt play two married neurotic romantics in love with each other surrounded by eccentrics in New York City....

8.8

"Great"

By aesgaard41, May 17, 2007 Report Abuse

I kind of liked this show when it first ran even though I didn't watch it religously, but the reruns have a wonderful nostalgic charm to each other. Cute, funny and adorable Helen Hunt plays so well off the sarcasm that is Paul Reiser, fresh off a short-lived hit series called "My Two Dads." It's Helen's first TV series and certainly her best accomplishment. She was the ingrediant that made the show work; Reiser would not have made it without her, and the stream of strange characters around them in the form of their friends, relatives and co-workers certainly heightened the charm of the show. I love recognizing the stars of today appearing in minor roles. Of the whole series, my favorite episode is the one where an old boyfriend turns out a comic book with Helen Hunt as the evil galactic empress and the notoriety gives her unwanted attention. Creative, intelligent humor. You just don't find it anymore.moreless

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Episode explaining "just saying"
Anyone know which episode Paul explains the phrase "just saying"? He said oh, you're 'just saying'. If you were 'saying', it woul...

By keifuss, Jan 16, 2012

01/16/12

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mad about you airing
This show had aired on Lifetime in the early-mid 2000's, nick at nite in late 2000's, and TV Land in 2008. And now the show has be...

By clay243, Sep 17, 2009

10/05/11

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Cold opener; which episode
There was one episode that opened with Paul reading a children's book out-loud, even though, according to Jamie, Mabel had already...

By Chin-Inon, Dec 14, 2010

12/14/10

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Favorite supporting character
Who is your favorite supporting character? I mean anyone other than Paul and Jamie. Mine has to be Ira. He is so funny!

By koqexpert, Feb 11, 2006

07/03/10

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Favorite Episodes
What are your favorite episodes? I like the earlier seasons better than I do the later ones. Some of my favorite episodes are ...

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