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American TV series or program
Help Me Help You
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Genre
| Sitcom
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Created by
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Starring
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 1
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No.
of episodes
| 13 (4 unaired)
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Executive producers
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- Alex Reid
- Jennifer Konner
- Alexandra Rushfield
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Producers
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Camera setup
| Single-camera
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Production companies
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Network
| ABC
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Release
| September 26
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2006-09-26
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December 12, 2006
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2006-12-12
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Help Me Help You
is an American
sitcom
television series created by
Jennifer Konner
and Alexandra Rushfield that premiered on
ABC
on September 26, 2006 to December 12, 2006. It was a comedy about a collection of eccentric individuals in
group psychotherapy
with a respected therapist, who may quite possibly have more problems than his patients. The series was pulled from the schedule on December 14, 2006,
[1]
and ABC canceled the series after one season on May 15, 2007.
[2]
Cast
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Main
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- Ted Danson
as Dr. Bill Hoffman, a brilliant therapist with a huge ego and a failed marriage.
- Jere Burns
as Michael, a high-powered executive with anger issues, in court-ordered therapy.
- Darlene Hunt
as Darlene, a woman with constant need of approval, secretly in an affair with Michael but obsessed with Dr. Hoffman.
- Charlie Finn
as Dave, a man who tried to kill himself in his office because no one likes him.
- Suzy Nakamura
as Inger, a deeply lonely woman with a complete lack of social skills.
- Jim Rash
as Jonathan, a married gay man in denial.
- Jane Kaczmarek
as Anne Hoffman, Bill's estranged wife. (6 episodes)
Recurring
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- Jane Lynch
as Raquel Janes, a therapist, part of Dr. Hoffman's "therapy for therapists" group.
- Philip Rosenthal
as Phil, a therapist, part of Dr. Hoffman's "therapy for therapists" group.
- Judd Apatow
as Judd, a therapist, part of Dr. Hoffman's "therapy for therapists" group.
- Larry Wilmore
as Larry, a therapist, part of Dr. Hoffman's "therapy for therapists" group.
- Lindsay Sloane
as Sasha, Bill's daughter with deep-rooted daddy issues.
- Brenda Strong
as Linda, Dr. Hoffman's new neighbor and romantic interest.
- Thomas F. Wilson
as Kenny, a car salesman and Anne's new boyfriend.
- Meredith Roberts as Francesca, the girl at work Dave is in love with.
- Kathleen Rose Perkins
as Jocelyn, Jonathan's Wife.
- Bruce Altman
as Ira, Sasha's much, bada boyfriend and a huge fan of Dr. Bill Hoffman's.
- Mykel Shannon Jenkins
as Shannon, a coffee barista Jonathan seems to find attractive.
- Tim Meadows
as Petey, a colleague of Dr. Hoffman's who he shares a practice with.
- Toby Huss
as Lenny, a patient of Petey's.
- Michael Cotter as Glen, a young man Inger meets on
JDate
and whom she becomes obsessed over.
Notable guests
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- Kevin Hart
as Kevin, a boxer who has trouble finding the anger to fight (episode
"Raging Bill"
).
- Seth Rogen
as Seth (episode
"Working Women"
).
Episodes
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Production
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Ted Danson
signed on to star in the pilot for
Help Me Help You
in late February 2006.
[3]
ABC
greenlit it to series on May 10, 2006, for the
2006?07 television season
.
[4]
After its premiere, ABC ordered extra scripts of the series in late October 2006,
[5]
but it was pulled from the schedule on December 14, 2006,
[1]
and additional episodes were never produced. The series was cancelled by ABC on May 15, 2007.
[2]
Broadcast
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The series was first broadcast on ABC on September 26, 2006, at 9:30pm Tuesdays in the United States. It aired on
Global
in Canada.
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References
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- Brian Lowry (September 24, 2006).
"Help Me Help You"
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Variety
. Retrieved
2023-03-23
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Variety
review of series
External links
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