George & Leo

George & Leo
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Rob Long Dan Staley
Written by	Phil Baker Betsy Borns Reid Harrison Rob Long Howard Margulies Bob Sand Aaron Shure Dan Staley Drew Vaupen
Directed by	James Burrows Pamela Fryman Michael Lessac Philip Charles MacKenzie Brian K. Roberts
Starring	Bob Newhart Judd Hirsch
Composer(s)	Christophe Beck
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rob Long Dan Staley
Producer(s)	Tim Berry Stephen C. Grossman
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 15, 1997 – March 16, 1998

George & Leo is a short-lived American sitcom starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch. Set on Martha's Vineyard, the series aired on CBS from September 15, 1997 to March 16, 1998.

Synopsis

Newhart and Hirsch starred as the respective title characters, widely divergent men who become in-laws when their children get married. George's (Newhart) son was played by Jason Bateman. Bess Meyer initially played Leo's (Hirsch) daughter, but was replaced after the first eight episodes by Robyn Lively.

One memorable episode, "The Cameo Show", featured guest appearances from many of the costars of Newhart's and Hirsch's previous sitcoms: The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Newhart, and Dear John. The series was canceled after 22 episodes due to low ratings, resulting from being placed against Monday Night Football on ABC.

Cast

• Bob Newhart as George Stoody
• Judd Hirsch as Leo Wagonman
• Jason Bateman as Ted Stoody
• Bess Meyer as Casey Wagonman (Episodes 1-7)
• Robyn Lively as Casey Wagonman (Episodes 9-22)
• Jason Beghe as Ron
• Darryl Thierse as Ambrose

Guest Stars

• Veronica Cartwright
• Dave Coulier
• Timothy Fall
• Judy Geeson
• Alexondra Lee
• Dinah Manoff
• Julia Sweeney
• Dick Martin
• Paul Willson
• Nora Dunn

External links

• George & Leo at the Internet Movie Database
• George & Leo at TV.com
• George & Leo at epguides.com