Odd Man Out (TV series)
| Odd Man Out | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ed Decter John J. Strauss |
| Written by | Tom J. Astle Barton Dean Ed Decter Matt Ember Michael Feldman Mark Goffman John Hoberg Laura Perkins-Brittain Alicia Sky Varinaitis John J. Strauss Jillian Tohber |
| Directed by | Gil Junger David Kendall John P. Whitesell |
| Starring | Erik von Detten Natalia Cigliuti Vicki Davis Marina Malota Trevor Fehrman Jessica Capshaw Markie Post |
| Composer(s) | Ben Decter |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Cosby Barton Dean Ed Decter John J. Strauss |
| Producer(s) | Jason Shubb Craig Wyrick-Solari |
| Editor(s) | Steve Rasch |
| Cinematography | Richard Brown |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Frontier Pictures Warner Bros. Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 24, 1999 – January 7, 2000 |
Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999 to January 7, 2000. Created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, the show also featured Bill Cosby as executive producer.
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[edit] Synopsis
Set in Miami, the show revolved around fifteen-year-old Andrew Whitney (Erik von Detten), the only male in a house full of females. He is constantly surrounded by his three sisters (Val, Paige, and Elizabeth), Aunt Jordan, and single mom, Julia. The episodes mostly revolved around Andrew's lack of privacy and dealing with his best friend Keith's crush on his unresponsive older sister, Val.
The show was heavily promoted in the summer of 1999. ABC commercials showing teenage girls screaming "EVD!" (the initials of star Erik von Detten) were prominent; at the time, this was the peak of the boy band craze, and this was a common practice. The commercials mentioned very little about the show itself, and did not even mention the name until a few weeks before the show was to debut: a typical advertisement, following clips of girls screaming "EVD!" would follow a shadow of von Detten with a question mark and a voiceover stating "What is EVD? Find out Fridays this fall on ABC." This type of mysterious promotion did little to hold interest in the show once it debuted. The series was canceled after thirteen episodes.
Von Detten would later go on to co-star in another TGIF series, Complete Savages, in 2004. That series had an opposite premise in that Von Detten was but one member of an all-male family.
[edit] Cast
- Erik von Detten as Andrew Whitney
- Natalia Cigliuti as Paige Whitney
- Vicki Davis as Valerie "Val" Whitney
- Marina Malota as Elizabeth Whitney
- Trevor Fehrman as Keith Carlson
- Jessica Capshaw as Aunt Jordan
- Markie Post as Julia Whitney
[edit] Episode list
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate | ShortSummary=kk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "The First Girlfriend's Club" | September 24, 1999 | |
| 1-2 | "Good Will Hunting" | October 1, 1999 | |
| 1-3 | "The Unbelievable" | October 8, 1999 | |
| 1-4 | "The Road to Caracus" | October 15, 1999 | |
| 1-5 | "You've Got Female" | October 22, 1999 | |
| 1-6 | "Batman Forever" | October 29, 1999 | |
| 1-7 | "In the Name of the Father" | November 5, 1999 | |
| 1-8 | "Fight Club" | November 19, 1999 | |
| 1-9 | "Great Expectations" | December 3, 1999 | |
| 1-10 | "Punch Line" | December 10, 1999 | |
| 1-11 | "Little Women" | December 17, 1999 | |
| 1-12 | "What About Bob?" | December 24, 1999 | |
| 1-13 | "My Life As a Dog" | January 7, 2000 |
[edit] External links
- 1990s American television series
- 1999 American television series debuts
- 2000s American television series
- 2000 American television series endings
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- American television sitcoms
- English-language television series
- Teen sitcoms
- Television shows set in Miami, Florida
- Television series by Warner Bros. Television
