Yes, Dear

Yes, Dear
Created by	Gregory Thomas Garcia Alan Kirschenbaum
Starring	Anthony Clark Jean Louisa Kelly Mike O'Malley Liza Snyder Joel Homan
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	122
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 2, 2000 – February 15, 2006

Yes, Dear is an American television sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder. These actors had recently starred in their own failed sitcoms; critics ravaged Yes, Dear as one of the worst new shows of the season and a likely candidate for first cancellations of the season. Instead, Yes, Dear scored surprisingly solid ratings for CBS over the next four seasons, in spite of little to no promotion and a number of timeslot changes.

In spring 2004, CBS pulled the plug on the program, but later ordered an additional 13 episodes for midseason. After canceling Center of the Universe, CBS began airing the new Yes, Dear episodes on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 in the 9:30 p.m. EST time slot. The show did better than many expected and CBS ordered an additional season of 22 episodes for 2005–2006, but that order was later cut to 13.

Thanks to an untimely preemption, the Season Five finale was not aired in May 2005. Instead, it was aired in September 2005, a week before the "official" start of the season. Thus, many viewers were unaware that a new episode was being broadcast. Another episode held over from Season Five due to a preemption was finally aired in January 2006. Because of these preemptions, continuity for the series was thrown into disarray.

CBS confirmed that the show will not return in the 2006–2007 season.

In 2007 Yes, Dear Was Dropped From CBS

During the later half of 2007, reruns aired on the cable station TBS in the 1:00 p.m. EST time slot. As of January 2008, TBS began airing the show during the 3:00 p.m. EST time slot instead, becoming a solid part of the weekday sitcom lineup known as "The Break Room." The show aired in local syndication in 2005–06; in the fall of 2006, 20th Television (the syndication subsidiary of 20th Century Fox) took the show out of barter syndication and replaced it with Still Standing.

Cast

• Anthony Clark as Greg Warner
• Jean Louisa Kelly as Kim Warner
• Mike O'Malley as James "Jimmy" Hughes Jr.
• Liza Snyder as Christine Hughes
• Joel Homan as Dominic Hughes

Recurring cast members

• Brendon Baerg as Lobo "Logan" Hughes
• Anthony and Michael Bain as Sam Warner
• Madison Poer as Emily Warner
• Christopher and Nicholas Berry as Lobo "Logan" Hughes
• Jerry Van Dyke as James "Big Jimmy" Hughes Sr.
• Tim Conway as Tom Warner
• Vicki Lawrence as Natalie Warner
• Beth Grant as Kitty "Balls" Hughes
• Dan Hedaya as Don Ludke
• Alley Mills as Jenny Ludke
• Billy Gardell as Billy Colivita
• Phill Lewis as Roy Barr
• Brian Doyle-Murray as Mr. George Savitsky

Plot synopsis

Clark and Kelly portray Greg and Kim Warner; Greg is a motion picture executive and Kim is a stay-at-home mother to Sam and later Emily. Kim's sister Christine and her husband Jimmy Hughes (and their two sons, Dominic and Logan) lived in the Warners' guest house, where the Hughes' lazy and easygoing approach to life in general contrasted with the more uptight and snobbish demeanor of Greg. The plots revolved around child rearing, work (especially after Greg got Jimmy a job as the movie studio's security guard), sex, and often involved various combinations of the four adult characters plotting against the others—such as Jimmy and Greg trying to manipulate each other, or their respective wives, or vice-versa. In addition, Jimmy became the focus of a larger number of outlandish plots, including get-rich-quick schemes.

Late in the fifth season, the Hughes finally have enough money to move out of the guest house and buy the house next door. Meanwhile, Greg quits his job following its takeover by a new corporation and the firing of his boss, the overbearing but ultimately decent Mr. Savitsky. The continuity disruption mentioned above meant viewers saw an unemployed Greg before the episode that depicted him losing his job had been aired.

After Greg is unable to find new work and toxic mold is discovered in their home, the Warners are forced to move in with the Hughes in a role-reversal early in the sixth season. Eventually, Savitsky latches on with a Japanese movie studio and rehires Greg, and the Warners are able to move back into their home. In the final scene of the series finale, an earthquake strikes Los Angeles; the Warners' home receives minimal damage, but the Hughes are apparently not so lucky, as they show up at the Warners' front door asking if the guest house is still available.

Recurring Gags

There have been multiple episode endings where Greg Warner is day dreaming about someone he misses hanging out with, with Hard Habit to Break playing in the background. Its starts of sharing cookies, playing checkers, combing eachother's hair, playing with string, playing with the guitar, and ends with both of them riding a scooter. The events of the montages remain the same, but the people whom Greg is with varies.

Theme song

"Family is Family" is the main theme song of Yes, Dear. Even though mostly thought to be sung or performed by Mike O'Malley, the song is actually performed by and written by Bill Janovitz.

International airings of Yes, Dear

Country	Alternate title (translation)	TV network(s)
United States	Yes, Dear	CBS, TBS
Canada	Yes, Dear	CH
Australia	Yes, Dear	FOX8
Bulgaria	Да, мило	Fox life
Denmark	Umage Søstre	TV3+
Finland	Saman katon alla	MTV3
France	Oui, chérie! (Yes, Dear)	TF1
Germany	Yes, Dear	RTL, RTL 2
Greece	Yes, Dear	Macedonia TV
India	Yes, Dear	Star World
Italy	Prima o poi divorzio! (Sooner or later, I'll divorce!)	Italia1
Portugal	Sim, Amor (Yes, Love)	RTP2
Saudi Arabia	Yes, Dear	MBC
South Africa	Yes, Dear	SABC 3
Sweden	Omaka systrar	TV4
Thailand	Yes, Dear	True Series Star World
Turkey	Yes, Dear	ComedyMax

See also

• List of Yes, Dear episodes

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial fan site
• TV.com Episode Guide
• Yes, Dear at Internet Movie Database