Gary Unmarried

Gary Unmarried
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Ed Yeager
Starring	Jay Mohr Paula Marshall Ryan Malgarini Laura Marano Jaime King Al Madrigal Ed Begley, Jr.
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 min (approx. 22 min without commercials)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 24, 2008 – present

Gary Unmarried (formerly Project Gary) is a sitcom created by Ed Yeager starring Jay Mohr, which premiered on CBS September 24, 2008. The show is about two very different people sharing custody of their kids while starting new relationships. Yeager and Ric Swartzlander serve as Executive Producers. The show is being produced by ABC Studios and CBS Paramount Network Television.

On November 14, 2008, CBS picked up Gary Unmarried for a full 22 episode season. On January 7, 2009, the show won the "Favorite New TV Comedy" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards.

Overview

The series is centered around the life of Gary Brooks and begins three months after he and his ex-wife, Allison Brooks, officially divorce. Gary owns a house painting business and bought his own place after his divorce. Now his life revolves around trying to move on from his marriage and get back out into the dating scene while constantly having to deal with his ex-wife because they have two teenagers together. For these reasons, he has difficulty adjusting to life without Allison, and matters are not helped by his unfriendly relationship with Allison. Despite their acrimonious relationship and constant flinging of cracks at each other, Gary and Allison affectionately make up at the end of most of their conflicts, as the two seem to have a soft spot for each other underneath all their hostility.

Their teenagers are sent back and forth between them so as to spend time with each parent. Their teenagers are Tom, a brash 14-year-old, who's already had a girl in his bedroom (though at the advice of his father), has tried drinking beer, spoken to Gary as if he's Gary's father, and has even spoken to Vanessa in a flirtatious manner; and Louise, their precocious daughter, who plays the cello, keeps photos of Gandhi, Al Gore and Che Guevara on her bedroom walls, and watches C-SPAN. Allison considers Gary to be irresponsible in his parenting while Gary considers Allison to be boring in her parenting; this is shown whenever they pick up their teens from the other's house. In the pilot episode, Gary starts dating a young divorcee mom, Vanessa Flood, while Allison reveals that she's engaged to their former marriage counselor, Dr. Walter Krandall. Tom begins a romance of his own when he invites a girl over for the first time. The three couples move forward uncertainly (except Louise, who loves Al Gore). Vanessa, however, broke up with Gary after a short-lived relationship because of his inability to quit worrying about Allison, but still remains on the program as Gary's friend.

Cast

Gary Brooks (Jay Mohr): A sophomoric, wisecracking, loving, but sneaky, scheming, dishonest divorced father, who's often on some misadventure to keep out of trouble. Despite his deceptiveness and sneakiness, more often than not Gary is caught and fails miserably, resulting in him forecefully trying to justify his actions at the end of most situations. Gary enjoys drinking beer, sports, and playing games with his guy friends.
Allison Brooks (Paula Marshall): Gary's troublemaking ex-wife and Louise/Tom's mother, who once went on a trip to revisit an "old friend" that she admittedly never got along with—even forcing Gary to involve himself in it. Although generally seen behaving antagonistically and spitefully towards Gary, Allison has a tender side and is needy in terms of love, affection, and emotional support.
Tom Brooks (Ryan Malgarini): Gary and Allison's brash teenage son.
Louise Brooks Pilot: (Laura Marano) from episode two and on portrayed by (Kathryn Newton): Gary and Allison's sassy daughter; a precocious environmentalist.
Vanessa Flood (Jaime King): Gary's first post-divorce understanding, affable girlfriend, whom he has a lot in common with and met when his company painted her condo. Much like Gary, she has a child from a previous marriage and has a negative relationship with her ex-husband. Though Vanessa is good-humored for the most part, she isn't the easiest person to get along with when discussing her ex-husband and once almost got into a quarrel with Allison, but Gary broke it up out of concern that Allison would hurt Vanessa.
Dennis Lopez (Al Madrigal): Gary's witty friend and coworker.
Dr. Walter Krandall (Ed Begley, Jr.): A nerdy, instructive psychiatrist and former marriage counselor to Gary and Allison, now engaged to Allison. He's an older man and fifteen years older than Allison, which Gary doesn't hesitate to make insults about.

Notable guest stars

Mitch (David Denman): Vanessa's ex-husband whom she has a very contentious relationship with. In episode 6 (Gary Meets The Gang), Mitch unwelcomely shows up at the restaurant where Vanessa works. Unaware that it was Vanessa's ex-husband, Gary befriends him. Later on in the episode, Mitch treacherously reveals to Vanessa all the comments Gary made about wishing to play the field despite the fact that he knew Gary was dating Vanessa.

Parker Flood (Charles Henry Wyson): Vanessa's violent only son with her ex-husband, Mitch. Parker is first seen when Vanessa brings him over to Gary's house for Thanksgiving in episode 9 (Gary Gives Thanks). Parker persistently assaults Tom despite being younger and much smaller than him.

Jack Brooks (Max Gail): Gary's eccentric father, who visited him for Thanksgiving (episode 9). He was lured away by Allison to celebrate Thanksgiving over at her place, in effect causing a lot of chaos.

Charlie (Martin Mull): Allison's discontented, henpecked, fun-loving father. Charlie is a man who's kept from many of his desires because of his wife. He is first seen on Thanksgiving as well. In retaliation for Allison luring Gary's father to her house, Gary lured Charlie to spend Thanksgiving over at his house. Charlie reveled in the freedom he had away from his wife, Connie. Charlie doesn't hesitate to show his dislike for Allison's fiance, Walter. His nickname for Allison is "Alligator."

Connie (Jane Curtin): Allison's strict, presumptuous mother and Charlie's wife. Connie was first seen on Thanksgiving as well. Like Gary, she feels that Walter is much too old for Allison. When she visited on Thanksgiving, she had no qualms with going through her daughter's undergarments and openly displaying her own undergarments to her daughter. Despite her own forward nature, she greatly limits her husband's freedom.

Ira: (Senyo Amoaku) A bouncer at Vanessa's work.

Weekly Ratings

#	Episode	Air Date	Timeslot	18-49	Viewers
1	Pilot	September 24, 2008	Wednesday 8:30 P.M.	2.3/6	6.84
2	Gary Gets Boundaries	October 1, 2008		2.2/6	6.98
3	Gary Marries off His Ex	October 8, 2008		2.2/6	7.43
4	Gary Gets His Stuff Back	October 15, 2008		2.4/7	7.50
5	Gary Breaks Up His Ex-wife and Girlfriend	October 22, 2008		2.5/7	7.85
6	Gary Meets The Gang	November 5, 2008		2.1/6	6.44
7	Gary and Allison's Restaurant	November 12, 2008		2.1/5	6.71
8	Gary and Allison Brooks	November 19, 2008		2.7/7	8.14
9	Gary Gives Thanks	November 26, 2008		2.2/7	7.72
10	Gary Goes First	December 10, 2008		2.4/7	8.03
11	Gary Toughens Up Tom	December 17, 2008		2.3/7	7.55
12	Gary Dates Louise's Teacher	January 14, 2009		2.1/5	7.08
13	Gary Moves Back In	January 21, 2009		2.2/5	7.07
14	Gary and Dennis' Sister	February 11, 2009		2.1/5	6.86
15	Gary's Ex-Brother-In-Law	February 18, 2009		2.1/5	7.26
16	Gary Uses His Veto	March 11, 2009
17	Gary Hooks Up Allison	March 18, 2009

Ratings Post-Two and a Half Men

#	Episode	Air Date	Timeslot	18-49	Viewers
1	Pilot	October 27, 2008	Monday 9:30 P.M.	2.9/7	8.65
3	Gary's Marries off His Ex	December 29, 2008		2.9/8	8.79

• Note that both rerun episodes of Gary Unmarried that aired after Two and a Half Men repeats have received more viewers than any original episode.

International distribution

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly schedule (local time)
United States	CBS	September 24, 2008	Wednesday 8.30pm
Turkey	Comedy Max	November 25, 2008	Tuesday 8.00pm
Netherlands	Veronica	January 05, 2009	Monday 9.30pm
Sweden	Kanal 5	March 05, 2009	Thursday 8.00pm

External links

• Gary Unmarried at IMDb
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• GaryUnmarried.com - Blog, Rumors, Fans
• CBS fall preview site
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