Courting Alex
| Courting Alex | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Rob Hanning |
| Starring |
Jenna Elfman Josh Randall Hugh Bonneville Dabney Coleman Jillian Bach Josh Stamberg |
| Composer(s) | Justin Stanley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (4 unaired) |
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| Producer(s) | Faye Oshima Belyeu |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | April Fools Productions Paramount Television Touchstone Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | January 23 – March 29, 2006 |
Courting Alex is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 23 to March 29, 2006, and was a vehicle for Jenna Elfman of Dharma & Greg fame. The series was based on the British sitcom According to Bex.
Elfman portrays Alex Rose, a successful, single attorney who works with her father Bill (Dabney Coleman) at his law firm. Alex struggles with dating while looking for love in a big city. Her father wants her to settle down with her coworker Stephen (Josh Stamberg), a star lawyer at the firm who is smitten with her. She prefers Scott (Josh Randall), the tavern owner she meets in the first episode, who her father doesn't approve of. Alex relies on the advice of her assistant Molly (Jillian Bach) and British neighbor Julian (Hugh Bonneville).
Comedian Wayne Federman has a recurring role as office sycophant, Johnson.
The show's working titles were Everything I Know about Men and The Jenna Elfman Show. The stage for the office where Alex works is a redressed version of the Winfred-Louder Department Store set used by The Drew Carey Show.
Despite starting off with impressive numbers, ratings for Courting Alex fell hard after the show was moved to Wednesday nights. The show was not picked up for a second season in May 2006 when CBS canned Courting Alex and fellow freshman series Out of Practice.
The show's theme song was performed by Nikka Costa.
Based on the average total viewers per episode of Courting Alex on CBS:
Despite a decent respectable rating average that passed the 10 million meter mark the show was not renewed for a second season and was canceled mid-way into the season.
Starting July 24 Paramount Comedy 1 in the UK started airing Courting Alex every Monday at 9pm in double bills.
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