Men in Trees | |
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
Created by | Jenny Bicks |
Starring |
Anne Heche Abraham Benrubi Emily Bergl Seana Kofoed Suleka Mathew Derek Richardson Sarah Strange Cynthia Stevenson Lauren Tom James Tupper John Amos |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 36 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Cathy Konrad Jenny Bicks James Mangold |
Producer(s) | Antonia Ellis Chris Dingess Vladimir Stefoff Asha Gill Jennie Snyder Urman Kathy Gilroy Stuart M. Besser (pilot only) |
Running time | 45–48 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Warner Bros. Television Tree Line Films Perkins Street Productions |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
Original release | September 12, 2006 | – June 11, 2008
Website | menintrees |
Men in Trees is an American romantic television comedy-drama series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC. The series is set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska, and concerns Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships. The premise showed at least superficial similarities to the HBO television series Sex and the City (on which series creator Jenny Bicks was a co-executive producer), which also featured a romantically oriented female writer. The protagonist's apparent "fish-out-of-water" feeling in a remote, small Alaskan town can be likened to CBS's Northern Exposure. The protagonists in both series were New Yorkers thrust into small town Alaskan societies. Filming for the series was based in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.
Five episodes of the first production season, which had not yet been shown on ABC, debuted in New Zealand on the TV2 network in June and July 2007. The five carryover episodes aired on ABC after the first episode of the second production season, beginning October 19, 2007.Men In Trees was cancelled on May 4, 2008. Its final episodes aired that summer as a burn-off.
The show first aired on ABC with a preview on September 12, 2006, after the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars. The show initially aired on Fridays at 9 pm. ET. From November 30, 2006 until March 2007 episodes aired Thursdays at 10 pm. The network announced on May 15, 2007, its intention to return the series to Fridays, this time at 10pm, for its second season. ABC held off five episodes for its second season.