The Crazy Ones | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | David E. Kelley |
Starring | |
Composer(s) | Erica Weis Orr Rebhun |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production company(s) |
David E. Kelley Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributor | 20th Television |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Original release | September 26, 2013 | – April 17, 2014
External links | |
Official website |
The Crazy Ones is an American sitcom created by David E. Kelley, and stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The single-camera series aired for one season on CBS, from September 26, 2013, to April 17, 2014. It was part of the 2013–14 American television season as a Thursday night 9:00 pm Eastern / 8:00 pm Central entry.Bill D'Elia, Dean Lorey and Jason Winer served as executive producers for 20th Century Fox Television. The episodes are loosely based on the life experiences of John R. Montgomery while he worked at Leo Burnett advertising in Chicago.
On October 18, 2013, CBS gave the show a full season order. On February 27, 2014, the series switched timeslots with Two and a Half Men and started airing at 9:30 pm Eastern / 8:30 pm Central. CBS cancelled the series on May 10, 2014, marking Robin Williams's final television role nearly four months before his death on August 11, 2014. The series became available to stream via Netflix on April 1, 2015.
The series was created by David E. Kelley, who had previously created the TV series Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, and by Jason Winer. It starred Robin Williams as Simon Roberts, an executive at the Chicago advertising agency Lewis, Roberts + Roberts, who worked with his tightly wound daughter and protégée, Sydney, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. The series represented Williams' first series regular role since Mork & Mindy 31 years earlier, and the first series for Gellar since Ringer, which was cancelled by The CW in 2012 after one season. Williams' part was written with him in mind. When Gellar learned that Williams was making a television comedy, she contacted her friend Sarah de Sa Rego, the wife of Williams' best friend, Bobcat Goldthwait, in order to lobby for a co-starring role.