Yes, Dear | |
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Created by |
Alan Kirschenbaum Gregory Garcia |
Starring |
Anthony Clark Jean Louisa Kelly Mike O'Malley Liza Snyder |
Opening theme | "Family Is Family" performed and written by Bill Janovitz (seasons 4–6) |
Composer(s) | Rick Marotta |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 122 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Alan Kirschenbaum Gregory Thomas Garcia |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Amigos de Garcia Productions Cherry Tree Entertainment CBS Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributor |
20th Television (US) CBS Studios International (non-US) |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Picture format |
4:3 (SD) 16:9 (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby SR |
Original release | October 2, 2000 | – February 15, 2006
Yes, Dear is an American television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley, and Liza Snyder.
In the United States, reruns of the show can be seen on Nick at Nite, Nick Jr. (as part of the NickMom block), and CMT. In Canada, it can be seen on Joytv.
Greg Warner (Clark) is a motion picture executive, and Kim Warner (Kelly) is a stay-at-home mother to Sammy and, later, Emily. Living in the Warners' guest house are Kim's sister Christine Hughes (Snyder), her husband Jimmy Hughes (O'Malley), and their sons Dominic (Joel Homan) and Logan (Brendon Baerg).
Much of the show's humor comes from the fact that all four adult leads are largely . Greg is the stereotypical "nice guy," constantly being henpecked by his high-strung wife. Both the upper-middle-class Warners contrast to the decidedly working-class, less-restrained Hugheses; Jimmy has an oafish personality and Christine is somewhat more crass. From the third season, the show's production and writing staff tried to move away from the stock-character humor, adding more physical comedy to the scripts in an effort to increase ratings.
CBS announced the cancellation of Yes, Dear in early 2004, but later ordered 13 episodes for mid-season. After canceling Center of the Universe, CBS began airing the new Yes, Dear episodes on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 9:30 p.m. EST. CBS ordered an additional season of 22 episodes for 2005–2006, but that order was later cut down to 13.
During the second half of 2004, reruns aired on the cable station TBS at 1:00 p.m. In January 2005, TBS began airing the show at 3:00 p.m. 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. On May 1, 2012, Yes, Dear began airing at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Monday through Friday on Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite. In May 2014, it was removed from the broadcast schedule. On August 1, 2012, CMT began showing reruns of the show weeknights from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also aired on Nick Jr. as part of their mother-oriented block NickMom. Similar to the Nick@Nite programming block, NickMom airs television series which are not aimed at a children's audience.