Jesse (TV series)

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Jesse
Genre	Sitcom
Running time	30 minutes
Creator(s)	Ira Ungerleider
Starring	Christina Applegate, Bruno Campos
Country of origin	USA
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 24, 1998–May 25, 2000
No. of episodes	42
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Jesse was a sitcom which ran on NBC from 1998 to 2000. The show was created by Ira Ungerleider, formerly a writer on Friends.

The show starred Christina Applegate, formerly of Married... with Children fame, as a single mother named Jesse Warner, raising her nine-year-old son in the big city. She worked for her father in a German-themed bar in Buffalo, New York, serving beer while wearing a dirndl.

In the second year, Jesse Warner became a nurse and newer stories revolved around her friends instead of her family. Jesse's love interest, a Chilean named Diego (Bruno Campos), gained a rival when her ex-husband came to town, intent on winning her back.

While Jesse was in the top twenty in the Nielsen ratings regularly, the show lost much ground from Friends, its powerful lead-in. As such, the executives at NBC decided to cancel the show after its second season, a total of 42 episodes were produced.

[edit] Cast

Christina Applegate as Jesse Warner
Bruno Campos as Diego Vasquez
Eric Lloyd as "Little John" Warner
Liza Snyder as Linda
Jennifer Milmore as Carrie
John Lehr as John Warner, Jr. (Season One only)
David DeLuise as Darren Warner (Season One only)
George Dzundza as John Warner, Sr. (Season One only)
Darryl Theirse as Kurt Bemis (Season Two only)
Kevin Rahm as Dr. Danny Kozak (Season Two only)