Cybill (TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Creator(s) | Chuck Lorre |
| Starring | Cybill Shepherd Christine Baranski Alicia Witt Dedee Pfeiffer Tom Wopat David Garrison Alan Rosenberg |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 87 |
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| Running time | approx. 00:22:00 (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | January 2, 1995 – July 13, 1998 |
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Cybill was an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring actress Cybill Shepherd in the lead role. The show was regarded as something of an American version of Absolutely Fabulous.
Shepherd portrayed the character of somewhat faded television actress Cybill Sheridan who, because of her age, had been relegated to playing character roles, bit parts and TV commercials. She had two daughters, Rachel (Dedee Pfeiffer) and Zoey (Alicia Witt), and a best friend (played by Christine Baranski) whose heavy drinking, sexy image and self-indulgent behavior provided much of the humor. For much of the series, Cybill's rival for acting jobs was Andrea (played by Morgan Fairchild), who was injured badly when Cybill accidentally shoved her down a hill. Tom Wopat and Alan Rosenberg appeared as Cybill's two ex-husbands. The show got respectable ratings throughout its run, but was abruptly canceled by CBS at the end of the 1997-98 season, amid allegations by Shepherd that the network was uncomfortable with Cybill's feminist leanings and frank depiction of female sexuality. [1]
The show's theme song was by George and Ira Gershwin's "Nice Work if You Can Get It", in a version performed by Shepherd.
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[edit] Episodes
This is a list of episodes of Cybill.
Note: Season 4 was broadcast out of order when it was originally shown by the network. Note that episode 4.21 should have been broadcast immediately before episode 4.13. The network also canceled the show at the end of season 4 and part two of episode 4.24 was never seen.
- # = Episode count
- S.nn = Season and episode number combination
- Episode Title = Production title
- Summary = Brief description
| # | S.nn | Episode Title | Summary - Season 1 |
| 1 | 1.01 | Virgin, Mother, Crone | Rachel is pregnant, Zoey is dating a college guy. |
| 2 | 1.02 | How Can I Call You My Ex-Husbands If You Won't Go Away? | Ex-Jeff moves in and Cybill gets romantic with ex-Ira. |
| 3 | 1.03 | As The World Turns to Crap | Cybill competes with Morgan Fairchild on a soap opera. |
| 4 | 1.04 | Look Who's Stalking | Cybill dates Ira's ex-shrink. Maryann befriends ex's girlfriend. |
| 5 | 1.05 | Starting on the Wrong Foot | Cybill dates Jonathan Frakes. Maryann scares her date with too many shoes. |
| 6 | 1.06 | Call Me Irresponsible | Maryann and Cybill go to Vegas. Jeff gets poison oak. |
| 7 | 1.07 | See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump! | Jeff is afraid to do stunts and Cybill cures him. |
| 8 | 1.08 | The Curse of Zoey | Zoey moves out and Cybill has better luck. |
| 9 | 1.09 | The Replacements | Cybill tries to find other friends when Maryann is occupied. |
| 10 | 1.10 | Death and Execs | Ira comforts Cybill after an accident and they start dating. |
| 11 | 1.11 | The Last Temptation of Cybill | Love scenes threaten the romance. Maryann buys a telescope. |
| 12 | 1.12 | The Big Sleep-Over | Zoey's geek friend arrives. Cybill stops Maryann's Vegas wedding. |
| 13 | 1.13 | The Cheese Stands Alone | Maryann and Cybill sabotage Dr. Dick's party. Ira wants Cybill to go to London. |
| # | S.nn | Episode Title | Summary - Season 2 |
| 14 | 2.01 | Cybill Discovers the Meaning of Life | Cybill and Maryann search for the meaning of life in the desert. Rachel gives birth. |
| 15 | 2.02 | Zing! | Cybill has no zing with her date until she meets his father. |
| 16 | 2.03 | Since I Lost My Baby | Jeff's second wife is pregnant. Cybill loses Rachel's baby. |
| 17 | 2.04 | Cybill With an 'S' | Ira's girlfriend has multiple personalities. Zoey likes busboy Sean. |
| 18 | 2.05 | Cybill's Fifteen Minutes | Cybill dates a star to the Oscars who looks for a prostitute later. |
| 19 | 2.06 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Dick Van Patten dies on stage. Maryann helps Cybill financially. |
| 20 | 2.07 | To Sir, With Lust | Cybill desires her acting teacher until she sees his play. Zoey considers sex. |
| 21 | 2.08 | They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They? | Thanksgiving goes awry as Cybill works and everyone goes elsewhere. |
| 22 | 2.09 | Local Hero | Ira fears the phone. Immigrant fans make Cybill very happy. |
| 23 | 2.10 | The Odd Couples | Cybill hangs out with Sean. Ira stalks Maryann to break writers block. |
| 24 | 2.11 | Mourning Has Broken | With Maryann, Cybill breaks into her dates house to see if he murdered his wife. |
| 25 | 2.12 | The Big Apple Can Bite Me | Maryann takes Rachel, Zoey and Cybill to NY to restore Cybill's confidence. |
| 26 | 2.13 | Educating Zoey | Cybill and Ira learn that Zoey does not plan on going to college. |
| 27 | 2.14 | Where's Zoey? | Maryann "baby-sits" Zoey, but she slips out when Maryann is shopping. |
| 28 | 2.15 | Lowenstein's Lament | Cybill loses the part of herself to Paula Abdul in the movie about Ira's book. |
| 29 | 2.16 | A Who's Who for What's His Name | Cybill gets conned into doing the funeral for her dead agent Brian Keith. |
| 30 | 2.17 | Wedding Bell Blues | Morgan Fairchild wins another part and marries Dr. Dick. C and M mess up the reception. |
| 31 | 2.18 | Romancing the Crone | Cybill invites a famous actress to stay and she drives Cybill crazy. |
| 32 | 2.19 | An Officer and a Thespian | Left with a cop car, Cybill rescues Maryann. Faculty party for Rachel's husband. |
| 33 | 2.20 | Virgin, Mother, Cheater | Rachel almost has an affair. Zoey's boyfriend Sean does and gets caught. |
| 34 | 2.21 | When You're Hot, You're Hot | Cybill has hot flashes. Ira's pot smoking mom brings Zoey a car. |
| 35 | 2.22 | Pal Zoey | Heartbroken Zoey wants to be Cybill's friend. Maryann flirts to make Ira jealous. |
| 36 | 2.23 | Three Women and a Dummy | Cybill goes to the gay waiter's party. Ira and Maryann date. Zoey is "popular." |
| 37 | 2.24 | Going Out With a Bang | Children's host Tim Conway proposes to Cybill, she likes the stage tech. Maryann's and Ira's date fails. |
| # | S.nn | Episode Title | Summary - Season 3 |
| 38 | 3.01 | Bringing Home the Bacon | Cybill rescues a movie pig. Maryann tries to entice Ira. |
| 39 | 3.02 | Venice or Bust | Cybill and Maryann take a sculpting class. Zoey moves out. |
| 40 | 3.03 | Cybill and Maryann Go to Japan | Visiting Japan, Cybill and Maryann liberate a company exec's wife. |
| 41 | 3.04 | It's For You, Mrs. Lincoln | Cybill's cellphone blows her chance in a Lincoln play. |
| 42 | 3.05 | Cybill, Get Your Gun | Ira pretends to be from AA. Cybill takes a self-defense course. |
| 43 | 3.06 | Cybill Does Diary | Cybill and Maryann write an X-rated script - Zoey's diary gets filmed! |
| 44 | 3.07 | Sex, Drugs and Catholicism | Ira proposes to Holly. Cybill best man? Zoey resists and Holly gets weird. |
| 45 | 3.08 | Going to Hell in a Limo (1) | Cybill is star of a SciFi hit until her male costar sleeps with the producer. |
| 46 | 3.09 | Going to Hell in a Limo (2) | Cybill runs a sting to find out why her costar is acting odd. Holly didn't like her bridal shower. |
| 47 | 3.1 | Buffalo Gals | Maryann goes home and finds her son at her parents. Cybill attends the reunion as Maryann. |
| 48 | 3.11 | A Hell of a Christmas | Cybill's overbearing mom who likes Rachel more than Zoey visits. |
| 49 | 3.12 | The Little Drummer Girls | Overcoming romantic troubles with a drum session and a female bonding session. |
| 50 | 3.13 | Bachelor Party | Cybill throws Ira a bachelor party at a strip club - she and Maryann dress as men. |
| 51 | 3.14 | Little Bo Peep | Maryann's new beau has her ex's name! Animal activists picket Cybill. |
| 52 | 3.15 | In Her Dreams | Flashbacks to Cybill and Maryann meeting. Maryann get a mammogram. Ira and Cybill audited. |
| 53 | 3.16 | Valentine's Day | Strange Valentine's day relations. Zoey and Justin, Cybill and William, Maryann and Richard. |
| 54 | 3.17 | Kiss Me, You Fool | Jeff gets Cybill a job and she helps him not laugh during intimate scenes. |
| 55 | 3.18 | True Confessions | Cybill stalks Maryann to research a part and finds her doing an odd "job." |
| 56 | 3.19 | Name That Tune | Maryann thinks she is pregnant. Cybill gets a job singing on "Name That Tune." |
| 57 | 3.2 | From Boca, With Love | Cybill's date with a fan goes bad. Ira's mom pretends to be Maryann's mom to Richard. |
| 58 | 3.21 | All of Me | Cybill, Maryann and Zoey repaint a billboard of Cybill's face on another thinner body. |
| 59 | 3.22 | The Wedding | Cybill attends a neighbor's wedding after a film flop, but Zoey decks the bride. |
| 60 | 3.23 | The Piano | Cybill doesn't have to finish kissing up to Andrea to get Zoey an audition - Zoey gets it on her own. |
| 61 | 3.24 | There Was an Old Woman... | Cybill pretends to be old to spy on a director and learns Richard's intentions. |
| 62 | 3.25 | Mother's Day | Cybill's mom hears her say she does not want to become like her mom. |
| 63 | 3.26 | Let's Stalk | Cybill, daughters and Maryann stalk Dr. Dick for Maryann's bachelorette party. |
| # | S.nn | Episode Title | Summary - Season 4 |
| 64 | 4.01 | Regarding Henry | In Cybill's regression dream they are all in Henry VIII's court in the 16th century. |
| 65 | 4.02 | The Love of Her Life | Maryann is shocked that Cybill is having an affair with a married man. |
| 66 | 4.03 | The Big, Flouncy Thing | Clothes for Zoey's first piano competition lead to a date with a cad for Cybill. |
| 67 | 4.04 | Some Like it Hot | Cybill battles menopause as her mom visits and Ira tries to date Zoey's teacher. |
| 68 | 4.05 | Like Family | No one considers Maryann as godmother. Cybill mentors a mean teen actress. |
| 69 | 4.06 | Earthquake | Cybill quits after an earthquake but she meets a female playwright at a party. |
| 70 | 4.07 | Halloween | Cybill hosts a PBS halloween telethon until she starts fighting with Maryann on the air. |
| 71 | 4.08 | Where's a Harpoon When You Need One? | Cybill does a cruise line ad, gets a cruise but stays home to stop Dr. Dick. |
| 72 | 4.09 | How to Get a Head in Show Business | Minnie, Cybill's fan, has her wax head. She and Maryann try to return it to Madam Tussand's. |
| 73 | 4.1 | Grandbaby | Cybill has to help both when Rachel has the baby and Maryann appendicitis. |
| 74 | 4.11 | The Golden Years | In the year 2027, Cybill and Maryann must remember the past to soothe hurt feelings. |
| 75 | 4.12 | Show Me the Minnie | Cybill's disgruntled fan, Minnie, helps her get a loan to fix her garage. |
| 76 | 4.13 | Bakersfield | (Shown out of order.) Cybill discovers an old lover of her mothers. |
| 77 | 4.14 | Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady | Cybill writes to her first lover who visits and turns out to be a thief. |
| 78 | 4.15 | Cybill Sheridan's Day Off | Dressed as a hooker, Cybill is abducted by Dr Dick but is rescued by some teen boys. |
| 79 | 4.16 | Fine is Not a Feeling | Maryann's son decides to move to Frisco and Maryann needs therapy, they all do. |
| 80 | 4.17 | Oh Brother! | The attempt to kidnap Ira for his B-day goes bad. Cybill's Bakersfield niece visits. |
| 81 | 4.18 | Whose Wife Am I, Anyway? | Cybill pretends to still be Jeff's wife and the gay waiter's wife. Maryann delivers a calf. |
| 82 | 4.19 | Dream Date | Cybill's offensive blind date ends up stuck at her house with Ira's mother and the rest. |
| 83 | 4.2 | Farewell, My Sweet | Cybill is allergic to chocolate! Maryann's parents visit for a bowling tournament. |
| 84 | 4.21 | Daddy | Cybill's con man dad shows up but he is just there to promote is car dealership. |
| 85 | 4.22 | Don Gianni | Zoey's Italian lover visits and makes a pass at Cybill. Maryann takes revenge. |
| 86 | 4.23 | Cybill in the Morning | Cybill gets a talk show co-host job with a jealous domestic goddess. |
| 87 | 4.24 | Ka-Boom! (part 1) series canceled | Dr Dick steals Maryann's money. They take revenge. They are arrested for his murder. |
| # | S.nn | Episode Title | Summary - End |
[edit] Awards & Nominations
[edit] Awards Won
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Christine Baranski (1995)
- Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical (1996)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical - Cybill Shepherd (1996)
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Christine Baranski (1996)
[edit] Awards Nominated
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Cybill Shepherd (1995-1997)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Christine Baranski (1995-1998)
- Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical (1996)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical - Cybill Shepherd (1997)
- Best Performance by a TV Supporting Actress - Christine Baranski (1996-1997)
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1996)
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Christine Baranski (1997)
[edit] Syndication
- In the UK you can see Cybill on Paramount Comedy 1.
[edit] DVD releases
[edit] Region 2 releases
Complete seasons
| DVD | Date |
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| The Complete First Series | April 24, 2006 |
| The Complete Second Series | March 31, 2007 |
| The Complete Third Series | November 2007 |
