Life with Bonnie

Life with Bonnie
The cast of Life with Bonnie in a season two advertisement.
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Bonnie Hunt Don Lake
Written by	Bonnie Hunt Sam Denoff Doug Ellin Don Lake Norma Safford Vela
Directed by	John Bowab Bonnie Hunt
Starring	Bonnie Hunt Mark Derwin Charlie Stewart Marianne Muellerleile David Alan Grier Anthony Russell Holly Wortell Chris Barnes Frankie Ryan Manriquez Samantha Browne-Walters (Season 1)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Bob & Alice Productions Touchstone Television
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17) – April 9, 2004 (2004-04-09)

Life with Bonnie is an ABC television sitcom that originally aired from 2002 to 2004. The show outlined the life of character Bonnie Malloy, who juggled her personal life and a TV talk show position. The series was created by Bonnie Hunt and Don Lake, and produced by Miss Hunt's company, Bob & Alice Productions, in association with Touchstone Television, Inc. The show had fair ratings in the first season but struggled in the second, causing ABC to cancel it. Life With Bonnie was also shown on Living TV during ABC's airings.

Cast

• Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Malloy - Bonnie is the mother of 2 children (3 in season 1), loving wife, and host of a local TC talk show. Bonnie tries to maintain a public image of the perfect wife and mother, but in reality her life is chaotic.

• Mark Derwin as Mark Malloy – Mark, a doctor, is Bonnie's husband and the father of her children. He looks on as she tries to balance her hectic life. Mark is much less concerned about what other people think than Bonnie is, which causes problems on occasion. He has a generally more professional demeanour, and sometimes doesn't understand why Bonnie continues to put up with annoying people in her life.

• Charlie Stewart as Charlie Malloy – Charlie is Bonnie's son. Charlie shares most of his scenes with his friend Frankie. His role is small and usually unscripted although he adds priceless comedy to the show.

• Samantha Browne-Walters as Samantha Malloy (Season 1) - Samantha played Bonnie's eldest child, yet another ingredient in Bonnie's hectic life. She was removed from the cast when season 2 started, without one mention of her whereabouts or fate.

• Marianne Muellerleile as Gloria – Gloria is Bonnie's live-in housekeeper/nanny. It was stated in the show that she was only intended to stay there until Charlie started school, but despite the fact that she actually provided little help, they couldn't let her leave because they had grown attached to her.

• David Alan Grier as David Bellows – David is the producer of the "Morning Chicago" show. David is most often seen yelling and frantically rushing to get things for the show in order while pushing his lectern around the studio.

• Anthony Russell as Tony Russo – Tony plays Bonnie's affable piano player on the "Morning Chicago" show. Bonnie’s housekeeper Gloria has a crush on Tony.

• Holly Wortell as Holly – Holly is Bonnie's make-up artist on the "Morning Chicago" show. She often gives advice on Bonnie’s marriage issues and seems to date many men.

• Chris Barnes as Marv – Marv is the cue-card guy on the "Morning Chicago" show. Marv is very protective of Holly, who does not return his interest.

• Frankie Ryan Manriquez as Frankie – Frankie is Charlie's best friend and spends most of his time at the Malloy home. He contributes many funny anecdotes about his screwed-up family.

Guest stars

• Rip Taylor (as "Rappin' Rip" in four episodes)
• Tom Hanks (as himself in the episode "What If?")
• Robin Williams (as Kevin Powalski in the episode "Psychic")
• David Duchovny (as Johnny Volcano in 2 episodes)
• Carl Reiner (as "Mr. Portinbody" in 3 episodes)
• Teri Garr (as "Mrs. Portinbody" in the episode "Buy the Book")
• Martin Mull (as "Le Nord" in 2 episodes)
• The Smothers Brothers (as contractors in the episode "Everything Old is New Again")
• Jonathan Winters (as a writer with multiple personalities)
• Jack LaLanne (as himself)
• Morgan York (as Christine Harris in the episode "Dare To Be Different")

Episodes

Season 1: 2002–2003

Season 2: 2003–2004

External links

• Life with Bonnie at the Internet Movie Database
• Life with Bonnie at TV.com