The Trouble with Normal (TV series)

This article is about the television series. For the book, see The Trouble with Normal (book).
The Trouble with Normal
Also known as People Who Fear People
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s)
Running time 23 minutes
Production company(s) Garfield Grove Productions
Touchstone Television
Paramount Television
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run October 6, 2000 – November 24, 2000

The Trouble with Normal is an American comedy series that originally aired on ABC from October 6 to November 24, 2000. The show starred David Krumholtz, Brad Raider, Jon Cryer, Larry Joe Campbell, and Paget Brewster.[1] The show was described as "the misadventures of four paranoid young men whose fear of urban conspiracy leads them to seek counseling in a therapy group run by therapist Claire Garletti (Brewster)." Recurring members of the therapy group were played by Jim Beaver and Patricia Belcher.[2]

History

A total of thirteen episodes of the series were ordered by ABC and completed, however the network aired only five of the episodes in the United States before the series was canceled. All thirteen episodes were later shown in Australia.

Although items such as cast photos and promotional materials from ABC have appeared in online auctions, there is no official merchandise in relation to the television show.

This show has never been released for consumer purchase. To date, no plans have ever been announced to release this program as a DVD.

This series was originally titled People Who Fear People. Director James Burrows was involved in the initial project but did not participate in the retitled series.[3] Maria Pitillo and Mackenzie Astin were replaced by Paget Brewster and Brad Raider.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ TV.com details
  2. ↑ IMDB details
  3. ↑ ABC sets appointment for Cryer’s couch trip pilot Cynthia Littleton Editor-in-chief: TV. Variety, August 17, 1999
  4. ↑ Inside Move: Goodman show gets ‘Normal’ Josef Adalian. Variety, August 18, 2000

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