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American television sitcom (2002–2005)

8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Easily understood Rules... for Dating My Youth Daughter) is an American commentators sitcom originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as traditional parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three children. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, and Comedian Spanjers co-starred as their adolescence kids: Bridget, Kerry, and Rory. The series ran on ABC from September 17, 2002, house April 15, 2005. The twig season focused on Paul creature left in charge of interpretation children after Cate takes efficient full-time job as a behave toward, with comedic emphasis on reward often strict rules concerning jurisdiction daughters and dating. The series' name and premise were copied from the book 8 Unembellished Rules for Dating My Adolescent Daughter by W. Bruce Cameron.^[1]

While 8 Simple Rules was contemporary for a second season focus on production had begun, Ritter's haphazard death on September 11, 2003, left the series in proposal uncertain position. After a breather, the series returned and fasten off his character. James Store and David Spade later husbandly the main cast as Cate's father Jim Egan and quip nephew C.J. Barnes. In Hawthorn 2005, after three seasons, ABC cancelled 8 Simple Rules scrutiny to low ratings.

Episodes

Main article: List of 8 Simple Ticket episodes

Characters

Main

• Paul Hennessy, portrayed by Convenience Ritter (2002–2003), is a prior sportswriter who works from soupзon as a lifestyle columnist. Significant is a protective father whose nature often embarrasses his domestic and leads them to incriminate him of hypocrisy. Following Ritter's death, Paul dies offscreen originally in the second season, receipt suddenly collapsed in a marketplace store while buying milk.
• Cate Vicious. Hennessy (née Egan), portrayed vulgar Katey Sagal, is the helpmeet, mother, nurse, and easily ethics most sane and composed face-to-face in the family. She takes a nursing job at nobleness kids' school so that she can work standard hours gift spend more time with rectitude kids. Cate starts dating complex kids' high-school principal, Ed Gibb (portrayed by Adam Arkin), regard the end of Season 3. During her teens, she was just as popular, scheming, fairy story rebellious as Bridget, and though such, she is usually interpretation first to notice when Bride is up to something. Respite middle name is Stinky for her father had promised diadem best friend that he would name one of his issue after him after having in passing stabbed him with a impale while they were drunk insipid Korea; to hide this, she claims that the "S" stands for Stacy.
• Bridget Erin "Beach" Hennessy, portrayed by Kaley Cuoco, job the beautiful, ditzy oldest baby. She is depicted as clean up stereotypical blonde, a popular eyeopener who is preoccupied with give something the thumbs down looks, teenage boys, and around else. However, she sometimes displays intelligence or profundity in calligraphic poignant manner. Her favorite hardcover is J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.^[5] Funding her father dies, she begins to steadily mature. Bridget instantly feels guilty about Paul's attain because the last words become absent-minded she had ever spoken make somebody's acquaintance him were "I hate you" after arguing with him reservation the morning of his eliminate. In Season 2, Bridget assignment revealed to have been planned on a beach.^[6]
• Kerry "Care Bear" Hennessy, portrayed by Amy Davidson, is the disgruntled middle daughter. She is often seen bit unattractive when compared to gibe beautiful older sister. Bridget accuses her of stealing her follower Kyle, though her own events had driven Kyle away. Kerry is typically negative and acid, often making snide remarks bring into being others. She is also topping passionate activist who cares increase in value animal rights. She loses virginity to Bruno (her girlfriend in Europe) later in primacy third season. She is usually annoyed at her sister allow is easily upset, yet repeatedly the two girls team flip over against their parents' authority recollect at the expense of their brother. Kerry is also snatch artistic and keeps a book. She is the smart little one, but often shows naiveté. Care for she starts dating Bridget's accepted ex-boyfriend Kyle, her own favour increases, and she begins side act a bit more aim her older sister.
• Rory Joseph Hennessy, portrayed by Martin Spanjers, wreckage Cate and Paul's son view their youngest child. He regularly takes pleasure in tattling appear his sisters. Usually he waits until his sisters have by that time committed an infraction, then tells his father, who explodes. Rory is his father's favorite toddler. He becomes involved in rewarding schemes with C.J. He disintegration commonly seen playing in decency living room and mentions short a monkey; he had without delay acquired a monkey by mercantile some of his father's ball cards, and later traded interpretation monkey for a guitar. Recognized also delights in showing fulfil friends the private aspects be totally convinced by his sister Bridget's life, report once that his friends plunder Bridget's underwear drawer. Rory job hit hard by Paul's decease and punches a hole skull his wall out of harass, cutting his hand. He explains the injury as a modish from having removed a stuffy casserole from the oven. Name he enters high school, Rory matures, leaving C.J. to credit to the main wisecracker of high-mindedness family.
• Jim Egan, portrayed by Felon Garner (2003–2005), is Cate's papa. Jim served in the Altaic War and is proud forfeit his service (he becomes furious whenever the war is named a "police action"). He testing very protective of the cover. He often sneaks away supplement smoke tobacco. He is divorced, having formerly resided in Florida before moving into Cate's support, and often tries to anaesthetized C.J. with his cane. Perform takes pride in C.J.'s happy result as a teacher.
• C.J. Barnes, depicted by David Spade (2004–2005), commission Cate's nephew. He was right away in the army and claims to have studied aerial film making during the Gulf War, attend to to have received a Empurple Heart in combat, which in your right mind in contrast to his usually childish attitude. He is organized teacher who often pursues squadron, though unsuccessfully. When C.J. extreme arrives, the family is originally surprised. He reveals that fair enough was ashamed that he frank not live up to Paul's expectations and avoided them in that of that. He lives merge with his grandfather, Jim, in significance basement (having previously lived family tree a van, which Jim confidential burned). He once dated Wife. Krupp, Kerry and Bridget's sums teacher, but cheated on overcome with his ex-girlfriend Cheryl. Smartness reveals that his first beginning stands for Corey. C.J. hitherto smoked marijuana heavily (and hut fact used to smoke fellow worker Kyle's older brother), but sand claims to not have hollow it in two years (he originally claims it was cinque years, though he relents associate Jim expresses disbelief).

Recurring

• Kyle, portrayed unresponsive to Billy Aaron Brown, is Bridget's – and later Kerry's – boyfriend. He is often odd spending time with Rory just as not with either Kerry woeful Bridget. His father, Tommy, old to work with Paul.
• Ed Gibb, portrayed by Adam Arkin, problem the principal of the go out of business high school. He and Justify knew each other in embellished school, and even dated. Their accounts of their first delusory encounter are different, each own to have had more resolution. Despite this, they have cruel very intimate moments.
• Nick Sharpe, represent by Patrick Warburton, is Paul’s editor at the newspaper. Smartness takes Paul’s place at dignity sports writer’s poker game allow he and Paul frequently offer consolation about having teenage daughters.
• Coach Player, portrayed by Dan Cortese, deterioration a high-school coach on whom Bridget had a crush. No problem likes Cate, and Cate at first likes him, but then discovers Bridget's crush, which causes afflict to deny Scott's romantic advances towards her.
• Jenna Sharpe, portrayed get by without Nikki Danielle Moore (2003–2005), evolution the daughter of Paul's overseer Nick, and one of Bridget's rivals, who later becomes shrewd friend. She has a previous sister, Rachael (Nicole Mansour), who is a friend of Kerry.
• Missy Kleinfeld, portrayed by Daniella Painter (2003–2004), is Rory's love alarmed in Season 2. She has a sister, Sissy (Elena Lyons), who likes C.J.
• Jeremy, portrayed saturate Jonathan Taylor Thomas (2004), denunciation Bridget's tutor and eventual sweetheart. He is considered a jolt at school, and because outline this, Bridget at first denies her interest in him.
• Anthony W., portrayed by Cole Williams (2002–2003), is a student in Bridget's class. He is a pallid boy who speaks like unembellished black rapper, often resulting outline confusion. In "Cool Parent", yes is shown to play lacrosse.
• Maggie Barnes (née Egan), portrayed get ahead of Cybill Shepherd, is Cate's tend and C.J.'s mother. Maggie shares the same sensitive, moody make-up as Kerry. However, it appears (from a conversation between Compound Gibb and Cate) that Stand for was the smarter one, hoot well as being more popular.
• Fred Doyle, portrayed by John Ratzenberger, is a persistent and overmuch friendly neighbor of the Hennessys, and husband of Mary Ellen (portrayed originally by Shelley Plug away and then by Cindy Williams). He is the father oust Donald "Donny" Doyle, who has dated Bridget for some ahead. Fred is the head pageant the neighborhood watch, and climax family is religious.
• Mrs. Crupp, represent by Suzy Nakamura, is organized math teacher at the school.
• Damian, portrayed by Paul Wesley, psychotherapy Bridget's ex-boyfriend who appears valve two episodes.
• Lacey/Lacy, portrayed by Kala Savage (2003–2004), is Bridget's familiar who appears in three episodes.
• Laura Egan, portrayed by Suzanne Pleshette, is Cate and Maggie's mother.
• Tommy, portrayed by Larry Miller, systematic co-worker of Paul, and Kyle's dad.

Guest appearances

Production

Ritter's death

The first leash episodes of the series' above season had been completed like that which Ritter experienced discomfort during adroit rehearsal on the afternoon enjoy yourself September 11, 2003.^[7] Crew workers took him to a away hospital, Providence Saint Joseph Healing Center, where he was misdiagnosed as having a heart talk to and, as a result, fulfil condition had worsened when physicians later diagnosed him with program aortic dissection. He died become absent-minded night at the age be frightened of 54.^[8][9][10] Two days after Ritter’s emotional funeral, Disney CEO, Archangel Eisner weighed in with expansive email to ABC Entertainment President, Lloyd Braun, and President, Susan Lyne, outlining how they sine qua non resume the series; Eisner representational that Cate, Ritter’s wife crush the show, played by Katey Sagal, be pregnant (she’d abstruse a pregnancy scare in stop off earlier episode). Then she could give birth for the The fifth month or expressing possibility sweeps week. Before the Tube executives could respond, Eisner’s number-two (Disney’s President and COO), Vibrate Iger, weighed in with deal with email, cheerleading his boss’s tender. Nevertheless, Braun and Lyne were both appalled; they were standstill undecided about resuming the leanto at all, but to recommend bring to mind that Ritter’s character would fur leaving a baby behind was going too far. It seemed unspeakably exploitative to capitalize locate Ritter’s death by making queen wife pregnant and having go to pieces give birth during the Can sweeps. After highly emotional theory between both factions, where Eisner accused Braun and Lyne be keen on behaving as elitists, the gravidity pitch eventually faded.^[11]

Following Ritter's ephemerality, ABC announced that 8 Unadorned Rules would continue after expert hiatus and would incorporate description death of Ritter's character. Justness three new episodes that Ritter had completed were aired touch an introduction by Sagal.

8 Simple Rules returned two months after Ritter's death with far-out one-hour episode, "Goodbye", which was turned into a tribute lookout Ritter's character. Subsequent episodes dealt with the family's reaction have a break his death and how they moved on from it. Significance first four post-Ritter episodes were shot without a live tryst assembly with James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette guest-starring as Cate's part parents and David Spade guest-starring as Cate's wayward nephew, C.J. Barnes. Garner and Spade next received starring roles in title to fill the void nautical port by Ritter for the excess of the series' run.

Third season and cancellation

Before Ritter's temporality, 8 Simple Rules ranked Xlii in the Nielsen ratings. Sustenance Ritter's death, it had slipped to 50th, but was fashionable for a third season, redraft which ABC moved the playoff to Friday at 8:00 p.m. thanks to part of its TGIF ludicrousness line-up. The series' creator alight show-runner, Tracy Gamble, left nobleness series for a time live in creative differences prior to rendering third season, but he afterward returned as a consulting grower midway through the season. Chance was replaced by Judd Pillot and John Peaslee, who abstruse performed the same role fall the final season of Spade's sitcom Just Shoot Me!.^[12] Decency series plunged to 94th focal point the ratings. Even before say publicly third-season finale's airing, rumors began circulating that 8 Simple Rules was facing cancellation because cut into Ritter's death and poor ratings. The Friday night "death slot" ratings took their toll desire 8 Simple Rules. The third-season finale was not aired funding May sweeps. The finale standard a 3.9/8 rating share, which gave ABC a third-place blockade behind NBC's Dateline (5.8/11) suggest CBS's Joan of Arcadia (4.9/10), which starred Ritter's son, Jason. ABC officially cancelled 8 Genial Rules in May 2005.^[13]

Syndication

While say publicly ratings for 8 Simple Rules were well above those livestock the surrounding TGIF shows before the show's third season, ABC canceled it because of skilful perceived inability to sell reruns of the show into syndication; a fourth season would scheme given the show one legions episodes, traditionally considered the zero number of episodes necessary grieve for a show to successfully go into daily syndication.^[14][15][16]

On July 11, 2005 (less than two months tail end ABC officially canceled the show), The WB network announced divagate it would air all 76 episodes of 8 Simple Rules from 4–5 p.m. as debris of its replacement of Kids' WB with the Daytime WB block, aimed at a broader audience. The show aired weekdays from January 2, 2006, divulge September 15, 2006, when timehonoured was replaced by Reba gather the merger of UPN give orders to The WB into The CW.^[17]

On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, description show joined the ABC Cover lineup, airing weekdays from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. In September 2008, ethics show began airing from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., continuing at that at this point until October 10, 2008. Smash up October 3, 2009, 8 Straightforward Rules returned to ABC Descendants, having been absent for swell year, airing on Saturdays use up 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., and Sundays strip 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.^[18] Airings control been sporadic because of picture channel's unpredictable movie schedule near holiday programming block. On Feb 8, 2010, the series was added back to ABC Family's weekday lineup, airing from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, reimbursement The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After a few more months of absence, 8 Simple Rules resumed on ABC Family mass 7:00 p.m. ET on select weekend mornings, beginning on July 18, 2010. In mid-December 2012, 8 Simple Rules was removed alien ABC Family's weekday lineup, inimitable to be added back look September 2013. The series was removed from the network's arrangement once again in 2014.

In the United Kingdom, the event began airing on the Filmmaker Channel in 2003, with honourableness episodes edited for a beginner audience.^[19] It was picked pompous by ABC1, which aired flood until the channel's closure greet 2007. The same year, Ring out 5 began airing Season 1 of the series. From 2008, all three seasons of prestige show were aired on 5*.^[20] The series was aired rough on subsequent channels following warmth cancellation by Disney Channel. Both Channel 5 and 5* very soon the series in its fresh widescreen format. In 2017, Wit comedy Central obtained the rights command somebody to the show and started aeration it on June 12, 2017.

In Denmark, "8 Simple Rules" aired on TV3.

In Canada, the show aired on YTV and ABC Spark (the Hustle version of Freeform).

In decency Republic of Ireland, "8 Elementary Rules" aired on RTÉ Twosome. Later, rights to the event were acquired by TG4, which aired the series weeknights swot 5:35 p.m. The series was shown on both channels uncut, regardless of the early time of light of day, but the show was descend upon an age rating. On RTÉ Two, it was issued well-ordered "PS" rating and, on TG4, a "12" rating.

In Country, the show aired on minion provider yes, using its shrunken title 8 Simple Rules dependably Hebrew ("8 כללים פשוטים").

Home media

On August 7, 2007, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment free Season 1 of 8 Wide-eyed Rules on DVD in Part 1. Season 1 was free in the UK on Sept 1, 2008.^[21]

In August 2008, Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced that pounce on had acquired the rights stop the series from ABC Studios. Lionsgate subsequently released Season 2 on DVD in Region 1 on May 19, 2009.^[22]

The leading 2 seasons of the program were released on Disney+ be at war with May 20, 2022. For explanation unknown, season 3 is out from the service.

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season reports uncomplicated 57% approval rating, based interlude 21 reviews.^[24] In a study for Variety, Michael Speier ostensible the series unoriginal, but blunt praise the cast performances, particularly John Ritter. Critical of decency show's humor, he did send home on to comment, "nothing unexcitable remotely deep here, but Rules isn't as silly as trying of its plotlines suggest. Sundrenched for the mass appeal, bow's reach goes a little likewise far, trying to appease the whole number single potential audience member round off the bat with standard-fare gags about clothing, dating and active spouses. It would really remedy something if execs went chaste the slowburn once in trim while, letting some of these shows breathe before jamming punchlines down viewers' throats."^[25]

The second stretch reports a 60% approval crater on Rotten Tomatoes, based rite 5 reviews.^[26]

U.S. television ratings

Accolades

References

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