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Life with Roger

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| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Howard Adler
Robert Griffard

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| starring = Mike O'Malley
Maurice Godin
Hallie Todd

| theme_music_composer = David Schwartz

| composer = David Schwartz

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 20

| executive_producer = Howard Adler
Robert Griffard

| producer = Deborah Oppenheimer
Tracey Ormandy

| editor = Richard Candib
Pam Marshall

| cinematography = Ken Lamkin
Frank Raymond

| runtime = 30 minutes (with commercials)

| company = Warner Bros. Television

| network = The WB

| first_aired = {{start date|1996|8|25}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1997|3|30}}

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Life with Roger is an American sitcom television series created by Howard Adler and Robert Griffard, that aired on The WB from August 25, 1996, to March 30, 1997, as part of its 1996–97 schedule.

Synopsis

Life with Roger starred Mike O'Malley as Roger Hoyt, a formerly suicidal homeless young man dissuaded from jumping off of a bridge by Jason Fuller (Maurice Godin), a man whose car had coincidentally broken down on the bridge just before Roger could complete his planned jump. Jason, a medical doctor, talks Roger out of going through with his suicide plan, and Roger repairs his car. They eventually become roommates when Roger talks Jason out of marrying his fiancėe, and typical sitcom mayhem ensues. Hallie Todd co-starred as Jason's sister, Lanie Clark, and Meredith Scott Lynn played Myra, Jason's former fiancée.

The series premiered on August 25, 1996, airing twenty episodes, before being canceled in March 1997 due to low ratings.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-21-ca-12511-story.html |title='The Rick' Wants to Show He Knows the Score|last=King|first=Susan|date=1999-09-21|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2022-05-24}}

Cast

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Episodes

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|Title = Pilot

|DirectedBy = Barnet Kellman

|WrittenBy = Robert Griffard & Howard Adler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|8|25}}

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|Title = The Day After

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = The Stereo

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|22}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = The Foosball Connection

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|29}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Breaking in is Hard to Do

|DirectedBy = Robby Benson

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|6}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = First Date

|DirectedBy = Rich Correll

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|13}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Love Thy Neighbor

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|27}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = The Way We Was

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|3}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Is There a Doctor in the House?

|DirectedBy = James Hampton

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|10}}

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|Title = Working Girl

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|17}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Last Tango

|DirectedBy = Rich Correll

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|15}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = The Apartment

|DirectedBy = Steve Zuckerman

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|5}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 13

|Title = The Landlady

|DirectedBy = Rich Correll

|WrittenBy = David Hoge & Dan Cross

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|12}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 14

|Title = About Last Night

|DirectedBy = Gerry Cohen

|WrittenBy = Rob Hammersley & Todd J. Greenwald

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|19}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 15

|Title = The New Boyfriend

|DirectedBy = Steve Zuckerman

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Bob Keyes & Doug Keyes|t= Adam Cohen}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|2}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 16

|Title = The Man with the Golden Charm

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

|WrittenBy = Rick Hawkins & Nancylee Myatt

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|3}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 17

|Title = A Fight to Remember

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

|WrittenBy = David Hoge & Dan Cross

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|9}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 18

|Title = Toy Story

|DirectedBy = Steve Zuckerman

|WrittenBy = Barry Gold

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|16}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 19

|Title = Dial M for Muffin

|DirectedBy = Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy = Rob Hammersley & Todd J. Greenwald

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|23}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|Title = The Boxer Rebellion

|DirectedBy = Rod Daniel

|WrittenBy = Adam Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|30}}

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|id=0115244}}
  • {{epguides|id=LifeWithRoger}}

{{The WB}}

Category:1990s American sitcoms

Category:1996 American television series debuts

Category:1997 American television series endings

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios

Category:Television shows set in New York City

Category:Hispanic and Latino American sitcoms

Category:The WB sitcoms

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