Suddenly Susan

Susan Keane (Brooke Shields) has always been taken care of by someone else. She worked as a copy editor at The Gate, a fictional San Francisco magazine. On her wedding day, she realizes that she and her wealthy, vain fiancé, Kip, are not meant for each other and that there is more to life than just being known as the "s" in "The Kip Richmonds." She abruptly leaves him at the altar. Now, she's suddenly just Susan. Susan's parents (guest stars Swoosie Kurtz and Ray Baker) were less than ecstatic about their daughter deciding to end her engagement to Kip, though her grandmother and confidant, Nana (Barbara Barrie), stands as a pillar of support for Susan.

The day after the wedding, Susan goes to her boss, Jack Richmond (Judd Nelson), the rebellious brother of Susan's former fiancé, Kip, begging for her job back. Instead, Jack assigns Susan to write a regular column about being suddenly single. Susan's coworkers include photographer Luis Rivera (Néstor Carbonell), boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites (David Strickland), restaurant critic Vicki Groener (Kathy Griffin), and, in later episodes, investigative reporter and Susan's old enemy Maddy Piper (Andréa Bendewald).

In the show's final season, The Gate is taken over by Ian Maxtone-Graham (Eric Idle) and overhauled into a men's magazine that is run out of an old warehouse in Chinatown. Along with this, Ian brings his own team of workers, including executive assistant and U.S. Navy veteran Miranda Charles (Sherri Shepherd), sportswriter Nate Knaborski (Currie Graham), and freelancer photographer Oliver Browne (Rob Estes). Susan is faced with a new set of problems and has to prove herself all over again.

Besides the task of putting together a magazine and focusing on the lead character's life, Suddenly Susan also focuses on the private lives of many employees in the show.

• Brooke Shields as Susan Keane
• Néstor Carbonell as Luis Rivera, Susan's co-worker and Gate photographer
• Kathy Griffin as Vicki Groener, Susan's co-worker and Gate food/nightlife writer
• Judd Nelson as Jack Richmond, Susan's boss and original love interest (Seasons 1–3)
• David Strickland as Todd Stites, Susan's co-worker and Gate music critic (Seasons 1–3){{NoteTag|The character portrayed by Strickland shares his name with a television producer who served as an associate producer on Murphy Brown from its sixth through tenth seasons (1994–98); Suddenly Susan developers Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman wrote for the CBS sitcom for seven of its 11 total seasons (1988–93, 2018).}}
• Barbara Barrie as Helen 'Nana' Keane, Susan's grandmother
• Andréa Bendewald as Maddy Piper, Susan's co-worker and former high school rival, and Gate journalist (Seasons 2–3; guest star, Season 4){{NoteTag|Bendewald was credited as a recurring guest star for the first five episodes of Season 2.}}
• Currie Graham as Nate Knaborski, Susan's co-worker and Gate sportswriter (Season 4)
• Eric Idle as Ian Maxtone-Graham, Susan's boss (Season 4){{NoteTag|The character portrayed by Idle is not connected, outside of sharing the same name, with the television writer of the same name.}}
• Sherri Shepherd as Miranda Charles, Ian's executive assistant (Season 4){{NoteTag|Prior to becoming a series regular, Shepherd guest starred as "Roni" in the Season 2 episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Maddy World".}}
• Rob Estes as Oliver Browne, Susan's love interest and Gate freelance photographer (Season 4){{NoteTag|Although Estes appeared in all but two episodes of Season 4 and was included in two of the three versions of that season's opening title sequence, he was credited as a "special guest star".}}

{{Series overview

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|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=First Episode

|DirectedBy=Andy Ackerman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Clyde Phillips|t= Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman & Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore & Clyde Phillips}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|19}}

|Viewers=30.12{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960916networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 9/16-9/23 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011211027/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960916networks.html |archive-date=October 11, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Dr. No

|DirectedBy=Steve Zuckerman

|WrittenBy=Dan O'Shannon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|26}}

|Viewers=28.49{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960923networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 9/23-9/29 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011232801/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960923networks.html |archive-date=October 11, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The Best Laid Plans

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Mimi Friedman & Jeanette Collins

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|03}}

|Viewers=25.07{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960930networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 9/30-10/6 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013155324/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960930networks.html |archive-date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Suddenly Susan Unplugged

|DirectedBy=Steve Zuckerman

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer & Andrew Green

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

|Viewers=26.61{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961007networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 10/7-10/13 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013164811/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961007networks.html |archive-date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Hoop Dreams

|DirectedBy=Shelly Jensen

|WrittenBy=Heather MacGillvray & Linda Mathious

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|17}}

|Viewers=24.35{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961014networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 10/14-10/20 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991117040248/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961014networks.html |archive-date=November 17, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Lie! Lie! My Darling

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Ian Praiser

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|31}}

|Viewers=23.68{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961028networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 10/28-11/3 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013194700/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961028networks.html |archive-date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Golden Girl Friday

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer & Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|07}}

|Viewers=28.05{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961104networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 11/4-11/10 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013211054/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961104networks.html |archive-date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Beauty and the Beasty Boy

|DirectedBy=Steve Zuckerman

|WrittenBy=Maryanne Melloan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|14}}

|Viewers=28.08{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961111networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 11/11-11/17 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013230532/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961111networks.html |archive-date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Cold Turkey

|DirectedBy=Rod Daniel

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman|t= Dan O'Shannon}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|21}}

|Viewers=28.15{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961118networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 11/18-11/24 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991014001023/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961118networks.html |archive-date=October 14, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Was It Something I Said?

|DirectedBy=Steve Zuckerman

|WrittenBy=Marc Flanagan

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

|Viewers=24.51{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961209networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 12/9-12/15 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991014025704/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961209networks.html |archive-date=October 14, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Walk-Out

|DirectedBy=Barnet Kellman

|WrittenBy=Heather MacGillvray & Linda Mathious

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|19}}

|Viewers=25.30{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961216networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 12/16-12/22 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=UltimateTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991014033322/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961216networks.html |archive-date=October 14, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=The Me Nobody Nose

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Mimi Friedman & Jeanette Collins

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|09}}

|Viewers=28.61{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385853/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 6–12, 1997)|date=January 15, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Ways and Means

|DirectedBy=Gail Mancuso

|WrittenBy=Jana Barto

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|2|27}}

|Viewers=21.66{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41294963/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 24–March 2, 1997)|date=March 5, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=What a Card

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer & Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|06}}

|Viewers= 24.18{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385437/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 3–9, 1997)|date=March 12, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Love and Divorce American Style: Part 1

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Ian Praiser

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|13}}

|Viewers=25.62{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41386061/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 10–16, 1997)|date=March 19, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Love and Divorce American Style: Part 2

|DirectedBy=Pamela Fryman

|WrittenBy=Dan O'Shannon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|20}}

|Viewers=22.80{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41386113/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 17–23, 1997)|date=March 26, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Love and Divorce American Style: Part 3

|DirectedBy=Pamela Fryman

|WrittenBy=Susan Fales

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|27}}

|Viewers=22.45{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41295164/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 24–30, 1997)|date=April 2, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=With Friends Like These

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Maryanne Melloan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|4|10}}

|Viewers=22.84{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41315176/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 7–13, 1997)|date=April 16, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Where the Wild Things Aren't

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Maryanne Melloan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|4|17}}

|Viewers=21.47{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385180/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 14–20, 1997)|date=April 23, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=A Boy Like That

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|4|24}}

|Viewers=21.68{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41307854/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 21–27, 1997)|date=April 30, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Family Affairs

|DirectedBy=Gail Mancuso

|WrittenBy=Phil Baker & Drew Vaupen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|5|01}}

|Viewers=21.87{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41384884/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 28–May 4, 1997)|date=May 7, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=I'll See That and Raise You Susan

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Neil J. Deiter

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|5|08}}

|Viewers=21.44{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385049/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 5–11, 1997)|date=May 14, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=I Love You, I Think

|DirectedBy=Tom Moore

|WrittenBy=Steven Peterman & Gary Dontzig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|9|22}}

|Viewers=13.02{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41307958/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 22–28, 1997)|date=October 1, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Past Tense

|DirectedBy=Tom Moore

|WrittenBy=Mimi Friedman & Jeanette Collins

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|9|29}}

|Viewers=11.51{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41301856/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 29–Oct. 5, 1997)|date=October 8, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Truth and Consequences

|DirectedBy=Pamela Fryman

|WrittenBy=Christopher Vane

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|10|06}}

|Viewers=12.20{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385682/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 6–12, 1997)|date=October 15, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Next Stop, Heaven

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Becky Hartman Edwards

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|10|13}}

|Viewers=12.76{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41309132/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 13–19, 1997)|date=October 22, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=27

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Susan's Minor Complication

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Chuck Tatham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|10|20}}

|Viewers=11.67{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41386271/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 20–26, 1997)|date=October 29, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=28

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Maddy World

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Phil Baker & Drew Vaupen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|11|03}}

|Viewers=10.52{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41295054/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 27–Nov. 2, 1997)|date=November 5, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=29

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=It's My Nana and I'll Cry If I Want To

|DirectedBy=Pamela Fryman

|WrittenBy=Chuck Tatham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|11|10}}

|Viewers=11.63{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313879/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 10–16, 1997)|date=November 19, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=30

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=A Kiss Before Dying...on Stage

|DirectedBy=Tom Moore

|WrittenBy=Drew Vaupen & Phil Baker

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|11|17}}

|Viewers=11.71{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41384655/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 17–23, 1997)|date=November 26, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=31

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Old and the Beautiful

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer & Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|11|24}}

|Viewers=10.69{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41310278/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 24–30, 1997)|date=December 3, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=32

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=I Didn't Write This

|DirectedBy=Pamela Fryman

|WrittenBy=Lisa Albert

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|12|08}}

|Viewers=11.50{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41386380/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 8–14, 1997)|date=December 17, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=33

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Yule Never Know

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Mimi Friedman & Jeanette Collins

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|12|15}}

|Viewers=10.69{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41315246/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 15–21, 1997)|date=December 24, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=34

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=A Kiss is Just Amiss

|DirectedBy=Tom Moore

|WrittenBy=Christopher Vane

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|1|05}}

|Viewers=12.85{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41373787/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 5–11, 1998)|date=January 14, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=35

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Big Shalom

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer & Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|1|12}}

|Viewers=12.04{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41371569/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 12–18, 1998)|date=January 21, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=36

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Matchmaker, Matchmaker

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy=Becky Hartman Edwards

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|1|19}}

|Viewers=11.81{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41308151/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 19–25, 1998)|date=January 28, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=37

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Car Trouble

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Phil Baker & Drew Vaupen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|1|26}}

|Viewers=11.12{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41302921/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 26–Feb. 1, 1998)|date=February 4, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=38

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Ready...Aim...Fong!

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Chuck Tatham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|2|02}}

|Viewers=12.28{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41316393/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 2–8, 1998)|date=February 11, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=39

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Daddy Piper

|DirectedBy=Joyce Gittlin

|WrittenBy=Dan O'Shannon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|3|09}}

|Viewers=11.29{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41315318/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 9–15, 1998)|date=March 18, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=40

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Not in This Life

|DirectedBy=Leonard R. Garner Jr.

|WrittenBy=Christopher Vane

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|3|16}}

|Viewers=10.03{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41370417/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 16–22, 1998)|date=March 25, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=41

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Models and Strippers and Wasps, Oh My!

|DirectedBy=Tom Moore

|WrittenBy=David Kirkwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|06}}

|Viewers=9.16{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41370576/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 6–12, 1998)|date=April 15, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=42

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Poetry in Notion

|DirectedBy=Joanna Kerns

|WrittenBy=Becky Hartman Edwards

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|06}}

|Viewers=9.32

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|EpisodeNumber=43

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Pucker Up

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|13}}

|Viewers=9.71{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41300708/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 13–19, 1998)|date=April 22, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=44

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=5,947 Miles

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Jana Barto

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|20}}

|Viewers=8.84{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41307269/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 20–26, 1998)|date=April 29, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=45

|EpisodeNumber_2=46

|EpisodeNumber2_1=23

|EpisodeNumber2_2=24

|Title=A Tale of Two Pants

|DirectedBy_1=Roger Christiansen

|DirectedBy_2=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy_1=Michael McCarthy

|WrittenBy_2=Rick Singer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|5|04}}

|Viewers=9.59{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41304257/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 4–10, 1998)|date=May 13, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=47

|EpisodeNumber_2=48

|EpisodeNumber2_1=25

|EpisodeNumber2_2=26

|Title=Oh, How They Danced

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Steven Peterman & Gary Dontzig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|5|18}}

|Viewers=12.28{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41373921/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 18–24, 1998)|date=May 28, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=49

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Some of These Do It

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Steven Peterman & Gary Dontzig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|9|21}}

|Viewers=11.96{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41307174/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 21–27, 1998)|date=September 30, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=50

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Feels Like the First Time

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Christopher Vane

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|9|28}}

|Viewers=10.90{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41309288/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 28–Oct. 4, 1998)|date=October 7, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=51

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Don't Tell

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Maria Semple

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|05}}

|Viewers=11.08{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41372444/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 5-11, 1998)|date=October 14, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=52

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Sleeping with the Enemy

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Phil Baker & Drew Vaupen

|Viewers=10.77{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41307440/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 12-18, 1998)|date=October 21, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|12}}

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|EpisodeNumber=53

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Susan's Party

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy=Chuck Tatham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|26}}

|Viewers=10.35{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41370936/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 1998)|date=November 4, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=54

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=War Games

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|02}}

|Viewers=11.34{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41372619/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 2-8, 1998)|date=November 11, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=55

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Seems Like Old Times

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy=Becky Hartman Edwards

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|09}}

|Viewers=9.05{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41316218/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 9-15, 1998)|date=November 18, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=56

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Trash-Test Dummies

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy=Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|16}}

|Viewers=9.96{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313160/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 16-22, 1998)|date=November 25, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=57

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Thanksgiving Episode

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Chuck Tatham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|30}}

|Viewers=10.36{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41370229/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 1998)|date=December 9, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=58

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Apartment Hunt

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Maria Semple

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|30}}

|Viewers=11.61

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|EpisodeNumber=59

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Merry Ex-Mas

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Rick Singer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|14}}

|Viewers=10.68{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41372304/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 14-20, 1998)|date=December 24, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=60

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Wedding-Bell Blues

|DirectedBy=Leonard R. Garner Jr.

|WrittenBy=Christopher Vane

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|11}}

|Viewers=9.88{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41319654/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 11-17, 1999)|date=January 20, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=61

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=On a Clear Day You Can Hear Forever

|DirectedBy=Leonard R. Garner Jr.

|WrittenBy=Becky Hartman Edwards

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|18}}

|Viewers=10.70{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41319996/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 18-24, 1999)|date=January 27, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=62

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=One Man's Intervention Is Another Man's Tupperware Party

|DirectedBy=Roger Christiansen

|WrittenBy=Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|25}}

|Viewers=8.48{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321511/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 25-31, 1999)|date=February 3, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=63

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Polly Levy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|08}}

|Viewers=10.08{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321832/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 8-14, 1999)|date=February 18, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=64

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Ben Rubenstein, Meet Joe Black

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|22}}

|Viewers=10.38{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41320206/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 22-28, 1999)|date=March 3, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=65

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=The Song Remains Insane

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Michael McCarthy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|01}}

|Viewers=9.66{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321373/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 1–7, 1999)|date=March 10, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=66

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Revenge of the Gophers

|DirectedBy=Roger Christiansen

|WrittenBy=Phil Baker & Drew Vaupen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|15}}

|Viewers=9.61{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313523/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 15–21, 1999)|date=March 24, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=67

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=In This Corner...Susan Keane!: Part 1

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Chuck Tatham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|03}}

|Viewers=7.62{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313596/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 3–9, 1999)|date=May 12, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=68

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=In This Corner...Susan Keane!: Part 2

|DirectedBy=Philip Charles MacKenzie

|WrittenBy=Andrew Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|10}}

|Viewers=7.43{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41314884/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 10–16, 1999)|date=May 19, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=69

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The First Picture Show

|DirectedBy=Michael Kelly

|WrittenBy=Phil Baker & Drew Vaupen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|17}}

|Viewers=7.67{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321453/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 17–23, 1999)|date=May 26, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=70

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Bowled Over

|DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen

|WrittenBy=Jana Barto

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|24}}

|Viewers=8.63{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321732/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 24–30, 1999)|date=June 3, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=71

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=A Day in the Life

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|t=Rick Singer|s=Maria Semple & Christopher Vane}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|5|24}}

|Viewers=12.35

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|EpisodeNumber=72

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The New Gate

|DirectedBy=Lee Shallat Chemel

|WrittenBy=Mark Driscoll & Maria Semple

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|20}}

|Viewers=8.07{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321901/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 20–26, 1999)|date=September 29, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=73

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Billboard

|DirectedBy=Lee Shallat-Chemel

|WrittenBy=Mark Driscoll & Maria Semple

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|27}}

|Viewers=6.87{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41309444/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 27–Oct. 3, 1999)|date=October 6, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=74

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The Pushkin Letters

|DirectedBy=Lee Shallat-Chemel

|WrittenBy=David Babcock

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|04}}

|Viewers=4.77{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41320606/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 4-10, 1999)|date=October 13, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=75

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Vicki Moves In

|DirectedBy=Lee Shallat-Chemel

|WrittenBy=Sylvia Green

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|11}}

|Viewers=6.27{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41320334/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 11-17, 1999)|date=October 20, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=76

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Halloween

|DirectedBy=Andrew Tsao

|WrittenBy=Ellen Idelson & Rob Lotterstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|18}}

|Viewers=6.59{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41300202/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 18-24, 1999)|date=October 27, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=77

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Cheerleaders

|DirectedBy=Andrew Tsao

|WrittenBy=David Flebotte

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|01}}

|Viewers=7.42{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313745/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 1-7, 1999)|date=November 10, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=78

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Wish List

|DirectedBy=Andrew Tsao

|WrittenBy=Ellen Idelson & Rob Lotterstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|06}}

|Viewers= 6.69{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321675/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 6-12, 1999)|date=December 15, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=79

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=First Date

|DirectedBy=Alan Rafkin

|WrittenBy=David Babcock

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|13}}

|Viewers=6.66{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41319068/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 13-19, 1999)|date=December 22, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=80

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Birthday Party

|DirectedBy=Roger Christiansen

|WrittenBy=Joel H. Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|20}}

|Viewers=5.94{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41321564/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 20-26, 1999)|date=December 29, 1999|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber=81

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Susan's Ex

|DirectedBy=Craig Zisk

|WrittenBy=Roger Peacock

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|27}}

|Viewers=6.05{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41379979/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 27, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000)|date=January 5, 2000|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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In the show's original pilot, written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore and based on a dramatic script by Clyde Phillips, Susan worked at a publishing house editing children's books. After breaking up with her live-in boyfriend Ted (Brian McNamara), Susan finds herself "single" for the first time in years. Concurrently, Susan faces even greater challenges at work when her boss, Eric (Philip Casnoff), assigns her the task of working as an editor with Charlotte (Elizabeth Ashley), a hugely successful and highly opinionated romance novelist. Always on hand to provide support is Susan's grandmother, Nana (Nancy Marchand), her co-workers, acerbic best friend Marcy (Maggie Wheeler) and Neil (David Krumholtz), who has a crush on Susan.

When the series was picked up, former Murphy Brown writers/producers Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman were brought in to redevelop the concept, being appointed as the show's co-showrunners. Other changes between the pilot and the series included Barbara Barrie replacing Nancy Marchand in the role of Nana, and Swoosie Kurtz and Ray Baker replacing Kurt Fuller and Caroline McWilliams as Susan's parents, Bill and Liz; the characters of Eric and Ted were reworked into the roles of Jack Richmond (played by Nelson) and his brother, Kip (Anthony Starke), whom Susan jilts during their wedding. (McNamara would later play Cooper Elliot, a friend of Jack's who briefly replaces him as publisher of The Gate through a poker game bet and takes Susan to Italy at the end of Season 1.) In the series, though the setting switches from a publishing house to a magazine, the main office set retained most of its features from the pilot; the most noticeable difference was that the elevator was at stage right. While the pilot's storyline featuring Elizabeth Ashley as one of the publishing house's clients was not used in the series, a cardboard cut out of Ashley that was featured in the pilot appears throughout the first three seasons of the show – it can be seen briefly behind Susan's desk, near the filing cabinets along the back wall.

The actual location for the exterior shots of the office was the Newhall Building at 260 California Street in San Francisco.

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David Strickland died by suicide in a Las Vegas motel room on March 22, 1999. Strickland's death was later incorporated into the show's third season finale, "A Day in the Life", which killed off his character, Todd Stites. The episode's plot finds Susan desperately trying to find Todd when she suspects he has gone missing after he fails to show up to work one morning. As the episode progresses, Susan learns about a number of good deeds that Todd had done around his neighborhood that she never knew about. In-character interviews with the supporting cast also appear throughout the episode, with each actor sharing their personal experiences they had with Strickland before his death, framed as each character's own memories of Todd. As the episode comes to an end, Todd's favorite song, "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim, plays outside of Luis' apartment as Susan and her co-workers sit in a circle praying for Todd's well-being. At last, the phone in the middle of the room rings, but the camera cuts away before the news of Todd's fate can be revealed. The episode ends with memorable clips of Strickland from the show and the memorial subtitle: "The Gods of comedy looked down upon you and smiled".

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Before production began on the fourth and final season, Judd Nelson and Andrea Bendewald left the show; Peterman and Dontzig also stepped down as showrunners, and the series replaced almost its entire writing staff (with the exception of executive producer Maria Semple, who joined the show at the start of Season 3 and took over showrunning duties alongside Mark Driscoll, one of the new writers hired for the fourth season). The departures of Nelson and Bendewald, along with the death of Strickland, prompted Driscoll and Semple to retool the series: The Gate was transformed into a men's magazine by its new owner, Ian Maxtone-Graham (Eric Idle), and relocated from its trendy uptown offices overlooking the bay to a dingy former warehouse in Chinatown. In tow, Ian brought his own team of workers, including executive assistant and U.S. Navy veteran Miranda Charles (Sherri Shepherd), sports writer Nate Knaborski (Currie Graham), and freelance photographer Oliver Browne (Rob Estes). Faced with new challenges, Susan suddenly had to prove herself all over again.

Airing between Seinfeld and ER during its first season, Suddenly Susan was initially a ratings success, attracting almost 25 million viewers per episode,{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-23-ca-61847-story.html|title=A Milestone Year, for a Decidedly Dubious Reason|first=BRIAN|last=LOWRY|date=23 May 1997|via=LA Times}} despite mostly unfavorable critical reviews. When the show was moved to Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. (against the Top 30 hit Cosby) for the second season, the show experienced a large decline in viewership, sliding from #3 to #71 in one year, bringing in less than 11 million viewers. The ratings failed to bounce back, and in its final season, the show barely ranked in the top 100, prompting NBC to pull it from the schedule in January. It returned briefly in June, but at the end of the month was pulled from the network's prime-time schedule with five episodes left unaired. One episode, "The Gay Parade", remained unaired by NBC (but was eventually shown on Lifetime a few years later{{When|date=December 2022}}); the final four episodes (including the two-part series finale) were burned off from 2:00 to 4:00 a.m. EST on December 26, 2000, airing as part of the NBC All Night overnight block.

On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 has an approval rating of 55% based on reviews from 11 critics. The website's critical consensus was: "Comedic inspiration doesn't spark Suddenly for this Susan, hampered by derivative gags that undermine Brooke Shields' energetic performance."{{cite web |title=Suddenly Susan: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/suddenly_susan/s01 |website=Rotten Tomatoes }}

Caryn James of the New York Times wrote: "Like its lead character, Suddenly Susan has no identity of its own. The beauty of the magic time slot is that it gives Suddenly Susan, with its engaging star and flexible format, a well-deserved chance to grow."{{cite web |date=19 September 1996 |last=James |first=Caryn |title=When Life Turns Goofy, Glamour Is a Real Asset |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/19/arts/when-life-turns-goofy-glamour-is-a-real-asset.html |website=The New York Times }}{{cite web |date=18 September 1996 |last=Gerard |first=Jeremy |title=Suddenly Susan |url=https://variety.com/1996/tv/reviews/suddenly-susan-1200446776/ |website=Variety }}{{cite web |date=15 September 1996 |author=Newsweek Staff |title=Tune In, Turn On |url=https://www.newsweek.com/tune-turn-177652 |website=Newsweek }}

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade C and called it: "A wearyingly self-conscious updating of The Mary Tyler Moore Show: nice girl trying to make it in the competitive workplace of a big town."{{cite magazine |title=Suddenly Susan |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/10/18/suddenly-susan/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly }}

^{{{note|age1|[a]}}}Twenty-three episodes were produced for season four, but episode 18, "The Gay Parade" was never broadcast.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/suddenly-susan/the-gay-parade-37987/trivia/|title=Suddenly Susan Season 4, Episode 18: "The Gay Parade" - Trivia|publisher=TV.com|access-date=December 8, 2016}}
^{{{note|age2|[b]}}}End of the series' original broadcast run. Last four episodes were aired six months later.{{cite web |url=http://epguides.com/SuddenlySusan/|title=Suddenly Susan (a Titles and Air Dates Guide) |access-date=2010-01-09 |date=February 5, 2010}}

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