"Ed" (2000) TV series 2000-2004

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creators:

Jon Beckerman
Rob Burnett

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

8 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Ed Stevens is a contracts lawyer at a high-profile New York City firm. Around the same time he splits with his wife (she slept with a mailman)...

Plot Keywords:

Bowling Alley | Bowling | High School | Law | Medical

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Tom Cavanagh	...	Ed Stevens (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Julie Bowen	...	Carol Vessey (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jana Marie Hupp	...	Nancy Burton (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Josh Randall	...	Mike Burton (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Lesley Boone	...	Molly Hudson (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Michael Ian Black	...	Phil Stubbs (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Rachel Cronin	...	Shirley Pifko (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Justin Long	...	Warren Cheswick (83 episodes, 2000-2004)
Michael Genadry	...	Mark Vanacore (58 episodes, 2001-2004)
Mike Starr	...	Kenny Sandusky (45 episodes, 2000-2002)
Daryl Mitchell	...	Eli Goggins (39 episodes, 2002-2004)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Closter, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Worldwide Pants

Trivia:

Ed's ex-wife, Liz was originally played by Janeane Garofalo in the original pilot that was turned down by CBS.

Quotes:

Carol Vessey: My one chance at something vaguely resembling happiness, and you destroyed it.
Ed Stevens: What?
Carol Vessey: You ruined my wedding, and... and you made me lose Dennis.
Ed Stevens: How could I have ruined your wedding? I wasn't even there.
Carol Vessey: Of course you were there. You're always there. Because no matter what I try to do Ed Stevens is always there.
Ed Stevens: I... I don't know... I don't know what you're so upset about.
Carol Vessey: Ed, do you want to know why Dennis walked out of the wedding?
Ed Stevens: Why?
Carol Vessey: I'll tell you why. I'll... I'll tell you why! Because he thought I was looking around the church for you. He thought I was looking for Ed Stevens.
Ed Stevens: Were you?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Moment In The Sun

The Right Kind of Humour

Humour may perhaps be divided into two broad categories: the kind that gets laughs at the expense of others, and the kind that lets you see people as they really are, and gets you to enjoy them and laugh with them. Obviously the latter is better and makes us feel better about ourselves and everything. It is perhaps also more difficult to create: witness the cheap shots Leno and Letterman always stoop to. But Ed loves its characters, and they are a wonder to watch. And the red line through it all is the relationship between Ed and Carol (Julie Bowen, Happy Gilmore): everyone knows they are made for each other, but the writers know too that postponing the inevitable is what keeps us coming back.