Yes, Dear (2000–2006)

Yes, Dear is a comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. First-time parents, Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at ... See full summary »

Creators:

Gregory Thomas Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum

Stars:

Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Liza Snyder

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Anthony Clark	...	Gregory Thomas 'Greg' Warner (122 episodes, 2000-2006)
Jean Louisa Kelly	...	Kim Warner (122 episodes, 2000-2006)
Liza Snyder	...	Christine Hughes (122 episodes, 2000-2006)
Mike O'Malley	...	Jimmy Hughes (122 episodes, 2000-2006)

Storyline

Yes, Dear is a comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. First-time parents, Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success in his career, his more difficult job is keeping his wife calm as they raise their year-old son, Sam. While Kim is determined to be the perfect mother and perfect wife and to raise the perfect son, her sister, Christine Hughes, a very down-to-earth mother of two [four-year-old Dominic and one-year-old Logan], continually reminds her that life will never be perfect. Christine's husband, Jimmy, is employed as a security guard and unconcerned about living in Kim and Greg's guest house and feels compelled to share with his brother-in-law his philosophy about being a husband and a parent while still remaining a man.

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Plot Keywords:

parenting | comma in title | punctuation in title | sitcom | two word title | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

CBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Da, draga?

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amigos de Garcia Productions, Cherry Tree Entertainment, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the day-dream sequence where Greg contemplates the benefits of having new neighbors (guest stars Shelley Long and Alan Thicke), Long appears out of nowhere with a beer and Greg says, "That was fast," to which Long replies, "I used to work in a bar," an obvious reference to her stint on Cheers.

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Goofs

When Emily is born, Sammy is two. About 13 episodes later, Sammy is still two, but Emily is now also two.

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Quotes

Greg Warner: [Greg and Kim developed a roll of film that had nude pictures of Jimmy and Christine] There were a lot of things I hoped I'd never see and three of them are hanging from Jimmy.
[Smiling]
Greg Warner: Christine did look good though.
Kim Warner: [Looking at Greg] Shut up!

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Connections

Featured in My Name Is Earl: Get a Real Job (2007)

User Reviews

Classic Type-A vs. Type-B conflict

I honestly can't figure out why the critics are not only disparaging of this show, but actually aggressively hostile toward it. I would be the last person to claim "Yes, Dear" is a classic of television comedy, but it is a consistently funny show, with a very simple, archetypal conflict. I get regular laughs from "Yes, Dear," regularly trashed by critics, while I've never laughed a single time at "Everybody Loves Raymond," which critics slavishly promote. YD is about a pair of couples, two sisters and their husbands, who live together in Los Angeles. The older sister and her husband are lazy, irresponsible slobs who live in the guest house of the younger sister and her husband, who are fastidious to the point of neurosis. Most of the comedy derives from this dichotomy. The husbands work for a movie studio (another source of laughs), and both couples have children. All three sets of grandparents are played by familiar comedic character actors and show up several times each season. Obviously, personal taste governs what one watches on television (something critics have generally forgotten), but if ever a show has gotten a raw deal from the critics, "Yes, Dear" is the one.