Baby Blues 

A married couple living in a quiet neighborhood with not-so-quiet neighbors discover the joys and the pains (but mostly the pains) of raising a new-born girl in a not-so-perfect world. ... See full summary »

Creators:

Jeff Martin, Peter Ocko

Stars:

Elizabeth Daily, Mike O'Malley, Julia Sweeney

Cast

Series cast summary:
Elizabeth Daily	...	Zoe MacPherson 13 episodes, 2000-2002
Mike O'Malley	...	Darryl MacPherson / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2002
Julia Sweeney	...	Wanda MacPherson / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2002
Joel Murray	...	Carl Bitterman / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2002
Kath Soucie	...	Rodney Bitterman / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2002
Arabella Field	...	Melinda Bitterman / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2002
Nicole Sullivan	...	Bizzy / ... 6 episodes, 2000-2002

Storyline

A married couple living in a quiet neighborhood with not-so-quiet neighbors discover the joys and the pains (but mostly the pains) of raising a new-born girl in a not-so-perfect world. Darryl, the father, juggles family life with and a job that pays a modest salary while his wife, Wanda, stays at home and cares for their daughter Zoe, with help from their babysitter Bizzy who needs a turn-stile for the number of boys that she dates. Things aren't better when you're neighbors with the Bittermans, a family composed of a militant father named Carl who's always teaching his loud, obnoxious children, Rodney, Megan and Shelby, survival skills while his wife, Melinda, who seems to have an existential outlook on life. Case in point: it's "Rugrats" for the parents who were forced to watch it with their giddy kids.

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Plot Keywords:

neighbor | neighborhood | babysitter | alliterative title | co worker | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The second season, consisting of 13 episodes, was produced but never aired.

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Quotes

Darryl: [watching Zoey cry] It's like a Springsteen concert. It just goes on and on.

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Connections

Spin-off A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002)

User Reviews

Easily one of the best shows no one has ever seen

The fact that I am the first person to post a comment in the three months this show has aired reflects the paucity of the exposure it has received. From the get-go, I knew this show would not generate the kind of audience it would need to survive, seeing how it was buried within a Friday night schedule on a mini-network, and I knew it would suffer the same fate as "Freaks and Geeks", "Action", "Mission Hill" and "Dilbert". But unlike "Dilbert", "Baby Blues" is a good adaptation from the comic strip to the small screen. Their plotlines are often well conceived, the animation organic, and a lot of subtle,witty, tongue-in-cheek humor. I highly recommend this series to Simpsons fans who are sick and tired of having to lower expectations and intelligence levels in order to laugh at and marginally enjoy the puerile jokes and ill-conceived stories they are feeding to us in their recent episodes. It's a shame the makers of this show only made about six episodes. ***1/2 (Out of four)

Details

Official Sites:

Baby Blues Partnership

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Baby Blues: Uma Família Animada

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Split the Difference Productions, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (13 episodes)

Color:

Color