A single woman, Ellie Riggs, tries to navigate her way through the Los Angeles music scene and her own messy personal life. Told in real time, each episode is a linear 22-minute slice of Ellie's life.
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Cabaret singer Ellie Riggs deals with an overflowing toilet as she tries to get ready for a concert. In the process, a neighbor gets knocked unconscious while trying to help.
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Ellie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her band are preparing to sing at the wedding of her childhood friend Diane when she suddenly realizes the song Diane wrote to her husband is in the back of Ben's (...
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| Series cast summary: | |||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... | Ellie Riggs 17 episodes, 2002-2003 | |
| Darren Boyd | ... | Ben 16 episodes, 2002-2003 | |
| Steve Carell | ... | Edgar 16 episodes, 2002-2003 | |
| Lauren Bowles | ... | Susan 16 episodes, 2002-2003 | |
| Don Lake | ... | Dr. Don Zimmerman / ... 16 episodes, 2002-2003 | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Ingvar 11 episodes, 2002-2003 | |
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A single woman, Ellie Riggs, tries to navigate her way through the Los Angeles music scene and her own messy personal life. Told in real time, each episode is a linear 22-minute slice of Ellie's life.
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It's too bad this show got cancelled so quickly, because personnally, I liked it a lot. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a remarkable actress and the supporting cast is just as awesome, especially Steve Carell who played Ellie's arrogant, annoying but hilarious ex-boyfriend Edgar (lucky for us, we got to see him play an equally arrogant guy in Bruce Almighty) . I'm afraid the pilot, which was just OK, dissuaded many from keeping watching "Ellie": during the first episodes, the show was trying to find itself, trying to be original but it still had that Seinfeld feel at the same time (the fact that Ellie would sing at the end of the first few episodes was quite reminiscent of Jerry's opening and closing monologues), and I have to admit that at first, it was hard to tell Ellie and Elaine apart. But eventually, the show slightly changed its concept and got better and funnier, and I'm told it was a whole lot more watchable than the Micheal Richards show and Bob Peterson, Jason Alexander's sitcom. Seinfeld Curse? Not in Julia's case, who has the talent to be an even better headliner than Jerry ever was. Too bad, just too bad...