"The Drew Carey Show" (1995) TV series 1995-2004

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creators:

Drew Carey
Bruce Helford

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

13 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's like real life. Just a whole lot funnier.

Plot:

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years...

Plot Keywords:

Beer | Good Versus Evil | Pig | Office | Glasses

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 12	6:00 PM	CW	Nicki's Wedding	#4.7
Sun. July 12	6:30 PM	CW	Drew's New Car	#4.8

Cast

Drew Carey	...	Drew Carey / ... (178 episodes, 1995-2004)
Diedrich Bader	...	Oswald Lee Harvey / ... (176 episodes, 1995-2004)
Kathy Kinney	...	Mimi Bobeck Carey / ... (174 episodes, 1995-2004)
Ryan Stiles	...	Lewis Kiniski / ... (173 episodes, 1995-2004)
Craig Ferguson	...	Nigel Wick / ... (145 episodes, 1996-2004)
Christa Miller	...	Kate O'Brien / ... (142 episodes, 1995-2002)

Runtime:

30 min (233 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

Mohawk Productions

Trivia:

In one episode, Greg Clemens said to the gang, "Even the Clampetts picked up and moved to Beverly". Diedrich Bader played Jethro and Jethrene in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).

Quotes:

Drew Carey: I have a position of indirect respect and oblique power.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 102 (#1.6)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Five O'Clock World

A Cut Above

I don't usually like shows starring stand-up comics. They end a great comics career and usually aren't acted that well. Drew Carey is different. Every part is played pitch perfect and it has good, plausible storylines.

The show went downhill after Kate and Oswald broke up, but that happens with all shows. The Mimi/Steve pairing was well-played and emotionally fulfilling. I'm not much of a fan of Drew/Kate and the show would have been better without it. Wick is the strongest character, albeit cartoonish. But the whole show is.

My favorite episode would be when they attempted to win an Emmy. It was the epitome of the show-goofy.