''M.Y.O.B.'' (also known as ''Mind Your Own Business'') is an American
sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...
starring Katharine Towne and
Lauren Graham. The series premiered on
NBC
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on June 6 and ended on June 27, 2000. Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired by NBC. It was effectively
burned off when
The WB
The WB Television Network (for Warner Bros., or the "Frog Network", for its former mascot, Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network launched on terrestrial television, broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture be ...
picked up ''
Gilmore Girls
''Gilmore Girls'' is an American Comedy drama, comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and beca ...
'' to series the month before, which would star Graham.
Cast and characters
Main
*Katharine Towne as Riley Veatch, a teen runaway from
Akron, Ohio
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...
, who is searching for her birth mother
*Colin Mortensen as A.J. Swartz
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Lauren Graham as Opal Marie Brown, Riley's aunt and the assistant principal at Gossett High School
*
Paul Fitzgerald as Mitch Levitt
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Amanda Detmer as Lisa Overbeck
Recurring
*
Drew Hastings as Arthur, Lisa's Boyfriend
*
Andy Dick
Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson; December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television and film producer. Known professionally as a comic, his first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential ...
as Nigel Thorns
Guest Stars
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Alan Cumming as Dave
Production
The pilot episode, filmed in early 1999, stars
Nicki Aycox
Nicki Lynn Aycox (May 26, 1975 – November 16, 2022) was an American actress and musician, known for her roles in '' Supernatural'', ''Cold Case'', '' Jeepers Creepers 2'', '' Perfect Stranger'' and '' The X-Files: I Want to Believe''. She rele ...
, with
Elizabeth Perkins
Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is an American actress. Her film roles have included ''About Last Night'' (1986), '' Big'' (1988), ''Avalon'' (1990), and '' He Said, She Said'' (1991), ''The Flintstones'' (1994), ''Miracle on 34th ...
as the aunt.
Episodes
The first two episodes of the series are registered with the
United States Copyright Office.
[From the United States Copyright Office catalog: ]
References
External links
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2000 American television series debuts
2000 American television series endings
2000s American single-camera sitcoms
2000s American teen sitcoms
English-language television shows
NBC original programming
Television series about teenagers
Television series by Universal Television
Television shows set in California