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that premiered March 17, 2006, on

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. The series stars

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, and Max Greenfield as three single men and lifelong friends, who hire a life coach to help them with their love lives. Wendie Malick played the life coach in the

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, but when her series ''

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are also part of the cast. The series was created by writers Ross McCall and Aaron Peters. It is the first situation comedy by executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The show was canceled due to poor ratings.

Cast

as Dr. Victoria Stangel *

as Tim Clarke * Max Greenfield as Kyle Brewster *

as Doug Reynolds *

as Molly Clarke *

as Tug Clarke * Deanna Wright as Allie

Episodes

References

External links

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