The third season of ''
Monk'' originally aired in the United States on
USA Network from June 18, 2004, to March 4, 2005. It consists of 16 episodes.
Tony Shalhoub,
Ted Levine, and
Jason Gray-Stanford reprise their roles as the main characters, and
Traylor Howard joins the cast.
Bitty Schram left the show due to a contract dispute during the Winter hiatus. A DVD of the season was released on July 5, 2005.
Crew
Andy Breckman continued his tenure as
show runner. Executive producers for the season include Breckman and David Hoberman.
NBC Universal Television Studio was the primary production company backing the show.
Randy Newman
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's theme ("
It's a Jungle Out There") continued to be used, while
Jeff Beal's original instrumental theme can be heard in some episodes. Directors for the season include
Randall Zisk,
Jerry Levine
Jerry Levine (born March 12, 1957) is an American actor and director of television and theatre. As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Joe on ''Will & Grace'', Stiles in the 1985 feature film ''Teen Wolf'' and Jamie in the 1988 movie ''Ca ...
,
Michael Zinberg, and Andrei Belgrader. Zisk received an
Emmy award-nomination for his work on "
Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine
The third season of ''Monk'' originally aired in the United States on USA Network from June 18, 2004, to March 4, 2005. It consists of 16 episodes. Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford reprise their roles as the main characters, and ...
." Writers for the season included Andy Breckman, David Breckman,
Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin, Joe Toplyn, Daniel Dratch, Hy Conrad, and
Tom Scharpling.
Cast
Tony Shalhoub returned as the titular character and
OCD detective,
Adrian Monk.
Ted Levine and
Jason Gray-Stanford reprised their roles as
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
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and
Lieutenant Randy Disher, respectively.
Bitty Schram portrayed Monk's nurse, Sharona Fleming, for the first half of the season, but left due to a contract dispute.
Traylor Howard was then cast as
Natalie Teeger in a main role as Monk's new assistant.
Andy Breckman, the show's creator, stated, "I will always be grateful to Traylor because she came in when the show was in crisis and saved our baby
...We had to make a hurried replacement, and not every show survives that. I was scared to death."
Stanley Kamel
Stanley Kamel (January 1, 1943 – April 8, 2008) was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Charles Kroger on the American television series ''Monk''.
Biography
Kamel was born to a Jewish family and raised in South River, New Jerse ...
reprised his role as Monk's psychiatrist,
Dr. Charles Kroger, in nine episodes, while
Kane Ritchotte continued to play
Benjy Fleming
The following is a list of characters of ''Monk'', an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series, created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. Except for two changes, the principal cast ...
, Sharona's son.
Emmy Clarke entered the series as
Julie Teeger (Natalie's daughter), and
Melora Hardin returned as Monk's beloved deceased wife,
Trudy Monk.
Tim Bagley made his first two appearances as
Harold Krenshaw, Monk's main rival.
Jarrad Paul portrays
Kevin Dorfman
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The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...
, Monk's annoying upstairs neighbor, while
Glenne Headly continues to portray
Karen Stottlemeyer, the captain's wife.
Episodes
Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards
*Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, won)
*Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series (
Randall Zisk for "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine", nominated)
Golden Globe Awards
*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, nominated)
Screen Actors Guild
*Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, won)
References
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