''The Boys'' is an American
sitcom
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television series
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that aired on
CBS
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from August 20 until September 17, 1993.
Premise
A horror novelist moves into a house and starts hanging out with the friends of the man who recently died there.
Cast
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Christopher Meloni
Christopher Peter Meloni (; born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' for its first 12 seasons and its spin-off ' ...
as Doug
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Ned Beatty
Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor and comedian. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being "the busiest actor in ...
as Bert
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Richard Venture
Richard Venture (born Richard Charles Venturella; November 12, 1923 – December 19, 2017) was an American actor. He performed in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2001. His television guest-credits include ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd' ...
as Al
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John Harkins as Harlan
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Doris Roberts
Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which bega ...
as Doris
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Isabella Hofmann
Isabella Hofmann (born December 11, 1958) is an American actress known for her portrayal of Kate in '' Dear John'' (1988–1992), ''Megan Russert'' in '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1994–1997), and Dr. Renee Dunseith in ''Providence'' (200 ...
as Molly
Episodes
References
External links
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1993 American television series debuts
1993 American television series endings
1990s American sitcoms
English-language television shows
CBS original programming
Television series by CBS Studios
Television shows set in Seattle