''The Trouble with Normal'' is an American comedy series that originally aired on ABC from October 6 to November 3, 2000. The show starred

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, Brad Raider,

Jon Cryer Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Born into a show business family, he made his motion picture debut as a teenage photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy ''No Small Affair''; his bre ...

, Larry Joe Campbell, and

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Overview

The show was described as "the misadventures of four paranoid young men whose fear of urban conspiracy leads them to seek counseling in a therapy group run by therapist Claire Garletti." Recurring members of the therapy group were played by

Jim Beaver James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He is most familiar to worldwide audiences as Bobby Singer in ''Supernatural''. He also played Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series ...

and Patricia Belcher.

Cast

as Bob Wexler * Brad Raider as Max Perch *

as Zack Mango * Larry Joe Campbell as Stansfield Schlick *

as Claire Garletti

Production

A total of thirteen episodes of the series were ordered by ABC and completed. It was one of four series planned in order to reformat the network's Friday night block from the family sitcoms of the " TGIF" era to a more adult direction, including a marketing tie-in with KFC to feature the shows in the new Friday night lineup on the chicken chain's packaging. However, the network aired only five of those episodes in the United States before the series was canceled. All thirteen episodes were later aired in Australia. The series was originally titled ''People Who Fear People''. Director James Burrows was involved in the initial project but did not participate in the retitled series. Original cast members Maria Pitillo and

Mackenzie Astin Mackenzie Alexander Astin (born May 12, 1973) is an American actor. Early and personal life Astin was born on May 12, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Patty Duke and actor John Astin. His brother is actor Sean Astin. He at ...

were replaced by

and Brad Raider.

Episodes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trouble With Normal 2000s American sitcoms 2000 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings Television shows set in New York City English-language television shows Television series by ABC Studios Television series by CBS Studios Television series created by Victor Fresco