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television series broadcast by

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. It starred Steven Eckholdt,

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, A. J. Langer, and

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, and depicted life in Los Angeles as viewed through the eyes of Eigeman's character, a diehard New Yorker named Arthur Garment. The series aired for two seasons, from March 24, 1999, until January 5, 2000.

Synopsis

The show sought to lampoon an upper class Los Angeles lifestyle, in part by presenting the Manhattan writer, Garment, as a fish out of water among Hollywood notables and the idle rich. In the pilot his character arrives with unconcealed hostility, intent on treating his readers to a bitter satire on the absurdities and excesses of LA culture. While staying with an old friend from college, Garment finds himself increasingly torn between button-down stern contempt for West Coast attitudes and a growing enchantment with the relaxed whimsy constantly swirling around him. The show was heavily marketed as ABC's answer to the recently concluded NBC show ''Seinfeld''. Despite longtime ''Seinfeld'' writers Peter Mehlman and Carol Leifer driving the show's scripts, it failed to capture the same audience. The show was also notable for featuring the actress Jennifer Grey playing herself, the source of a running joke related to her real-life

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Cast

* Steven Eckholdt as Robbie Graham *

as Arthur Garment *

as Shrug * A. J. Langer as Lauren Woods *

as Herself

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1999)

Season 2 (1999–2000)

Broadcast

When ABC canceled the series, seven episodes remained unaired (six episodes from the planned second season, in addition to the original unaired pilot). These episodes have since aired abroad, including in

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and in Australia on

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Reception

Ratings for the series were low, due in part to the sudden explosion of reality programming and ABC's decision to dedicate much of its primetime schedule to the then-popular ''

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References

External links

* * {{Epguides, ItsLikeYouKnow 1999 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings 1990s American sitcoms 2000s American sitcoms American English-language television shows Jewish American television series Television series by DreamWorks Television Television shows set in Los Angeles American Broadcasting Company sitcoms