Odd Man Out (American TV series)
Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999 to January 7, 2000. Created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss .
| Odd Man Out | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ed Decter John J. Strauss |
| Written by | Tom J. Astle Barton Dean Ed Decter Matt Ember Michael Feldman Mark Goffman John Hoberg Laura Perkins-Brittain Alicia Sky Varinaitis John J. Strauss Jillian Tohber |
| Directed by | Gil Junger David Kendall John P. Whitesell |
| Starring | Erik von Detten Natalia Cigliuti Vicki Davis Marina Malota Trevor Fehrman Jessica Capshaw Markie Post |
| Composer(s) | Ben Decter |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Barton Dean Ed Decter John J. Strauss |
| Producer(s) | Jason Shubb Craig Wyrick-Solari |
| Cinematography | Richard Brown |
| Editor(s) | Steve Rasch |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Frontier Pictures Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 24, 1999 – January 7, 2000 |
Synopsis
Set in Miami, the show revolved around fifteen-year-old Andrew Whitney (Erik von Detten), the only male in a house full of females. He is constantly surrounded by his three sisters (Val, Paige, and Elizabeth), Aunt Jordan, and widowed mom, Julia. The episodes mostly revolved around Andrew's lack of privacy and dealing with his best friend Keith's crush on his unresponsive older sister, Paige.
Cast
- Erik von Detten as Andrew Whitney
- Natalia Cigliuti as Paige Whitney
- Vicki Davis as Valerie "Val" Whitney
- Marina Malota as Elizabeth Whitney
- Trevor Fehrman as Keith Carlson
- Jessica Capshaw as Aunt Jordan
- Markie Post as Julia Whitney
Production
The show was heavily promoted in the summer of 1999, primarily as a last-ditch effort to save the faltering TGIF block, which had been in severe decline since The Walt Disney Company took over the block in 1997. ABC commercials showing teenage girls screaming "EVD!" (the initials of star Erik von Detten) were prominent; at the time, this was the peak of the boy band craze, and this was a common practice. The commercials mentioned very little about the show itself, and did not even mention the name until a few weeks before the show was to debut: a typical advertisement, following clips of girls screaming "EVD!" would follow a shadow of von Detten with a question mark and a voiceover stating "What is EVD? Find out Fridays this fall on ABC." This type of mysterious promotion did little to hold interest in the show once it debuted. The series was canceled after thirteen episodes and replaced with the reality show Making the Band; it was the last new sitcom to debut on TGIF in its original form, and TGIF would itself end at the end of the season.
Von Detten would later go on to co-star in another series, Complete Savages, during a TGIF revival in 2004. That series had an opposite premise in that Von Detten was but one member of an all-male family.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The First Girlfriend's Club" | Gil Junger | Jillian Tohber | September 24, 1999 |
| 2 | "Good Will Hunting" | Gil Junger | Laura Perkins-Brittain | October 1, 1999 |
| 3 | "The Unbelievable Truth" | Gil Junger | Ed Decter & John J. Strauss | October 8, 1999 |
| 4 | "The Road to Caracus" | David Kendall | Nina de Castro | October 15, 1999 |
| 5 | "You've Got Female" | David Kendall | Mark Goffman | October 22, 1999 |
| 6 | "Batman Forever" | David Kendall | Teleplay by: Tom J. Astle Story by: Tom J. Astle & Kristine Skeie | October 29, 1999 |
| 7 | "In the Name of the Father" | David Kendall | Matt Ember | November 5, 1999 |
| 8 | "Fight Club" | David Kendall | Alicia Sky Varinaitis | November 19, 1999 |
| 9 | "Great Expectations" | David Kendall | Tom J. Astle | December 3, 1999 |
| 10 | "Punch Line" | David Kendall | Michael Feldman | December 10, 1999 |
| 11 | "Little Women" | David Kendall | Michael Feldman | December 17, 1999 |
| 12 | "What About Bob?" | David Kendall | Matt Ember | December 24, 1999 |
| 13 | "My Life as a Dog" | Gil Junger | Tom J. Astle | January 7, 2000 |
External links
- Odd Man Out on IMDb
- Odd Man Out at TV.com
- Odd Man Out at epguides.com