Men Behaving Badly (American TV series)

Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom television series on NBC from September 18, 1996, to December 17, 1997. It is based on the 1992 British sitcom of the same name.

Synopsis
Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, the show starred Rob Schneider, Ron Eldard, and Justine Bateman. Kevin (Eldard) and Jamie (Schneider) were college buddies sharing an apartment and living out a second childhood, much to the chagrin of Kevin's girlfriend Sarah (Bateman). Brenda (Dina Spybey) was an upstairs neighbor that Jamie flirted with.

Eldard and Bateman left after the first season amid rumors that they clashed with Schneider and the show's producers. They were replaced by Ken Marino and Jenica Bergere, and Spybey was promoted from recurring to series regular.

Cast

 * Rob Schneider as Jamie Coleman
 * Ron Eldard as Kevin Murphy (season 1)
 * Justine Bateman as Sarah Stretten (season 1)
 * Dina Spybey as Brenda Mikowski
 * Julia Campbell as Cherie Miller (season 1)
 * Ken Marino as Steve Coprin (season 2)
 * Jenica Bergere as Katie (season 2)

Justine Bateman and Ron Eldard left after season one due to salary demands.

Reception
Reviewers found the show's content to be too risqué, pushing its brand of gross-out humor beyond all but the raciest cable shows of the day. The first season ran for 22 episodes. Altogether 13 episodes were completed for the second season, albeit with Schneider as the sole original member in the main cast. Only six of those completed episodes ever aired during the initial run because of dropping ratings and steep competition from CBS's Touched by an Angel, Fox's The Simpsons, and ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney.

Home media
The entire series of 35 episodes was released as a Region 1 DVD box set in February 2007.