Crap TV Flashbacks: Mad About You

Author: The Troll

I guess when you tell of one terrible TV sitcom it leads you to several others so i may as well just do this one now while I am thinking of it. Since Paul Reiser starred in My Two Dads it reminded me of this flaming pile: Mad About You.

I suppose some people actually liked this show. For some reason it won some awards. Mad About You won a Golden Globe Award, a Peabody Award, a Genesis Award, five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, and was chosen Best Quality Comedy by the Viewers For Quality Television. Helen Hunt won the Prime=time Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series four years in a row (1996–1999).

People do like Helen Hunt and it causes them to wish for an auto air conditioning when they see her, so it isn’t like there was nothing about the show to like. It still qualifies as Crap TV to me, however.

Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist. Near the end of the show’s run, the couple had a baby daughter, whom they named Mabel. Laughs did not ensue.

Mad About You Intro