Life with Bonnie

Life with Bonnie
The cast in a promotional photo for season 2
Created by	Bonnie Hunt Don Lake
Written by	Bonnie Hunt Sam Denoff Doug Ellin Don Lake Norma Safford Vela
Directed by	John Bowab Bonnie Hunt
Starring	Bonnie Hunt Mark Derwin Charlie Stewart Marianne Muellerleile David Alan Grier Anthony Russell Holly Wortell Chris Barnes Frankie Ryan Manriquez Samantha Browne-Walters (Season 1)
Composer	Nicholas Pike
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Bob & Alice Productions Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17) – April 9, 2004 (2004-04-09)

Life with Bonnie is an ABC television sitcom that originally aired from 2002 to 2004. The show outlined the life of character Bonnie Malloy, who juggled her personal life and her job as a daytime TV talk show host. The series was created by Bonnie Hunt and Don Lake and produced by Bob & Alice Productions, in association with Touchstone Television The series had fair ratings in the first season, but struggled in the second season, resulting in its cancellation. Life With Bonnie was also shown on Living TV during ABC's airings.

Cast and characters

• Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Malloy, the mother of two children (three in season one), a loving wife, and host of a local talk show. Bonnie tries to maintain a public image of the perfect wife and mother, but in reality her life is chaotic.
• Mark Derwin as Mark Malloy, a doctor, Bonnie's husband, and the father of their children. He looks on as she tries to balance her hectic life. Mark is much less concerned about what other people think than Bonnie is, which causes problems on occasion. He has a generally more professional demeanor, and sometimes does not understand why Bonnie continues to put up with annoying people in her life.
• Charlie Stewart as Charlie Malloy, Bonnie's son. Charlie shares most of his scenes with his friend Frankie. His role is small and usually unscripted, although he adds comedy to the show.
• Samantha Browne-Walters as Samantha Malloy (season one), Bonnie's eldest child, yet another ingredient in Bonnie's hectic life. She was removed without explanation from the cast when season two started.
• Marianne Muellerleile as Gloria, Bonnie's live-in housekeeper/nanny. She was only intended to stay there until Charlie started school, but despite the fact that she actually provided little help, they could not let her leave because they had grown attached to her.
• David Alan Grier as David Bellows, the producer of the Morning Chicago show. David is most often seen yelling and frantically rushing to get things for the show in order while pushing his lectern around the studio.
• Anthony Russell as Tony Russo, Bonnie's affable piano player on Morning Chicago. Bonnie's housekeeper, Gloria, has a crush on Tony.
• Holly Wortell as Holly, Bonnie's make-up artist on Morning Chicago. She often gives advice on Bonnie's marriage issues and seems to date many men.
• Chris Barnes as Marv, the cue-card guy on Morning Chicago. Marv is very protective of Holly, who does not return his interest.
• Frankie Ryan Manriquez as Frankie, Charlie's best friend who spends most of his time at the Malloy home. He contributes many funny anecdotes about his screwed-up family.

Guest stars

• Rip Taylor as "Rappin' Rip" (four episodes)
• Carl Reiner as Mr. Portinbody (three episodes)
• David Duchovny as Johnny Volcano (two episodes)
• Martin Mull as Le Nord (two episodes)
• Tom Hanks as himself (episode: "What If?")
• Teri Garr as Mrs. Portinbody (episode: "Buy the Book")
• Jack LaLanne as himself (season-two premiere)
• The Smothers Brothers as contractors (episode: "Everything Old is New Again")
• Jonathan Winters as Q.T. Marlens, a writer with multiple personalities (season one, episode nine)
• Robin Williams as Kevin Powalski (episode: "Psychic")
• Morgan York as Christine Harris (episode: "Dare To Be Different")

Episodes

Season one (2002–03)

No.	Title	Original airdate	Time slot
1	"Pilot"	September 17, 2002	Tuesday 8:30/7:30c
2	"Weather or Not"	September 24, 2002	Tuesday 8:30/7:30c
3	"Dream"	October 1, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
4	"Don't Act Your Age, Just Act"	October 8, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
5	"Duets"	October 15, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
6	"Is It Just Us?"	October 22, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
7	"A Day in the Life"	October 29, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
8	"Happy Day"	November 5, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
9	"Money Plus Marlens Makes Four"	November 12, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
10	"Partly Sunny"	November 19, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
11	"What If?"	November 26, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
12	"Christmastime in the City"	December 10, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
13	"Okay, Thanks"	December 17, 2002	Tuesday 9/8c
14	"Deuce is Wild"	January 7, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
15	"Assaulted Nuts"	January 14, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
16	"Psychic"	February 4, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
17	"The Graduate"	February 11, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
18	"Buy This Book"	February 18, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
19	"In Need of Assistants"	March 11, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
20	"Stealing Home"	March 18, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
21	"Ding, Ding, Ding Went the Truth"	March 25, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c
22	"Till Next Time"	March 25, 2003	Tuesday 9/8c

Season two (2003–04)

No.	Title	Original airdate	Time slot
1	"Ironing Out Your Differences"	September 26, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
2	"Pontiac Bonnie-Ville"	October 3, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
3	"Everything Old Is New Again"	October 10, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
4	"No Matter Where You Go, There You Are"	October 17, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
5	"Boyhood to Womanhood"	October 24, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
6	"The Merry Ole Land of Oz"	October 31, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
7	"Places, Stat!"	November 7, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
8	"Queer Eye for the Straight Lie"	November 14, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
9	"Boomerang"	November 21, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
10	"Food for Thought"	December 5, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
11	"It's a Wonderful Job"	December 12, 2003	Friday 9:30/8:30c
12	"Trifecta, Try Friendship"	January 9, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
13	"Live and Let Live"	January 23, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
14	"Space Heaters"	January 30, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
15	"Dare to Be Different"	February 13, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
16	"Nightshift"	February 20, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
17	"Act Natural"	February 27, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
18	"Therabeautic"	March 5, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
19	"Striking a Match"	March 19, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
20	"Don't Stress, Express"	March 26, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
21	" Nip, Tuck and Roll"	April 2, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c
22	"Father and Son: A Table for Two"	April 9, 2004	Friday 9:30/8:30c

External links

• Life with Bonnie at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show