Becker (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Becker |
| Original title | Becker |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1998-2004 |
| Production company |
Dave Hackel Productions Industry Entertainment Paramount Network Television Productions |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 129 in 6 seasons |
| genre | Sitcom |
| idea | Dave Hackel |
| First broadcast | November 2, 1998 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 3, 2001 on Comedy Premiere |
| occupation | |
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Becker is an American sitcom that was produced and broadcast by CBS from 1998 to 2004 . It consists of a total of 129 episodes in six seasons.
overview
Ted Danson plays the title role of Dr. John Becker, a cynical, disgruntled doctor with his own practice in the Bronx . About half of the series takes place in the practice, where Becker has to deal with his employees and patients, the other half in a coffee shop where Becker meets his friends. Every now and then the action takes place in places like Becker's apartment and other locations, for example in the subway.
In season 1 episode 20 (Taxi to Queens) there is a crossover with the series Everyone loves Raymond , Cosby and King of Queens , whose respective main characters Ray Barone ( Ray Romano ), Hilton Lucas ( Bill Cosby ) and Doug Heffernan ( Kevin James ) you can see. Through further crossovers as part of the series mentioned, Becker is part of a common series universe of Everyone loves Raymond , Cosby , Love must be crazy , The Nanny , King of Queens and Sara's exciting country life as well as the feature film This Is Spinal Tap .
characters
Dr. John Becker
Dr. John Becker is played by Ted Danson, who is best known from the sitcom Cheers . Becker is not in a good mood. He has a special ability to see the worst in everything and is a notorious grumbler in society. His attempts to single-handedly take action against the system are almost always doomed to failure - yet he tries again at every opportunity. Dr. Becker was the best in his class at the American elite university Harvard and is now in his mid-forties a general practitioner with a shabby practice - a professional dead end compared to the highly paid specialists in the USA. He's also divorced for the second time. The way Becker treats his fellow human beings can at best be described as “not exactly nice”. This also often prevents him from finding a new partner. An exception to this is Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Carson, played by Frances Fisher , with whom he entered into a relationship over a comparatively long period of time, but this love affair does not last too long either. However, if a patient or a friend has a serious problem, they can be relied on, even if it puts them back personally. Of course, that doesn't stop him from ranting loudly about the need for his help.
Reggie
Reggie dropped out of college years ago in favor of a modeling career and is now running his coffee shop after the untimely death of her father. Reggie eventually tries to get a college degree in psychology at night school when she is in her early thirties . At the same time, she is looking for a stable relationship, but is unsuccessful. Reggie leaves the series at the end of the fourth season. She is played by the actress Terry Farrell , known from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , among others .
Jake
Jake is portrayed by Alex Désert . He is Becker's best friend and runs a newspaper stand in the coffee shop. Jake has been blind since an accident five years before the action began. Actor Alex Désert is not blind in real life.
Margret
Margret, played by Hattie Winston , is John's chief doctor's assistant and also takes care of him - but rarely acts particularly lovingly, but rather with a motherly resolute attitude. Besides work, her main occupation is her difficult marriage to her husband Louis. Louis is one of the television characters who are mentioned more often, but are never seen in the picture.
Linda
Linda, played by Shawnee Smith , is also a nurse at Becker's office. The young woman's work ethic leaves a lot to be desired - in the few hours she even appears in the practice. Most of Linda's daily routine is spent planning her various amorous adventures. Linda's last name is never mentioned throughout the series.
bob
Bob, played by Saverio Guerra , only appears sporadically at first. He was in the same high school as Reggie and now makes fun of their shabby life. But then his own life also falls apart: his wife leaves him, he loses his business. Later he is Becker's caretaker and usually hangs out in the coffee shop with Jake and Reggie. Bob always speaks of himself in the third person. He always tries to make ends meet with minimal effort; in one episode, for example, he pretended to be a blind beggar in order to earn money. As of season six, Bob will no longer appear because, according to Jake, he was going on vacation. The actor Saverio Guerra decided not to renew his contract after the fifth season.
Chris
Chris, played by Nancy Travis , was initially Becker's neighbor from the end of season four, who mainly annoyed him with her exaggerated happiness. After Reggie's departure, Chris took over her coffee shop. Because Becker first decided on Reggie and then on Chris, the relationship between the two was marked by tension for a long time. They eventually become a couple at the beginning of season six.
Hector
Hector is played by Jorge Garcia and will succeed Bob from the sixth season. He, too, tries to get through life with as little effort as possible - he usually forges the associated plans while sitting in the coffee shop.
Becker in Germany
The Becker series ran in Germany on Sat.1 , but only the first four and the last season were broadcast. Sat.1 commissioned the dubbing for these seasons, while the fifth was dubbed on behalf of Paramount at a time when the Kirch group refused to do further business with its subsidiary due to the insolvency of the Kirch group .
In early 2008 the series ran on Anixe HD . From September 30, 2009 to March 25, 2010 the series ran on Comedy Central . The fifth season aired in February 2010. From July 2010, reruns ran on Comedy Central's nightly program. Sat1Comedy aired the series from January 2011. The first season was released on DVD in Germany on October 8, 2015, and the second season was released on March 24, 2016.
Web links
- Becker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Becker fan page with extensive information (has not been updated since August 6, 2011)
- Becker on Serienjunkies.de
- Becker on Wishlist.de
- German-speaking episode guide on TV series Heaven
Individual evidence
- ↑ Television Heaven - Becker ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
