That Was Then

Name: That Was Then
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Released: September 27, 2002
Rating: 47
Cast: Tricia O'Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor, Bess Armstrong, Kiele Sanchez, Andrea Bowen

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ABC | Release Date: September 27, 2002

Starring: Tricia O'Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor, Bess Armstrong, Kiele Sanchez, Andrea Bowen, Tyler Labine, Logan O'Brien, Brad Raider, James Bulliard

Summary: Travis Glass is about to turn 30 and his life couldn't be worse. He lives with his mother. He's a door salesman. And the longtime love of his life is married to his brother. His descent into loserdom dates back to a fateful and humiliating week in high school, and all Travis wants is a second chance to get it right.

Be careful what youTravis Glass is about to turn 30 and his life couldn't be worse. He lives with his mother. He's a door salesman. And the longtime love of his life is married to his brother. His descent into loserdom dates back to a fateful and humiliating week in high school, and all Travis wants is a second chance to get it right.

Be careful what you wish for …

Travis wakes up the next morning, 16 again, with a chance to relive all of life's firsts. While tinkering with the past, he manages to save a life, jeopardize a marriage, and lose the most precious thing in his otherwise flawed future. Before he knows it, Travis is transported back to adulthood, about to turn 30 again, and his life couldn't be worse …

Now, he'll have to keep hopping back and forth between high school and adulthood until he figures out how to put things right once and for all. But how do you put things right when every move you make can result in a new and totally unexpected future? (ABC Press Release)… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

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S1:E2. Mayor May Not
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Matt Zoller Seitz

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: All this should seem precious and dumb, but it doesn't, thanks to the cast's deadpan intelligence and some sharp, self-aware writing (the characters' names often refer to characters in fiction by J.D. Salinger ). Best of all, Travis fails to wrap everything up in a neat, happy way; the second episode, which is much better than the first, essentially starts all over again, picking up on the time-travel mayhem Travis wreaked a week earlier. [27 Sept 2002, p.59]

Neil Genzlinger

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: An often entertaining series. Read full review

Marisa Guthrie

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: Occasionally bogged down by hokey dialogue, the drama is ultimately redeemed by a veneer of hope and some wonderful performances, notably Jeffrey Tambor as Travis' cynical bookmaker father and Labine as his follicle-challenged best friend.

Phil Rosenthal

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: It's good to see Dr. Phil look-alike Jeffrey Tambor and "My So-Called Life" alum Bess Armstrong working as his bookie dad and frustrated mom, respectively. But someone should tell Tyler Labine that Jack Black wants his act back. [27 Sept 2002, p.49]

Rob Owen

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: Unlike The WB's funny, wistful, pop culture-filled "Do Over," the one-hour That Was Then goes for pathos instead of laughs and it mostly misses. Read full review

David Bianculli

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: If this show has a future, it's got to be a bit more imaginative about its past and present. Read full review

Hal Boedeker

Aug 19, 2015

Season 1 Review: ABC takes television to lower depths with That Was Then, which starts in a dreadful spot and keeps doing variations on it...This annoying show will push you out of the house to enjoy Friday nights. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

47
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 2002
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  S1:E4. A Rock and a Head Case
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  S1:E3. Under Noah's Certain Terms
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  S1:E2. Mayor May Not
  Air Date: October 4, 2002
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  S1:E1. The Thirty-Year Itch
  Air Date: September 27, 2002