The Trouble with Normal

Name: The Trouble with Normal
Genre: Comedy
Released: October 6, 2000
Rating: 25
Cast: Paget Brewster, Larry Joe Campbell, Jon Cryer, David Krumholtz, Brad Raider

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Series Details & Credits

ABC | Release Date: October 6, 2000

Starring: Paget Brewster, Larry Joe Campbell, Jon Cryer, David Krumholtz, Brad Raider

Summary: The Trouble with Normal follows the lives of four men and their therapist as they try to face the fears of the world while living in crazy New York. Bob, the most normal one, is just trying to get some help with how to handle his personal life. Zack is Bob's new neighbor who thinks he is constantly being watched and that the world is afterThe Trouble with Normal follows the lives of four men and their therapist as they try to face the fears of the world while living in crazy New York. Bob, the most normal one, is just trying to get some help with how to handle his personal life. Zack is Bob's new neighbor who thinks he is constantly being watched and that the world is after him. Stansfield is a very insecure mailman who finds himself constantly wanting to please people. Max is the shyest of them all, but all he really wants is a friendly shoulder to rely on. Claire, their therapist, tries to not be driven crazy with this group. She is supposed to be their advisor, but most of the time she is the one who is advised as the guys keep nosing themselves into her life.

The show's original name was "People Who Fear People," but it was changed just a few weeks before its premiere.

The Trouble with Normal is produced by Garfield Grove in association with Touchstone Television / Paramount Network Television

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Creator: Victor Fresco and Victor Fresco

Genre(s): Comedy

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S1:E13. Manhattan Transference
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S1:E13. Manhattan T (Unaired)
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Critic Reviews

Matthew Gilbert

Jun 13, 2013

Critics have been trashing this sitcom for weeks, singling it out as the season's first likely casualty. I have to admit I got a modest kick out of the first episode. [6 Oct 2000, p.D1]

Howard Rosenberg

Jun 13, 2013

Now and then you hear yourself laughing out loud. More often, though, this plays like a one-joke series that keeps repeating the same punch line. [6 Oct 2000, p.F28]

Preston Turegano

Jun 13, 2013

Particularly annoying because of its constant canned laugh track. The rhythm and cadence of the show are as fake as a current coffee commercial that's a satire of "Friends." [6 Oct 2000, p.E-10]

Terry Jackson

Jun 13, 2013

Despite a decent cast that includes Jon Cryer and Paget Brewster, all the demented characters are too much to take. The trouble with The Trouble With Normal is that it needs some normalcy. [6 Oct 2000, p.1E]

Hal Boedeker

Jun 13, 2013

A strong candidate for worst new series, ABC's The Trouble With Normal looks for humor in neuroses. The Bob Newhart Show succeeded in this tricky territory, but Normal proves witless and worthless. [6 Oct 2000, p.E1]

Diane Werts

Jun 13, 2013

These folks wouldn't be paranoid if they thought critics loathed their forced and annoying show and widely predicted it would be the season's first to tank. [6 Oct 2000, p.B51]

Adam Buckman

Jun 14, 2013

The characters are all so nutty it's like being trapped in a roomful of Kramers for a half-hour. [6 Oct 2000, p.117]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 6, 2000
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  S1:E13. Manhattan Transference
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  S1:E13. Manhattan T (Unaired)
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  S1:E12. Chez Schlick
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  S1:E12. Chez Schlick (Unaired)
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  S1:E11. Spy vs. Guy
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  S1:E11. Spy vs. Guy (Unaired)
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  S1:E10. Help Yourself
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  S1:E9. Speech! Speech!
  Air Date: November 17, 2000
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  S1:E8. Say Cheese
  Air Date: November 10, 2000
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  S1:E7. Unconventional Behavior
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  S1:E7. Unconventional Behavior (Unaired)
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  S1:E6. Clairanoia
  Air Date: November 24, 2000
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  S1:E6. Clairanoia (Unaired)
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  S1:E5. Owl Show Ya
  Air Date: November 3, 2000
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  S1:E4. Mail Trouble
  Air Date: October 27, 2000
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  S1:E3. Psychologists Without Borders
  Air Date: October 20, 2000
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  S1:E2. Not the Pilot
  Air Date: October 13, 2000
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  S1:E1. Pilot (a.k.a. People Who Fear People)
  Air Date: October 6, 2000