What About Brian: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: April 16, 2006

Starring: Barry Watson, Sarah Lancaster, Rick Gomez

Summary: This mix of comedy and drama follows the lives of a group of seven friends, including its only unmarried member, Brian (7th Heaven's Barry Watson), who works at a videogame company in Los Angeles. J.J. Abrams (Lost) is among the executive producers.

Creator: Dana Stevens

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Air Date: May 8, 2006
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S1:E4. The Importance of Being Brian
Air Date: May 1, 2006
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S1:E3. Moving Day
Air Date: April 24, 2006

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Doug Elfman

There's peril in traveling the well-worn path of unrequited love and adulterous wives. But what makes this beginning of "Brian" work is that the characters are nicely drawn archetypes, not stereotypes. Read full review

Gillian Flynn

Brian's writing, while witty, tends to be oversize. [21 Apr 2006, p.64]

Barry Garron

Ironically, the differences among the characters that make the show interesting and even, at times, compelling, also test its credibility. Read full review

Robert Bianco

The dialogue ranges from ridiculous to tiresome. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Like a sunnier version of thirtysomething, lacking only the inspired casting, the insightful writing and the wrenching realism. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

The series is sentimental in a sleek way, and there are surface glints of humor in the script, but mostly, "Brian" is a blander, less distinctive version of "Thirtysomething." Read full review

Adam Buckman

[The] characters are so charmless, it's as if they were created on purpose to actually repel viewership - a TV first. Read full review

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DawnL

May 8, 2006

I want to see this back next fall!!!