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The New Adventures of Old Christine
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The New Adventures of Old Christine is a CBS situation comedy that debuted as a midseason replacement on March 13, 2006, after the highly rated sitcom, Two and a Half Men. The show, a Warner Bros. Television production, was created by writer Kari Lizer, who is also the show's executive producer.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Ratings and reviews
- 3 Cast
- 4 DVD Releases
- 5 International Broadcasters
- 6 Episodes
- 7 Awards
- 8 References
- 9 External links
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Background
The show stars Seinfeld alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell, a divorced mother and owner of a women's gym. The program revolves around Christine trying to keep pace with everyone around her, including the judgmental stay-at-home moms at her son's private school and her ex-husband Richard (Clark Gregg). She is jokingly known as "Old Christine" because Richard has a girlfriend also named Christine (Emily Rutherfurd). Hamish Linklater plays Matthew, (Old) Christine's live-in brother.
Ratings and reviews
The show premiered to and maintained good ratings, apparently the first example of a show breaking the "
Seinfeld curse" (after the failures of
The Michael Richards Show,
Bob Patterson,
Listen Up, and Louis-Dreyfus' own
Watching Ellie).
[1] On
October 3, 2006,
The Futon Critic announced that the show had been given a full 22-episode order.
The review website Metacritic.com, which tabulates critics' reviews, gave it a 64 — equating to their summary of "generally positive reviews", with 16 out of 26 critics reviews deemed as positive.[1] A Los Angeles Times review notes that "Louis-Dreyfus makes Christine feel fresh and real" and the show has a "dry charm and a nice tone of affectionate irony."[2] The review continues:
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| While it occasionally runs to the absurd — a blind date who won't eat food other people have touched and brings his own chicken to a restaurant — it stays for the most part within the realm of recognizable human relations, and lets you feel something for its characters. This was not a luxury Seinfeld ever afforded anyone, and it's nice to see the star getting to play something less cerebrally conceived, less obsessive-compulsive and more ordinarily well-rounded.
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Series Ratings:
#29 in the 2005-2006 season - 12.5m viewers, 4.1/9
The show has seen a heavy drop in ratings after losing its lead-in of Two and a Half Men; its current lead-in is How I Met Your Mother.
Cast
DVD Releases
| DVD Name | Cover Art | Release Date | Ep #
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| The Complete First Season | | TBA | 13
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| The Complete Second Season | | TBA | 22
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International Broadcasters
Episodes
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Awards
Golden Globe Awards:
Emmy Awards:
Screen Actors Guild Awards:
References
- ^ Sweet bump for CBS's 'Old Christine', a Media Life magazine article
- ^ 'Christine' creates a life beyond Elaine, a March 2006 Los Angeles Times article
