''Yes, Dear'' is an American

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created by

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and Gregory Garcia that originally ran on

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for six seasons, from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, with a total of 122 episodes. It starred Anthony Clark,

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, and

Liza Snyder Liza Snyder (born March 20, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, which include Officer Molly Whelan in the ABC (and syndicated) series ''Sirens'', Linda in the NBC sitcom ''Jesse'', Christine Hughes in the CBS s ...

. Critics panned the show when it premiered and anticipated it to be canceled during its first season. Despite this, ''Yes, Dear'' ended up being a

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for CBS. In March 2006, CBS canceled the series after 6 seasons, after Anthony Clark was hired to host

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's ''

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''.

Premise

Greg Warner, a successful businessman in the film industry, and Kim, his level-headed stay-at-home wife, do their best to be the perfect parents to their young son Sammy (and later daughter Emily). Things become difficult when Kim's sister Christine and her husband Jimmy Hughes move into the Warners' guest house with their two rambunctious boys, Dominic and Logan.

Episodes

Cast

Main cast

* Anthony Clark as Gregory "Greg" Warner *

as Kimberly "Kim" Warner (née Ludke) *

as James "Jimmy" Hughes Jr. *

as Christine Hughes (née Ludke)

Recurring

Children

Joel Homan Joel Homan (born November 1994) is a former American child actor. He is best known for his role as Dominic Hughes in the CBS sitcom ''Yes, Dear''. Career Homan got his first acting role on an episode of the CBS series '' L.A. Doctors''. From t ...

as Dominic Hughes (Episodes 3–122) (credited as Main Cast) *Anthony and Michael Bain as Sammy Warner *Madison and Marissa Poer as Emily Warner (Seasons 4–6) *Christopher and Nicholas Berry as Logan Hughes (Seasons 1–2) *Alexander and Shawn Shapiro as Logan Hughes (Season 3 Ep 2–9) *Brendon Baerg as Logan Hughes (Seasons 3–6) ** A running gag in the later seasons involves Jimmy being confused when reflecting on Logan's childhood, by showing short scenes of each of Logan's various actors (i.e. Logan constantly being a different child and hence his appearance always changing)

Grandparents

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as Tom Warner (Greg's father) *

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as Natalie Warner (Greg's mother) *

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as James "Big Jimmy" Hughes Sr. (Jimmy's father) *

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as Kitty Hughes (Jimmy's mother) *

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as Don Ludke (Kim and Christine's father) *

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as Jenny Ludke (Kim and Christine's mother)

Co-workers

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as Billy Colivita *

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as Roy Barr *

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as Mr. George Savitsky

Cancellation

CBS originally announced the cancellation of ''Yes, Dear'' in early 2004, but later ordered a fifth season of 13 episodes to debut at midseason, after the show cut its license fee to secure the renewal. After canceling '' Center of the Universe'', CBS debuted the fifth season of ''Yes, Dear'' on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 9:30 p.m. Eastern. CBS then ordered a sixth season of 22 episodes to air from 2005 to 2006, but that order was then reduced to 13 episodes. Two episodes that were prevented from airing during season five due to news preemptions were pushed to season six. On May 15, 2006, CBS announced that ''Yes, Dear'' has been canceled after 6 seasons.

Syndication

Reruns of ''Yes, Dear'' aired on TBS from 2004 until 2012,

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from 2012 until 2014, CMT from 2012 until 2013, and

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from 2013 until 2015.

Connection with ''Raising Hope''

In 2010, Garcia premiered a new show, titled ''

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'' from

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. In the third season, in episode sixteen,

is shown as an executive of the Hollywood studio, a reference to his role as Mr. Savitsky. In the next episode, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder reprise the characters of Jimmy and Christine Hughes and are prominently featured as characters who have made a habit of watching a sex video made by the characters in the new series, Virginia and Burt Chance. Dominic, Logan, and the guest house are also referred to in the conversation. Jimmy makes another appearance in the fourth season, in episode 19 (a different actress portrays Christine and is renamed Christy).

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0247144 2000s American multi-camera sitcoms 2000 American television series debuts 2006 American television series endings American English-language television shows Television series about families Television series about sisters Television series by CBS Studios Television series by 20th Century Fox Television Television shows set in Los Angeles CBS sitcoms