# Mad About You (1992)

> Newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to keep their marriage blissful while dodging the everyday hazards of 1990s New York dating and domestic life.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/470

## Facts

- Seasons: 7
- Episodes: 164
- Episode runtime: 23 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Paul Reiser, Danny Jacobson
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Anne Ramsay, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Cynthia Harris, Louis Zorich, Carroll O'Connor
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103484/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: witty, warm, neurotic, conversational, comforting

## What critics say

Audiences broadly find the show a warm, witty and well-acted sitcom about newlywed life, with its strongest seasons early and a gentler decline in later years.

## Synopsis

Mad About You (1992-1999) is a United States network sitcom created by Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson for NBC. Paul Reiser plays documentary filmmaker Paul Buchman, and Helen Hunt plays his wife Jamie, a newlywed trying to keep their marriage blissful while sidestepping the hurdles of love in 1990s Manhattan. Their engine is simple and recurring: small everyday frictions, misunderstandings with in-laws and friends, and the anxieties of career and domestic life push the couple into comic spirals that they must talk through. Anne Ramsay as Lisa Stemple, Leila Kenzle as Fran Devanow and John Pankow as Ira Buchman round out the circle of friends and family who keep dropping into the apartment. Across seven seasons and 164 episodes, each half-hour episode is a self-contained case of the week built around the couple's relationship rather than one continuing plot, giving the show a comfortable rhythm. Its tone is warm, witty and conversational, with a neurotic self-awareness that feels rooted in the era. Fans of Seinfeld, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Friends will find resonance in its character-driven New York banter and affectionate take on marriage. The show is an NBC sitcom staple of the decade, easy to revisit and rooted in intimate domestic comedy throughout its run.

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