Sign up and add shows to get the latest updates about your favorites shows - Start Now. Available to Stream Watch on. Add to Watchlist Added. Premise Widowed mom Cate Hennessy raises three teens in this sitcom, which shifted focus in following the sudden death of its star, John Ritter, just before the start of its second season. Cast James Garner Jim 5 Episodes Katey Sagal Cate Hennessy 5 Episodes Amy Davidson Kerry Hennessy 5 Episodes Martin Spanjers Rory Hennessy 5 Episodes Kaley Cuoco Bridget Hennessy 5 Episodes John Ritter Paul Hennessy 2 Episodes Guest Stars Larry Miller Tommy.
Daniella Monet Missy Kleinfeld. The third season after Ritter's death took a creative turn, revolving more around cousin C.
David Spade and grandfather Jim James Garner , than the immediate Hennessy family, more specifically not revolving around the raising of the Hennessy kids. After the novelty of newly added ensemble characters wore off, the series returned to its original format. The first three episodes of the series' second season had been completed when Ritter experienced discomfort during a rehearsal on the afternoon of September 11, The three new episodes that Ritter completed were aired with Sagal introducing them.
Subsequent episodes dealt with the family's reaction to his death and how they moved on from it. The first four post-Ritter episodes were shot without a live audience with James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette guest-starring as Cate's strict parents and David Spade guest-starring as Cate's wayward nephew, C.
Garner and Spade later received starring roles in order to fill the void left by Ritter for the remainder of the series' run. Before Ritter's death, 8 Simple Rules ranked 42nd in the Nielsen ratings. After Ritter's death, it had slipped to 50th, but was renewed for a third season, in which ABC moved the series to Friday at 8: The series' creator and showrunner, Tracy Gamble, left the series for a time over creative differences prior to the third season, but he later returned as a consulting producer midway through the third season.
Rules for dating said: Edit Storyline The Hennessy clan -- mother Cate, daughters Bridget and Kerry, and son Rory -- look to one another for guidance and support after the death of Paul, the family patriarch. The series was shown on both these channels full uncut, despite the fact it was shown pre-watershed 9. Online dating can be frustrating. According to Jim — List of 8 Simple Rules episodes.
Even before the third-season finale's airing, rumors began circulating that 8 Simple Rules was facing cancellation due to Ritter's death and poor ratings. The Friday night "death slot" ratings took their toll on 8 Simple Rules. The third-season finale was not aired for May sweeps.
The finale received a 3. While 8 Simple Rules ratings were well above those of the surrounding TGIF shows during its third season, ABC cancelled it due to the perceived inability to sell reruns of the show into syndication a fourth season would have given the show the episodes necessary to enter daily syndication. On July 11, less than two months after ABC officially cancelled it , The WB network announced it would air back-to-back repeats of all 76 episodes of 8 Simple Rules from 4—5 p. The series was removed from the network's lineup in In , the show began airing in the UK on the Disney Channel , which was edited for children's viewing.
The series was shown on both these channels full uncut, despite the fact it was shown pre-watershed 9. Season 1 was released in Britain on September 1, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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