Guys Like Us - Wikipedia
- ️Mon Oct 05 1998
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| Guys Like Us | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Dan Schneider |
| Written by | Temi Akinyemi George Doty IV Jeffrey Duteil Andrew Hill Newman Rich Kaplan Rina Mimoun Barry O'Brien Dan Schneider |
| Directed by | Scott Baio Rich Correll Lillah McCarty Jonathan Prince Joel Zwick |
| Starring | Bumper Robinson Maestro Harrell Chris Hardwick Karen Maruyama |
| Composer | Howard Pearl |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (1 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David W. Duclon Barry O'Brien Dan Schneider |
| Producers | Patricia Fass Palmer Roxie Wenk Evans |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Columbia TriStar Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | UPN |
| Release | October 5, 1998 – January 18, 1999 |
Guys Like Us is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider for the UPN channel. The series aired from October 5, 1998 to January 18, 1999, and it starred Bumper Robinson, Maestro Harrell, and Chris Hardwick. The show was designed with the goal of being a launching vehicle for Maestro Harrell, who would later gain fame for his role as Randy Wagstaff on the HBO show The Wire.
The series is centered around bachelors Sean Barker (Hardwick) and Jared Harris (Robinson), and Jared's six-year-old brother Maestro (Maestro Harrell), who comes to live with them after Jared's father accepts a freelance position overseas. Now the two bachelors must give up some of their perks to develop their crude parenting skills.
The show's premise, in which a younger sibling moves in with their older sibling after a parent gets a job overseas, would later be applied to the premise of two other sitcoms created by Dan Schneider, The WB sitcom What I Like About You and the Nickelodeon series iCarly.
The first 4 episodes aired on Mondays at 8 p.m. and then starting with the fifth episode the remaining episodes aired at 8:30 p.m. on Mondays, however the series finale never aired.
Due to low ratings, UPN cancelled the show after its first season.
- Chris Hardwick as Sean Barker
- Bumper Robinson as Jared Harris
- Maestro Harrell as Maestro Harris
- Karen Maruyama as Kim
- Linda Cardellini as Jude
Awards and nominations
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| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series – Supporting Young Actor | Maestro Harrell | Nominated |
| Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Supporting Young Actress | Courtney Mun | Nominated |
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- ^ a b c From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Jared's Ex"]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
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- ^ Guys Like Us: Episode 113 - Friends & Lovers (Series Finale). April 7, 2024 – via YouTube.com.