Ladies Man (1999 TV series)

Ladies Man is an American television sitcom series created by Chris Thompson, starring Alfred Molina as Jimmy Stiles, a husband, father, son, ex-husband and son-in-law who lives with a number of women under one roof. The show was first broadcast on September 20, 1999, and lasted for two seasons on CBS until June 27, 2001. The series co-starred Betty White and is perhaps most memorable for reuniting White with both her Golden Girls co-stars Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty in one of the later episodes.^[1]

Ladies Man
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Chris Thompson
Starring	Alfred Molina Sharon Lawrence Betty White Stephen Root Alexa Vega Shawna Waldron (season 1) Park Overall Dixie Carter Kaley Cuoco (season 2)
Composers	Johnathan Wolff Rich Ragsdale
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	30 (3 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Peter Noah
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Christopher Thompson Productions (1999–2000) (season 1) Victor Levin Productions (2001) (season 2) CBS Productions Columbia TriStar Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20) – June 27, 2001 (2001-06-27)

Cast

• Alfred Molina as Jimmy Stiles, a woodworker
• Sharon Lawrence as Donna Stiles, Jimmy's wife
• Betty White as Mitzi Stiles, Jimmy's mother
• Dixie Carter as Peaches (season 1), Donna's mother
• Park Overall as Claire Stiles (season 1), Jimmy's ex-wife
• Mariam Parris (pilot episode only), Shawna Waldron (season 1) and Kaley Cuoco (season 2) as Bonnie Stiles, Jimmy and Claire's teenage daughter
• Katie Volding (pilot episode only) and Alexa Vega as Wendy Stiles, Jimmy and Donna's young daughter
• Stephen Root as Gene, Jimmy's golfing buddy
• Rue McClanahan as Aunt Lou (recurring, 2 episodes)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	22		September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20)	May 15, 2000 (2000-05-15)
2	8		June 6, 2001 (2001-06-06)	June 27, 2001 (2001-06-27)

Season 1 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	James Burrows	Chris Thompson	September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20)	13.55^[2]
2	2	"Boys Can't Help It"	Lee Shallat-Chemel	Chris Thompson	September 27, 1999 (1999-09-27)	12.67^[3]
3	3	"Regarding Eric"	Rob Schiller	Ira Ungerleider	October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04)	11.34^[4]
4	4	"The Home Office"	Gil Junger	David Raether	October 11, 1999 (1999-10-11)	11.80^[5]
5	5	"Jimmy's Song"	Gil Junger	Jim Vallely	October 18, 1999 (1999-10-18)	11.76^[6]
6	6	"Country Clubbed"	Rob Schiller	Suzanne Myers & Cody Farley	October 25, 1999 (1999-10-25)	11.98^[7]
7	7	"Neutered Jimmy"	Lee Shallat-Chemel	Peter Noah	November 1, 1999 (1999-11-01)	13.54^[8]
8	8	"Getting Lucky"	Mark Cendrowski	Chris Thompson	November 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)	11.38^[9]
9	9	"Park Rage"	Gil Junger	Jim Vallely	November 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)	10.89^[10]
10	10	"Thanks for Nothing"	Amanda Bearse	Chris Thompson	November 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)	10.80^[11]
11	11	"Money, Honey"	Tom Cherones	Peter Noah	November 29, 1999 (1999-11-29)	12.87^[12]
12	12	"Aloha Christmas"	Gail Mancuso	Chris Thompson	December 13, 1999 (1999-12-13)	13.21^[13]
13	13	"Gene's Date"	Amanda Bearse	Peter Noah	January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)	12.50^[14]
14	14	"12 Angry Kids"	Mark Cendrowski	Chris Thompson	January 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)	13.60^[15]
15	15	"Breaking Up Really Isn't Hard to Do"	Gail Mancuso	Janis Hirsch	January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)	12.30^[16]
16	16	"Jimmy Dot Com"	Mark Cendrowski	Suzanne Myers & Cody Farley	February 7, 2000 (2000-02-07)	10.80^[17]
17	17	"Travels with My Aunt"	Mark Cendrowski	Jim Vallely	February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)	11.94^[18]
18	18	"After You've Gone"	Shelley Jensen	Peter Noah	February 21, 2000 (2000-02-21)	11.67^[19]
19	19	"Decent Proposal"	Shelley Jensen	Adam Hamburger & David Hamburger	April 17, 2000 (2000-04-17)	12.23^[20]
20	20	"Aren't We Nice?"	Mark Cendrowski	Leslie Caveny	May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)	6.84^[21]
21	21	"Bad Muthas"	Wil Shriner	Alicia Sky Varinaitis	May 8, 2000 (2000-05-08)	10.77^[22]
22	22	"Romance"	Chris Thompson	Chris Thompson	May 15, 2000 (2000-05-15)	11.15^[23]

Season 2 (2001)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
23	1	"Upright and Breathing"	Gordon Hunt	Victor Levin	June 6, 2001 (2001-06-06)	5.39^[24]
24	2	"A Quiet Evening at Home"	Gordon Hunt	Victor Levin	June 6, 2001 (2001-06-06)	5.20^[24]
25	3	"The 31-Inch High Club"	Dana deVally Piazza	Erik Shapiro & Patrick McCarthy	June 13, 2001 (2001-06-13)	4.81^[25]
26	4	"Family Dinner"	Dana deVally Piazza	Torian Hughes	June 20, 2001 (2001-06-20)	6.98^[26]
27	5	"The Happy Wanderer"	Victor Levin	Victor Levin	June 27, 2001 (2001-06-27)	4.77^[27]
28	6	"No Cinco, Seis!"	Dana deVally Piazza	Richard Day	Unaired (Unaired)	N/A
29	7	"El Dutchy"	Mark Cendrowski	Susan Nirah Jaffee	Unaired (Unaired)	N/A
30	8	"The Estrogen Wave"	Dana deVally Piazza	Richard Day	Unaired (Unaired)	N/A

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External links

• Ladies Man at IMDb  
• Ladies Man at epguides.com