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Miss Match Genre Dramedy Created by Darren Star and Jeff Rake Starring Alicia Silverstone
Ryan O'Neal
James Roday
Lake Bell
David Conrad
Nathan FillionOpening theme "Love Is Gonna Get You" by Macy Gray Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of episodes 18 (7 unaired) Production Running time 43 minutes Broadcast Original channel NBC Original run September 26 – December 15, 2003 Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, and in the UK on Living, Channel 4 and is currently on E4. The series filmed at least 18 episodes but only 8 aired in the US. The entire series aired in both the UK & Canada.
Starring Alicia Silverstone and Ryan O'Neal, the show garnered poor ratings, which could have been due to its inability to compete in the Friday 8pm ET timeslot (aka "Friday night death slot"). It was based on the real-life story of Samantha Daniels.
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Premise
A Los Angeles matrimonial attorney (Alicia Silverstone) doubles as a high-end matchmaker, Kate Fox, even though her own love life is far from perfect.
Characters
Kate Fox (Alicia Silverstone) - Kate Fox is a divorce lawyer by day who ends up becoming a match maker. Her own romantic life is complicated to say the least. Throughout the series she is involved with Michael and later his best friend, Adam. Kate often finds herself getting involved in the relationships she sets up for people. Various characters mention to her that she addicted to love and lives through the lives of others.
Jerry Fox (Ryan O'Neal) - Kate's father who owned the law firm she works for. He was not a perfect father to Kate but they bonded over law. He is shown to still have feelings for Kate's mother but is not hung up on her. Later in the series he is linked with Serena.
Nick Paine (James Roday)- Kate's co-worker who is a womanizer. He and Kate tolerate each other, at best. He later dates Victoria.
Claire (Jodi Long) - Fox & Associates secretary.
Victoria (Lake Bell) - Kate's best friend who is a bartender. She often overlooks the dates Kate sets people up with. She tends to only have flings with men, like the one she starts with Nick. The only man we see her like as more than a hookup is Adam.
Michael Mendelson (David Conrad) - Kate's on and off again boyfriend after she sets him up on several dates. His ex girlfriend is Lauren who left him for his best friend Adam.
Adam Logan (Nathan Fillion) - Adam comes to town after Lauren hires Kate as her divorce lawyer. He and Michael end up repairing their friendship but he soon becomes involved with Kate and Victoria.
Lauren Logan (Dina Meyer) - Michael's ex girlfriend and Adam's ex-wife. After finding out that Michael & Kate are involved she makes Kate break it off. After finding out Adam & Kate are involved she sues Kate's law firm for malpractice.
Serena Lockner (Charisma Carpenter) - Serena is an old classmates of Kate who comes back into her life. Kate helps her adopt a baby and give it back to the mother when she realizes she made a mistake. She later returns and starts a romance with Kate's father.
NBC had a cross promotion where Galen Gering & McKenzie Westmore, who starred on NBC's soap opera Passions, appeared in an episode of the series.
Nielsen ratings
- Episode 1: Pilot (9/26/03) - Viewers: 7.7 million
- Episode 2: Who's Your Daddy? (10/03/03) - Viewers: 5.9 million
- Episode 3: Something Nervy (10/10/03) - Viewers: 6.0 million
- Episode 4: Kate In Ex-Tasy (10/17/03) - Viewers: 6.5 million
- Episode 5: I Got You, Babe (10/24/03) - Viewers: 6.7 million
- Episode 6: Addicted To Love (11/07/03) - Viewers: 5.9 million
- Episode 7: Jive Turkey (11/14/03) - Viewers: 5.7 million
- Episode 8: The Love Bandit (11/21/03) - Viewers: 5.7 million
- Episode 9: Bad Judgement (12/05/03) - Viewers: 6.8 million
- Episode 10: Santa, Baby (12/12/03) - Viewers: 5.9 million
- Episode 11: Who's Sari Now? (12/19/03) - Viewers: 6.1 million
International broadcasts
- Austria – ORF1
- Australia – FOX8, Arena
- Belgium – VTM, Kanaal 2
- Brazil – FOX
- Brunei - Star World
- Croatia - HRT
- Estonia - TV3
- Finland - MTV3
- Germany – Super RTL
- Greece - ANT1
- Hong Kong - Star World, TVB Pearl
- India – Star World
- Italy - Canale 5
- Malaysia - Star World
- Mexico - Fox Latin America
- Netherlands - Veronica
- New Zealand - TV2
- Norway – ZTV, TV3
- Pakistan – Star World
- Philippines – Studio 23
- Portugal – Fox Life
- Romania – B1 TV
- Serbia – RTS
- Slovenia – Kanal A
- South Africa - SABC 3
- Spain – Antena neox
- Sweden - TV4
- Switzerland - TSR 1, TSI 1
- Thailand – True Series
- Turkey - CNBC-e
- UK – Living, Channel 4 and E4
See also
External links
- Miss Match at the Internet Movie Database
- Miss Match at TV.com
- Miss Match at epguides.com
Categories:- 2003 American television series debuts
- 2000s American television series
- NBC network shows
- Television series by Fox Television Studios
- 2003 American television series endings
- American comedy-drama television series
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