The Drew Carey Show

TV Series
1995–2004
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

20K

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A sitcom about Drew's personal and professional life.A sitcom about Drew's personal and professional life.A sitcom about Drew's personal and professional life.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

20K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

682

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
- 11 wins & 17 nominations total

Episodes233

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Drew Carey

Drew Carey…

Diedrich Bader

Oswald Lee Harvey…

Kathy Kinney

Mimi Bobeck Carey…

Ryan Stiles

Lewis Kiniski…

Craig Ferguson

Nigel Wick…

Christa Miller

Kate O'Brien…

John Carroll Lynch

Steve Carey

Cynthia Watros

Kellie Newmark

Ian Gomez

Larry Almada

Nan Martin

Mrs. Louder

Kate Walsh

Nicki Fifer…

Jonathan Mangum

Scott

Kelly Perine

Chuck

Cleveland San Jose Ballet

Dancers

Katy Selverstone

Lisa Robbins

Marion Ross

Beulah Carey

Kyle Howard

Evan

Robert Torti

Jay Clemens…

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Trivia
During the live episodes, the cast members performed twice, once for the East coast and once for the West coast.

Quotes
Drew Carey: Oh, you hate your job? Oh my god, well why didn't you say so? You know there's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY. They meet at the bar!

Crazy credits
During the Cleveland Rocks intro started in Season 3 when Oswald throws the girl to the side, as if throwing her away, the arm of the catcher can be seen on the left of the screen.

Alternate versions
The episode "Two Drews and the Queen of Poland Walk Into a Bar" was deemed offensive to Polish people due to its storyline where Mimi prepares to meet the king of Poland. The syndicated version of this episode cuts Mimi's storyline entirely and reuses an intro from an older episode to fit the time missing.

Connections
Featured in Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996)

Soundtracks
Moon Over Parma
(Theme)
Performed by Drew Carey
Written by Robert McGuire

I don't usually like shows starring stand-up comics. They end a great comics career and usually aren't acted that well. Drew Carey is different. Every part is played pitch perfect and it has good, plausible storylines.

The show went downhill after Kate and Oswald broke up, but that happens with all shows. The Mimi/Steve pairing was well-played and emotionally fulfilling. I'm not much of a fan of Drew/Kate and the show would have been better without it. Wick is the strongest character, albeit cartoonish. But the whole show is.

My favorite episode would be when they attempted to win an Emmy. It was the epitome of the show-goofy.