George and Leo

George and Leo
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Rob Long Dan Staley
Written by	Phil Baker Betsy Borns Reid Harrison Rob Long Howard Margulies Bob Sand Aaron Shure Dan Staley Drew Vaupen
Directed by	James Burrows Pamela Fryman Michael Lessac Philip Charles MacKenzie Brian K. Roberts
Starring	Bob Newhart Judd Hirsch Jason Bateman Bess Meyer Robyn Lively
Composer	Christophe Beck
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producers	Rob Long Dan Staley
Producers	Tim Berry Stephen C. Grossman
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Staley-Long Productions Paramount Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15) – March 16, 1998 (1998-03-16)

George and Leo is an American sitcom television series starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch that aired on CBS from September 15, 1997 to March 16, 1998.

Synopsis

Newhart and Hirsch starred as the respective title characters, widely divergent men who become in-laws when their children get married. George's (Newhart) son was played by Jason Bateman. Bess Meyer initially played Leo's (Hirsch) daughter, but was replaced after the first eight episodes by Robyn Lively. The series was set on Martha's Vineyard, where George owned a bookstore.

One episode, "The Cameo Show", featured guest appearances from many of the costars of Newhart's and Hirsch's previous sitcoms: The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Newhart, and Dear John. The series was cancelled after 22 episodes due to low ratings.

Cast

• Bob Newhart as George Stoody
• Judd Hirsch as Leo Wagonman
• Jason Bateman as Ted Stoody
• Bess Meyer as Casey Wagonman (Episodes 1–7)
• Robyn Lively as Casey Wagonman (Episodes 9–22)
• Jason Beghe as Ron
• Darryl Theirse as Ambrose

Guest stars

• Veronica Cartwright as Grace
• Dave Coulier as Father Rick
• Judy Geeson as Louise
• Alexondra Lee as Mandy
• Dinah Manoff as Vicki
• Julia Sweeney as Julia
• Dick Martin
  as Mr. Roberson
• Paul Willson as Michael
• Nora Dunn as Debi

Episodes

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