• Air date: 22 Sep '98 22 episodes
      Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show stars Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist. Near the end of the show's run, the couple had a baby daughter, whom they named Mabel. The series focuses mainly on the newlyweds while they dealt with everything from humorous daily minutiae to major struggles. The show's willingness to find comedy in realistic situations and observational dialogue garnered it comparisons to Seinfeld, another NBC comedy about thirty-somethings in New York City. Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser were paid $1 million per episode for the last season. However, ratings fell sharply that year as the series was shuffled away from its Tuesday slot to prop up a fledgling Monday night line-up of comedies on NBC. The final episode of the series was "The Final Frontier". The show's...
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Season Opener

      22 Sep '98
      Paul tries Viagra and spends the day hiding the obvious effects while he searches for Jamie, who is stuck on the streets of New York wearing nothing alse then a towel.
    • 2. A Pain in the Neck

      29 Sep '98
      When Paul gets his tonsils taken out, his pretty nurse makes Jamie jealous. Meanwhile, Mabel says her first word.
    • 3. Tragedy Plus Time

      27 Oct '98
      Jamie's ex-boyfriend dies and leaves everything to her. Debbie has second thoughts about marrying Joan.
    • 4. There's a Puma in the Kitchen

      03 Nov '98
      To satisfy her need to mother, Lisa adopts a cat with attitude. Jamie learns the benefits of a ""nooner.""
    • 5. The Silent Show

      10 Nov '98
      To help their communication problems, Dr. Sheila recommends that Paul and Jamie not talk to each other for the rest of the day.
    • 6. Weekend in L.A.

      17 Nov '98
      Paul and Jamie go to L.A. to try to get superagent Gardner Malloy to represent him. The life of luxury makes them reluctant to go back.
    • 7. The Thanksgiving Show

      24 Nov '98
      Jamie and Paul have a full house for Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile, Mabel may be allergic.
    • 8. The Buried Fight

      14 Dec '98
      When Paul inadvertently injures Hal, he hires the nurse who attended to him after his tonsil removal. Jamie hates her, which leads to a fight. To end the argument, Hal suggests the British tradition of burying the fight.
    • 9. Farmer Buchman

      11 Jan '99
      Mr. Wicker goes out of town and asks Paul and Jamie to tend his rooftop garden. Mabel loves another baby's rare toy.
    • 10. Win a Free Car

      18 Jan '99
      To save the store, Ira plans to give away a car to the person who keeps their hand on it the longest. Since he can't afford it, he wants all of the contestants to be ringers.
    • 11. The Honeymoon

      25 Jan '99
      Dr. Lee helps Paul and Jamie get away to a much-anticipated honeymoon while Lisa cares for Murray.
    • 12. Valentine's Day

      08 Feb '99
      Paul and Jamie spend an unsettling trial night in the suburbs.
    • 13. Virtual Reality II

      22 Feb '99
      The couple learns that Jamie will be in bed with Mark McGwire via virtual reality.
    • 14. Uncle Phil Goes Back to High School

      01 Mar '99
      Uncle Phil goes back to high school. Lisa gets breast implants.
    • 15. Murray at the Dog Show

      26 Apr '99
      Sheila declares Paul and Jamie cured. However, Murray is still traumatized by the earlier puma attack, so Paul and Jamie enter him in a dog show.
    • 16. Millennium Bug

      26 Apr '99
      Jamie's dress is ruined by a dry cleaner who is unwilling to make restitution. Paul has a dream where Einstein gives him a partial solution to the millennium bug. He needs to have the dream again, so he can get the rest of the solution.
    • 17. Separate Beds

      03 May '99
      Paul and Jamie discover the extra comfort of sleeping apart. Marvin is wrestling part time and Ira becomes his manager.
    • 18. Stealing Burt's Car

      10 May '99
      Ira finds a note in some old pants that remind him of a date made twenty years ago but he doesn't remember with whom. Paul and Jamie steal Burt's decrepit car so they can ditch it, since he won't sell it.
    • 19. Paved with Good Intentions

      13 May '99
      Paul accidentally runs over Jamie's mother. While she is in the hospital, her estranged husband visits.
    • 20. The Dirty Little Secret

      17 May '99
      When Debbie compiles Buchman and Stemple family trees, she learns that Paul and Jamie are actually cousins.
    • 21. The Final Frontier (1)

      24 May '99
      Mabel's first real film is a biography, looking back at her family's twisted history.
    • 22. The Final Frontier (2)

      24 May '99
      Mabel's first real film is a biography, looking back at her family's twisted history.