• Air date: 06 Oct '88 22 episodes
      Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. The series was based on the British sitcom of the same name. Dear John was retitled Dear John USA when it was shown in the UK. During its four-season run, the series was bounced to and from various time periods on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. When the series moved from its post-Cheers slot on Thursdays to a post-Night Court slot on Wednesdays in 1990, series regular Jere Burns appeared in a network promo side-by-side with John Larroquette of Night Court. Reruns were syndicated to various local stations shortly after Dear John ended its run in 1992, which continued until 2004. The series also aired on E! for a brief period in the late-1990s. The show has not been seen in the United States since it left syndication.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Pilot

      06 Oct '88
      John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)
    • 2. Ralph's Curse

      27 Oct '88
    • 3. Hello/Goodbye

      03 Nov '88
      A young man claims to be John' son.
    • 4. The Younger Girl

      10 Nov '88
      John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
    • 5. Matthew's Dilemma

      17 Nov '88
      John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
    • 6. Dear Mike

      24 Nov '88
    • 7. Politics as Usual

      01 Dec '88
    • 8. Dancing in the Dark

      15 Dec '88
    • 9. Was It Good for Me?

      05 Jan '89
    • 10. Honest John

      12 Jan '89
    • 11. The Return of Ricky

      19 Jan '89
    • 12. Dream Babe

      26 Jan '89
    • 13. Stand by Your Man

      16 Feb '89
    • 14. Love and Marriage

      23 Feb '89
    • 15. For a Friend

      02 Mar '89
    • 16. The Second Time Around

      09 Mar '89
    • 17. The Last Dance

      16 Mar '89
    • 18. Sisters

      30 Mar '89
      Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
    • 19. Gone Camping

      06 Apr '89
      On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)
    • 20. Margo

      27 Apr '89
      The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
    • 21. Friends and Lovers

      04 May '89
    • 22. Bound for Gloria

      11 May '89