Listen Up! was a short-lived CBS situation comedy that aired from September 20, 2004 until April 25, 2005. The sitcom was based loosely on the life and exploits of the popular sportswriter and sports-media personality Tony Kornheiser. Its principal executive producer was Jason Alexander, who was also the lead actor. Despite decent-to-good ratings, the show was cancelled by CBS on May 18, 2005; "rising production costs" was the major reason officially given for the cancellation. This led many people to blame Listen Up! 's failure on the so-called "Seinfeld Curse" (the notion that Seinfeld's success had been so enormous, that its three supporting actors were doomed to never succeed as lead actors in their own respective TV shows). With one full season of 22 episodes, it was the longest running show of any of the Seinfeld cast members (until the hit Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom, CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine, was renewed for its second season).

Contents 1 Cast members 1.1 Main characters 2 Episodes 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Cast members

[edit] Main characters

Actor	Role
Jason Alexander	Tony Kleinman
Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Bernie Widmer
Wendy Makkena	Dana Kleinman
Will Rothhaar	Mickey Kleinman
Daniella Monet	Megan Kleinman

[edit] Episodes

1. Pilot (9/20/04)
2. Hammer Time (9/27/04)
3. Grandmaster of the Wolfhunt (10/4/04)
4. Cool Jerk (10/11/04)
5. Quest For Fire (10/18/04)
6. Mickey Swallows a Bee (10/25/04)
7. The Gift of the Ton-i (11/8/04)
8. Sweet Charity (11/15/04)
9. Thanksgiving (11/22/04)
10. Mickey Without A Cause (11/29/04)
11. Enemy at the Gates (12/13/04)
12. Tony the Tiger (1/3/05)
13. Snub Thy Neighbor (1/17/05)
14. Weekend With Bernie (1/31/05)
15. Inky Dinky Don't (2/7/05)
16. Colon-Oopscopy (2/14/05)
17. Tony Whine-Man (2/21/05)
18. Couch Potato (3/7/05)
19. Waiting for Kleinman (3/21/05)
20. Check Mates (4/11/05)
21. Ebony and Irony (4/18/05)
22. Last Vegas (4/25/05)

[edit] Trivia

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• The original title of the show was "Shut Up and Listen".
• In one of the episodes, a reference is made to Alexander's role in Seinfeld, being that he gets into trouble over saying (or in this case not saying) "God bless you."

[edit] External links

• Listen Up at the Internet Movie Database

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