Some of My Best Friends
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Marc Cherry Terry Maloney Haley Mindy Morgenstern Joey Murphy Tony Vitale
Directed by	James Widdoes
Starring	Jason Bateman Danny Nucci
Composer(s)	Steven Cahill Bruce Miller
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jonathan Axelrod Bonnie Bruckheimer Marc Cherry Bette Midler John Peaslee Judd Pillot James Widdoes
Producer(s)	Julie Tsutsui
Broadcast
Original run	February 28, 2001 – April 11, 2001

Some of My Best Friends is a short-lived sitcom shown on CBS from February 28 until April 11, 2001. The series was inspired by the film Kiss Me, Guido.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Episodes 4 Production notes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Some of My Best Friends starred Jason Bateman as Warren, a gay writer living in Greenwich Village, and Danny Nucci as Frankie, his straight (and at first homophobic) roommate. Alec Mapa played Vern, Warren's flamboyant best friend, who lived upstairs from Warren and usually entered Warren's apartment by coming down the fire escape and through a window.

The show failed to attract a substantial audience, and was cancelled after five episodes.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Jason Bateman	Warren Fairbanks
Danny Nucci	Frankie Zito
Alec Mapa	Vern Limoso
Joe Grifasi	Joseph "Joe" Zito
Camille Saviola	Connie Zito
Michael DeLuise	Pino Palumbo
Jessica Lundy	Meryl Doogan

[edit] Episodes

Ep #	Title	Airdate
1	Pilot	February 28, 2001
2	"Fight Night"	March 7, 2001
3	"Blah, Blah, Blah"	March 21, 2001
4	"A Brief Encounter"	March 28, 2001
5	"Shaggy Dog Story"	April 11, 2001
6	"The Marriage Counselor"	Never aired
7	"Scenes from an Italian Party"	Never aired

[edit] Production notes

The series was directed by James Widdoes. Bette Midler served as an executive producer along with Marc Cherry, who also served as a writer and later went on to develop Desperate Housewives. On Desperate Housewives, Alec Mapa also appeared in guest roles, again as Vern; though it is unknown if this was the same character as on Some Of My Best Friends.

[edit] See also

• Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971 film)

[edit] External links

• Some of My Best Friends at the Internet Movie Database
• Some of My Best Friends at TV.com