The Drew Carey Show

TV Series
1995–2004
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

20K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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A sitcom about Drew's personal and professional life.A sitcom about Drew's personal and professional life.A sitcom about Drew's personal and professional life.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

20K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

742

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
- 11 wins & 17 nominations total

Episodes233

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TopTop-rated9 seasons10 years

Trivia
During filming the series, Ryan Stiles introduced Drew Carey to the British show Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988). Carey was so impressed that he pitched an American remake of it to the ABC TV network. ABC greenlit it, and Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998) was created.

Quotes
Drew Carey: Oh, you hate your job? Oh my god, well why didn't you say so? You know there's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY. They meet at the bar!

Crazy credits
During the Cleveland Rocks intro started in Season 3 when Oswald throws the girl to the side, as if throwing her away, the arm of the catcher can be seen on the left of the screen.

Alternate versions
The episode "Two Drews and the Queen of Poland Walk Into a Bar" was deemed offensive to Polish people due to its storyline where Mimi prepares to meet the king of Poland. The syndicated version of this episode cuts Mimi's storyline entirely and reuses an intro from an older episode to fit the time missing.

Connections
Featured in Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996)

Soundtracks
Moon Over Parma
(Theme)
Performed by Drew Carey
Written by Robert McGuire

What I like about this is that Drew Carey is such a normal, C-average underachiever. It's such a nice change from all the other comedy shows out right now. I normally don't like sitcoms, but I make an exception for this one. The whole cast is made up of comedians, and it shows. Here's a guy whose life is one long losing streak, just like most people's (you know this is true). I love it.