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9 episodes were produced, but ABC only aired five of them before canceling the show altogether.

Reflecting on Bob Patterson (2001) in a 2014 interview with the Archive of American Television, Jason Alexander stated that, "It's the one that really breaks my heart. There are things I would change about it if I were to say I'm going to go back and start that project again. There were things that we didn't realized could be problems that became problems that I would fix. But the basic premise of that show, the character of that show, the bones of that show, even some of the episodes that we pulled off, we couldn't buy any love from a critic. I will go to my grave saying we made seven episodes of the show. I guarantee that if I show you those episodes, you'll laugh, and that it's a better idea than a lot of what's on TV right now. It's just through a series of unfortunate events it didn't really get its chance. We got canceled, put it this way in 7 episodes we were in 3 different time slots. If you wanted to find us, you would have to look a little harder, and despite that, our numbers went up every week. Baby steps, but that direction (up), but we were gone. But I, while I would not fall on my sword for the other one (Listen Up (2004)), I would fall on my sword for Bob Patterson (2001) and say we all missed an opportunity there we didn't fully claim it while we were doing it, but the network and the audience missed an opportunity."

In 2009, Jason Alexander created another character named Donny Clay, who is a motivational speaker like Bob Patterson. Alexander performed Clay, who was proclaimed as "America's 4th leading motivational speaker," in a series of live interactive shows that parodied self help seminars. Unlike Patterson, Clay wore a hair piece.

Real-life motivational speaker Anthony Robbins admitted to the press while promoting the film Shallow Hal (2001), in which he co-starred with Jason Alexander, that he had seen a few episodes of Bob Patterson (2001) and didn't think the show was funny.