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      Season 1 – Watching Ellie

      2002 Comedy List
      56% Tomatometer 18 Reviews A single woman, Ellie Riggs, tries to navigate her way through the Los Angeles music scene and her own messy personal life. Told in real time, each episode is a linear 22-minute slice of Ellie's life. To remind viewers of the real-time gimmick, early episodes feature a countdown clock on the screen throughout the show. Read More Read Less
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      Julia Louis-Dreyfus' comedic charms make Ellie watchable, but a cumbersome tick-tock gimmick and derivative plotting hamper the sitcom star's full potential for delight.

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      Carina Chocano Salon.com A lovingly constructed showcase that plays to the strengths of TV's funniest, best-loved and most fictionally troubled female nut job. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Belinda Acosta Austin Chronicle Watching Ellie is a deceptively stylish 22-minute meditation on being a single woman. But Ellie is not the bright-eyed single gal of TV's past, nor the sassy sexually driven woman of the present. In Ellie, we have a heroine who is flawed but sympathetic. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review James Poniewozik TIME Magazine The banter is zingy and saucy, but every scene recalls something done funnier and more honestly on Sex [& the City]. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The show could improve or it could die under the weight of artistic pretension. For anyone curious about the outcome of this bizarre science project, "Watching Ellie" bears watching. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review John Levesque Seattle Post-Intelligencer Watching Ellie rises and falls on the ability of Louis-Dreyfus to pull laughs out of familiar story lines. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) It's intriguing and different, but the concept is very iffy, and the view from here is that it doesn't stand a chance of succeeding. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Episode 1 Aired Feb 26, 2002 Pilot Real-time chronicle of a nightclub singer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her problems. This episode: While trying to leave her apartment and go to work, Ellie deals with an overflowing toilet, a knocked-out neighbor and a naked doctor. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 5, 2002 Wedding While readying to sing at a friend's wedding, Ellie realizes the song her friend wrote for the groom is in the back of Ben's car -- which is about to be towed away. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 12, 2002 Dinner Party Ellie's dinner party turns into a fiasco, when Dr. Zimmerman's dog runs off with the roast beef and Ben and Ingvar give chase. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 19, 2002 Aftershocks Visitors crowd Ellie's apartment after an earthquake; Dr. Zimmerman is evacuated from the building in a dog cage. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 26, 2002 Cheetos While trying to record a commercial jingle, Ellie catches Ben flirting with a mysterious woman (Sherilyn Fenn). Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 2, 2002 Tango While on a date, Ellie and Ben evade Edgar by ducking into a dance studio, where they get a sudden tango lesson. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 2, 2002 Gift Ben tries to retrieve a necklace he gave to Ellie because his wife mistakenly believes he bought it for her. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 9, 2002 Medicated Ellie, under the influence of cold medicine, says some things to Ingvar and Ben that she may come to regret. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 16, 2002 Weekend Ellie and Ben finally spend an entire weekend together alone; Edgar's dog gets glued to Ingvar's model ship. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 23, 2002 Zimmerman Aspiring singer Ben gets stage fright at his debut show and refuses to leave the club bathroom. Details

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      Season Info

      Creator
      Brad Hall
      Executive Producer
      Joe Furey, Brad Hall
      Network
      NBC
      Rating
      TV-14
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Feb 26, 2002