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Season 1 – Ned and Stacey

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Ned and Stacey get married after one week of knowing each other -- not because of true love, but because each one has something the other needs. Ned needs to get married to get a promotion at work, while Stacey desperately needs an apartment so she can move out of her parents' house. Will their marriage of convenience develop into anything deeper?
Ned and Stacey — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Thomas Hayden Church's sharp turn as a likable cynic keeps Ned and Stacey amusing and buoyant, but the marriage of convenience at the crux of this sitcom is more contrived than clever.

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Tom Shales Washington Post 06/25/2019
The show, as devised by writer-producer Michael J. Weithorn, plays more like a screwball romantic comedy from the '30s than a sitcom formula for the '90s, and that's all to its advantage. Go to Full Review Adam Sandler Variety 06/25/2019
The storyline shortcomings are saved by the impeccable comic timing of Thomas Haden Church. Go to Full Review Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel 06/25/2019
Ned and Stacey is a sour, formulaic show... Its not for romantics or for people who like to laugh. Go to Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 06/25/2019
Suffers from the standard plagues of American sitcoms -- obviousness and crudity, for starters -- but it is saved by Haden Church, who maintains a wicked cynicism throughout. Go to Full Review Joyce Millman San Francisco Examiner 06/25/2019
An attempt at a Tracy and Hepburn battle-of-the-sexes farce made by and for people who watch too many sitcoms. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Thomas Haden Church

Ned Dorsey

Debra Messing

Stacey Colbert

Nadia Dajani

Amanda Moyer

Greg Germann

Eric "Rico" Moyer

Ford Rainey

Nate

Harry Goz

Saul Colbert

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 11, 1995 Pilot An ambitious ad exec (Thomas Haden Church) enters into a marriage of convenience with a socially conscious journalist (Debra Messing). Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 18, 1995 Portrait of a Marriage Stacey (Debra Messing) refuses to stick to Ned's (Thomas Haden Church) sexist script while at a corporate dinner. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 25, 1995 Take My Wife, Please A new male friend (Simon Templeman) tries to understand Stacey's (Debra Messing) relationship with Ned (Thomas Haden Church). Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 2, 1995 Cover Story Unless Ned (Thomas Haden Church) finds a way out, Stacey's (Debra Messing) latest story may cost him his job. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 9, 1995 Model Husband Stacey (Debra Messing) shares acting tips with a model (guest star Paulina Porizkova) Ned (Thomas Haden Church) has hired for a commercial. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 16, 1995 Saul and Ellen and Ned and Stacey Stacey (Debra Messing) is irked when Ned (Thomas Haden Church) keeps including her parents in their activities. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 23, 1995 Here's to You, Mrs. Binder Stacey and Amanda (Debra Messing, Nadia Dajani) are scandalized by Ned's (Thomas Haden Church) newest fling, their mother's friend (guest star Joanna Cassidy). Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 30, 1995 Halloween A Halloween costume party leads to mistaken identities and intimacies. With Thomas Haden Church and Debra Messing. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 13, 1995 Reality Check Ned's business dinner with Olivia Newton-John is spiced up when Stacey turns out to be their waitress. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 20, 1995 Thanksgiving Day Massacre Ned's (Thomas Haden Church) perfect holiday feast lacks what it would take to make Stacey (Debra Messing) happy. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 4, 1995 Sleepless in Manhattan Stacey (Debra Messing) is further outraged by Ned's (Thomas Haden Church) bribery attempts after they meet with success. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 11, 1995 Threesome Ned and Stacey (Thomas Haden Church, Debra Messing) play tug-of-war with an old friend of Amanda's (Nadia Dajani). Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 18, 1995 Accountus Interruptus Ned (Thomas Haden Church) has no objections to a female client's request to mix business with pleasure. With Debra Messing. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 1, 1996 New Year's Eve Lured by a last-minute offer, Stacey leaves Ned to fend for himself at a corporate New Year's Eve party. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 8, 1996 Paranoia on the 47th Floor Ned (Thomas Haden Church) fears he has lost his edge after being outmaneuvered by his own protégé. With Debra Messing. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 15, 1996 A Tender Trap Stacey (Debra Messing) asks a publisher (guest star Farrah Forke) for help in finding a job, but the woman has more interest in Ned (Thomas Haden Church). Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 22, 1996 Promotional Rescue Ned (Thomas Haden Church) helps Eric (Greg Germann) get a promotion; Stacey (Debra Messing) takes a New Age guru's words a bit too literally. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 12, 1996 Friends and Lovers Stacey (Debra Messing) feels inadequate when she sees her archrival from high school has the perfect family. With Thomas Haden Church. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 19, 1996 The Gay Caballeros Seeing that Ned and Stacey (Thomas Haden Church, Debra Messing) do not share a bedroom, a client assumes Ned must be gay. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 26, 1996 Gut Feeling Stacey hunts the hospital for a nervous Ned, who has disappeared shortly before a scheduled operation. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 4, 1996 Pals Ned (Thomas Haden Church) introduces a celebrity wanting to buy real estate to Amanda (Nadia Dajani). Guest star: Jason Bateman. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 11, 1996 It Happened One Night At Amanda's (Nadia Dajani) inadvertent prompting, Stacey (Debra Messing) leaves Ned (Thomas Haden Church) and goes home to her parents (Saul Colbert, Ellen Colbert). Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 18, 1996 You Bet Your Wife Ned (Thomas Haden Church) bets a night with Stacey (Debra Messing) in a poker game after he runs out of money. Details Episode 24 Aired Apr 1, 1996 The End? Stacey's (Debra Messing) perfect mate shows up at one of Ned's (Thomas Haden Church) corporate dinners. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Michael J. Weithorn
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (D)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 11, 1995