Ed (TV series)

Ed
The main cast
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Jon Beckerman Rob Burnett
Starring	Tom Cavanagh Julie Bowen Jana Marie Hupp Josh Randall Lesley Boone Michael Ian Black Rachel Cronin Mike Starr Justin Long Daryl "Chill" Mitchell
Theme music composer	Dave Grohl (seasons 1 and 3-4) Eef Barzelay (season 2)
Opening theme	"Next Year" by Foo Fighters (seasons 1 and 3–4) "Moment in the Sun" by Clem Snide (season 2)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	83 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jon Beckerman Rob Burnett David Letterman
Producers	Merrill H. Karpf Tom Cavanagh Jude Brennan Andrew Dettmann Kathleen McGill Andrea Newman Kevin Dowling
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Worldwide Pants Incorporated NBC Studios Viacom Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 8, 2000 (2000-10-08) – February 6, 2004 (2004-02-06)
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Ed is an American comedy-drama television series that was co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions and Viacom Productions that aired on NBC from October 8, 2000, to February 6, 2004. The hour-long comedy drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Ed Stevens, Julie Bowen as his love interest Carol Vessey, Josh Randall as his friend Dr. Mike Burton, Jana Marie Hupp as Mike's wife Nancy, Lesley Boone as their friend Molly Hudson, and Justin Long as awkward high-school student Warren Cheswick. Other supporting cast members included Michael Genadry and Ginnifer Goodwin as Warren's friends Mark and Diane, and Michael Ian Black, Mike Starr, Rachel Cronin, and (later) Daryl Mitchell as the employees of Ed's bowling alley. Long term guest stars included John Slattery as Dennis Martino and Sabrina Lloyd as Frankie Hector. The show was created by executive producers Jon Beckerman and Rob Burnett.^[1] David Letterman is also credited as one of the show's executive producers.^[2]

Ed received casting, writing, and directing Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2001. Tom Cavanagh received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a TV Guide Award for his work on the program.