(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)
Last updated:
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:00
When a copy editor at a San Francisco magazine suddenly realizes on her wedding day that she isn't ready to be tied down, she is assigned to do a regular column about suddenly being single.
Show Details:
Start date:
Sep 1996
End date: Jun 2000
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s):
NBC (
US)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 93 eps
Genre(s): Comedy
- regulars:
- Brooke Shields as Susan Keane, a columnist with San Francisco's The Gate magazine
- Barbara Barrie as Nana, Susan's supportive grandmother (her real name is Helen Miller)
- Kathy Griffin as Vicki Groener, The Gate's lifestyle reporter
- Nestor Carbonell as Luis Rivera, The Gate's photographer
- Eric Idle as Ian Maxtone-Graham [ season 4 ]
- Currie Graham as Nathan [ season 4 ]
- Sherri Shepherd as Miranda Charles [ season 4 ]
- Judd Nelson as Jack Richmond, owner and editor of The Gate magazine [ seasons 1 - 3 ]
- David Strickland as Todd Stites, The Gate's rock critic [ seasons 1 - 3 ]
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- recurring characters:
- Anthony Starke as Kip, Jack's brother and Susan's ex-fiancee
- Lisa Howard as Margo, Jack's wife
- Paul Cassell as Philip or "Flip", Margo's brother
- Swoosie Kurtz as Liz Keane, Susan's mother
- Ray Baker as Bill Keane, Susan's father
- Rob Estes as Oliver [ season 4 ]
- Andrea Bendewald as Maddy Piper, Susan's former high school rival, who becomes her co-worker and romantic rival for Jack in the second season [ seasons 2 & 3 ]
- Albie Selznick as Ben Rubenstein, Vicky's rabbi boyfriend [ seasons 2 & 3 ]
- Bill Stevenson as mailperson Pete, the (token) gay employee at The Gate [ seasons 2 & 3 ]
- Nicole Nagel as Kate, Jack's thrill-loving German girlfriend [ season 1 only ]
- Karen Maruyama as Mrs. Fong, Susan's landlady
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # |
Original
Air Date |
Titles |
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| Season 1 |
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| 1. | 1-1 | 19 Sep 96 | First Episode |
| 2. | 1-2 | 26 Sep 96 | Dr. No |
| 3. | 1-3 | 03 Oct 96 | The Best Laid Plans |
| 4. | 1-4 | 10 Oct 96 | Suddenly Susan Unplugged |
| 5. | 1-5 | 17 Oct 96 | Hoop Dreams |
| 6. | 1-6 | 31 Oct 96 | Lie! Lie! My Darling |
| 7. | 1-7 | 07 Nov 96 | Golden Girl Friday |
| 8. | 1-8 | 14 Nov 96 | Beauty and the Beasty Boy |
| 9. | 1-9 | 21 Nov 96 | Cold Turkey |
| 10. | 1-10 | 12 Dec 96 | Was it Something I Said? |
| 11. | 1-11 | 19 Dec 96 | The Walk-Out |
| 12. | 1-12 | 09 Jan 97 | The Me Nobody Nose |
| 13. | 1-13 | 27 Feb 97 | The Ways and Means |
| 14. | 1-14 | 06 Mar 97 | What a Card |
| 15. | 1-15 | 13 Mar 97 | Love and Divorce American Style (1) |
| 16. | 1-16 | 20 Mar 97 | Love and Divorce American Style (2) |
| 17. | 1-17 | 27 Mar 97 | Love and Divorce American Style (3) |
| 18. | 1-18 | 10 Apr 97 | With Friends Like These |
| 19. | 1-19 | 17 Apr 97 | Where the Wild Things Aren't |
| 20. | 1-20 | 24 Apr 97 | A Boy Like That |
| 21. | 1-21 | 01 May 97 | Family Affairs |
| 22. | 1-22 | 08 May 97 | I'll See That and Raise You Susan |
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| Season 2 |
| |
| 23. | 2-1 | 22 Sep 97 | I Love You, I Think |
| 24. | 2-2 | 29 Sep 97 | Past Tense |
| 25. | 2-3 | 06 Oct 97 | Truth and Consequences |
| 26. | 2-4 | 13 Oct 97 | Next Stop, Heaven |
| 27. | 2-5 | 20 Oct 97 | Susan's Minor Complication |
| 28. | 2-6 | 03 Nov 97 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Maddy World |
| 29. | 2-7 | 10 Nov 97 | It's My Nana and I'll Cry If I Want To |
| 30. | 2-8 | 17 Nov 97 | A Kiss Before Dying ... on Stage |
| 31. | 2-9 | 24 Nov 97 | The Old and the Beautiful |
| 32. | 2-10 | 08 Dec 97 | I Didn't Write This |
| 33. | 2-11 | 15 Dec 97 | Yule Never Know |
| 34. | 2-12 | 05 Jan 98 | A Kiss is Just Amiss |
| 35. | 2-13 | 12 Jan 98 | The Big Shalom |
| 36. | 2-14 | 19 Jan 98 | Matchmaker, Matchmaker |
| 37. | 2-15 | 26 Jan 98 | Car Trouble |
| 38. | 2-16 | 02 Feb 98 | Ready ... aim ... Fong! |
| 39. | 2-17 | 09 Mar 98 | Daddy Piper |
| 40. | 2-18 | 16 Mar 98 | Not in This Life |
| 41. | 2-19 | 06 Apr 98 | Models and Strippers and Wasps, Oh My! |
| 42. | 2-20 | 06 Apr 98 | Poetry in Notion |
| 43. | 2-21 | 06 Apr 98 | Pucker Up |
| 44. | 2-22 | 20 Apr 98 | 5,947 Miles |
| 45. | 2-23 | 04 May 98 | A Tale of Two Pants (1) |
| 46. | 2-24 | 04 May 98 | A Tale of Two Pants (2) |
| 47. | 2-25 | 18 May 98 | Oh, How They Danced (1) |
| 48. | 2-26 | 18 May 98 | Oh, How They Danced (2) |
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| Season 3 |
| |
| 49. | 3-1 | 21 Sep 98 | Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Some of These Do It |
| 50. | 3-2 | 28 Sep 98 | Feels Like the First Time |
| 51. | 3-3 | 05 Oct 98 | Don't Tell |
| 52. | 3-4 | 12 Oct 98 | Sleeping With the Enemy |
| 53. | 3-5 | 26 Oct 98 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Susan's Party |
| 54. | 3-6 | 02 Nov 98 | War Games |
| 55. | 3-7 | 09 Nov 98 | Seems Like Old Times |
| 56. | 3-8 | 16 Nov 98 | Trash-Test Dummies |
| 57. | 3-9 | 30 Nov 98 | The Thanksgiving Episode |
| 58. | 3-10 | 30 Nov 98 | The Apartment Hunt |
| 59. | 3-11 | 14 Dec 98 | Merry Ex-Mas |
| 60. | 3-12 | 11 Jan 99 | Wedding-Bell Blues |
| 61. | 3-13 | 18 Jan 99 | On a Clear Day You Can Hear Forever |
| 62. | 3-14 | 25 Jan 99 | One Man's Intervention is Another Man's Tupperware Party |
| 63. | 3-15 | 08 Feb 99 | Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut |
| 64. | 3-16 | 22 Feb 99 | Ben Rubenstein, Meet Joe Black |
| 65. | 3-17 | 01 Mar 99 | The Song Remains Insane |
| 66. | 3-18 | 15 Mar 99 | Revenge of the Gophers |
| 67. | 3-19 | 03 May 99 | In This Corner ... Susan Keane! (1) |
| 68. | 3-20 | 10 May 99 | In This Corner ... Susan Keane! (2) |
| 69. | 3-21 | 17 May 99 | The First Picture Show |
| 70. | 3-22 | 24 May 99 | Bowled Over |
| 71. | 3-23 | 24 May 99 | A Day in the Life |
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| Season 4 |
| |
| 72. | 4-1 | 20 Sep 99 | The New Gate |
| 73. | 4-2 | 27 Dec 99 | Luis Gets His Groove Back |
| 74. | 4-3 | 04 Oct 99 | The Pushkin Letters |
| 75. | 4-4 | 27 Sep 99 | The Billboard |
| 76. | 4-5 | 11 Oct 99 | Vicki Moves In |
| 77. | 4-6 | 18 Oct 99 | Halloween |
| 78. | 4-7 | 01 Nov 99 | Cheerleaders |
| 79. | 4-8 | 06 Dec 99 | The Wish List |
| 80. | 4-9 | 13 Dec 99 | First Date |
| 81. | 4-10 | 13 Dec 99 | The Gay Parade |
| 82. | 4-11 | 20 Dec 99 | The Birthday Party |
| 83. | 4-12 | 27 Dec 99 | Susan's Ex |
| 84. | 4-13 | 03 Jan 00 | Dinner Party |
| 85. | 4-14 | 03 Jan 00 | Stock Tip |
| 86. | 4-15 | 06 Jun 00 | I Love You |
| 87. | 4-16 | 13 Jun 00 | The Break Up |
| 88. | 4-17 | 20 Jun 00 | Girls Night Out |
| 89. | 4-18 | 27 Jun 00 | The Bird in the Wall |
| 90. | 4-19 | 26 Dec 00 | Susan and the Professor |
| 91. | 4-20 | 26 Dec 00 | The Reversal |
| 92. | 4-21 | 26 Dec 00 | The Finale (1) |
| 93. | 4-22 | 26 Dec 00 | The Finale (2) |
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