A fascinating case study in how to destroy a successful situation comedy. In its first season The John Larroquette Show was a daring dark comedy and a hit. Set in a St. Louis long distance bus terminal, with a recovering alcoholic protagonist adrift in a sea of losers, hookers, and street people, black and white, gay and straight, this was unlike anything seen in a sitcom since Hot'l Baltimore a generation before, a comedy that addressed issues on the dark side of the American dream: race, class, gender, abuse of authority, substance addiction, etc. In the second and third season NBC carefully removed each and every element that had made the show interesting, making nonsense of a premise and bland stereotypes of its hard-edged/bizarre characters, then cancelled the show abruptly once everyone had deserted its ridiculously bland fourth season; a great shame.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | September 1993 | April 1994 | 24 |
| Season 2 | September 1994 | August 1995 | 24 |
| Season 3 | September 1995 | May 1996 | 24 |
| Season 4 | September 1996 | October 1996 | 12 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 84 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 84 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Whitesell | 66 | 09/02/1993 - 05/21/1996 | |
| David Trainer | 12 | 09/18/1996 - 10/30/1996 | |
| Mitchell Hurwitz | 11 | 09/21/1993 - 09/18/1996 | |
| Jim Vallely | 11 | 09/14/1993 - 04/30/1996 | |
| Gil Junger | 2 | 01/31/1995 - 08/29/1995 | |
| Eve Needleman | 2 | 10/18/1994 - 08/22/1995 | |
| Greg Antonacci | 1 | 04/12/1994 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Reo | 20 | 09/02/1993 - 01/16/1996 | |
| Judith D. Allison | 18 | 09/07/1993 - 01/16/1996 | |
| Pam Brady | 5 | 01/02/1996 - 09/25/1996 | |
| J.J. Wall | 4 | 11/02/1993 - 10/25/1994 | |
| Martin Weiss | 3 | 11/04/1995 - 02/27/1996 | |
| Bill Rosenthal | 3 | 11/14/1995 - 03/12/1996 | |
| Dorothy Reo | 2 | 02/08/1994 - 05/23/1995 | |
| John Ridley | 2 | 12/19/1995 - 12/26/1995 | |
| Will Gluck | 2 | 10/30/1996 | |
| David Landsberg | 2 | 03/26/1996 | |
| Don Seigel | 2 | 10/02/1996 | |
| David Richardson | 2 | 01/10/1995 - 02/07/1995 | |
| Tom Saunders | 2 | 10/16/1996 | |
| Bill Richmond | 2 | 10/05/1993 - 12/14/1993 | |
| Catherine LePard | 2 | 08/29/1995 - 05/21/1996 | |
| John Levenstein | 2 | ||
| Teresa O'Neill | 1 | 03/14/1995 | |
| Brenda Hampton | 1 | 10/12/1993 | |
| Kell Cahoon | 1 | ||
| John Levinstein | 1 | 05/14/1996 | |
| Les Eberhard | 1 | 02/13/1996 | |
| Ursula Ziegler | 1 | 01/30/1996 | |
| Eve Needlemann | 1 | 01/30/1994 | |
| Will Glick | 1 | 05/07/1996 | |
| Michael Hurwitz | 1 | 01/04/1994 | |
| Paul Perlove | 1 | 10/09/1996 | |
| Eva Needleman | 1 | 09/28/1993 | |
| Steve Sullivan | 1 | 01/30/1996 | |
| Kell Cahoun | 1 | 10/16/1996 |
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