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THE CAST: Jonathan Silverman
Olivia d'Abo
Joey Slotnick
Ming-Na Wen
Shawn Michael Howard
Ernest Borgnine


In "The Single Guy," Jonathan Silverman stars as one of the last single people amang close circle of friends. His life is a roller-coaster ride of blind dates, "fix-ups" and romantic adventure. This television show became an immediate hit in its debut season(1995-1996). It ranked No.6 among households, with a 16.7 rating and a 26 share; and No.5 among adults 18-48, the demographic group most sought after by advertisers.Despite being smart, witty and attractive, fledgling novelist Jonathan Eliot(Silverman) seems to be one of the only people he knows who remains a bachelor, but he has plenty of matchmakers working on his behalf.

Also, joining the cast this season is Olivia d'Abo from "The Wonder Years," who plays Marie, an attractive English woman who moves into Jonathan's apartment building after a messy divorce, and frequently works as a voice-over artist at Sam's studio. Shawn Michael Howard, who plays a new member of the ensemble, Russell, a first-year law student who works at a bagel restaurant that Jonathan and his buddies frequently go to.

Returning as Jonathan's be buddy is Sam(Joey Slotnick), an only slightly lunatic recording studio engineer, and his dry-as-good-martini wife, Trudy(Ming-Na Wen), who runs SoHo art gallery. Rounding out the cast again this season is Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine as Jonathan and Marie's jovial doorman, Manny.



THE CAST MEMBERS:

Brooke Shields
Barbara Barrie
Judd Nelson
Kathy Griffin
Nestor Carbonell
David Strickland




After a critically acclaimed guest appearance on the "Friends" Super Bowl episode, Brooke Shields, who has been dazzling audiences since her star turn as a young child in "Pretty Baby," is starring in her first television series.

The show focuses on Susan(Shields), a beautiful but somewhat sheltered magazine writer, who leaves her rich fiance whe she realizes she wants more from life. Unlike her parents, who think she's crazy for giving up the life of wealth and luxury that would have accompanied her marriage. Her Nana(Barbara Barrie, totally supports her decision and helps ease the adjustment into her new lifestyle.

At the San Francisco magazine The Gate, Susan struggles with her new promotion from copy editor to writer of her own column on being single. Her boss Judd Nelson, the brother of her ex-fiance--decided she earned the promotion after realizing that now that she was alone, confused, struggling to make ends meet and facing a world full of potential pain and failure, she was suddenly interesting to readers. Also, working at the magazine place are Vicki(Kathy Griffin), Susan's witty co-worker who introduces her to the single world; Luis(Nestor Carbonell, the suave photographer who has his eye on her; and Todd(David Strickland, the magazine's music critic whose fixation with MTV has won him an extremely limited attention span.

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