EP 1AvailableNow playingPilot
22m·9/13/1995·7.0
Pressure to fill a cosmetics-counter job has Drew a shade irascible--especially after interviewing an applicant with "unusual" make-up habits.
The Drew Carey Show
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDb6.5
- Released
- 9/13/1995
- Duration
- 0h 21m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country
- United States of America
- Cast
- Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Diedrich Bader
Overview
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableNow playingEP 2AvailableMiss Right
22m·9/20/1995·8.0
Drew finally meets "Miss Right," only to discover she's also just right for a job he's trying to fill. Meanwhile, Mimi's back--and this time, it's personal: she's been hired as personal assistant to Drew's boss.
EP 3AvailableThe Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture
22m·9/27/1995·8.0
Drew vows to throw Kate a surprise shotgun wedding, after she laments that one of the states she never entered was that of holy matrimony. Meanwhile, a co-worker asks Drew to fire him.
EP 4AvailableNature Abhors a Vacuum
21m·10/4/1995·7.0
When Drew fires his boss's inamorata, Mr. Bell forces Drew to use his resources to find him a new girlfriend. But only Kate rings Bell's chimes.
EP 5AvailableNo Two Things in Nature are Exactly Alike
22m·10/18/1995·7.0
Drew sends out a memo limiting employees' phone usage at work, but his attempt at levity--a risqué cartoon attached to the note--isn't well received by everybody.
EP 6AvailableDrew Meets Lawyers
22m·11/1/1995·8.0
Drew's painted into a corner when a female co-worker draws the wrong conclusions from a cartoon he distributed.
EP 7AvailableDrew in Court
22m·11/8/1995·8.0
Drew finally gets his day in court to defend himself against sexual-harassment charges. But he lends his case little appeal when he acts as his own counsel.
EP 8AvailableLewis' Sister
22m·11/15/1995·7.0
Drew feels family ties tightening around his neck when he takes Lewis's sister on a date, and she falls for him--much to Lewis's (and Drew's) chagrin.
EP 9AvailableDrew and Mrs. Louder
22m·11/29/1995·7.0
The store's owner asks Drew to be her personal assistant, but his new position soon turns compromising when her interest extends into his private life.
EP 10AvailableScience Names Suck
22m·12/6/1995·7.0
Drew and his buddies welcome back an old high-school friend, but Kate's up in arms about the "new guy" horning in on her territory.
EP 11AvailableThe Electron Doesn't Fall Far from the Nucleus
22m·12/13/1995·7.0
Drew's dad pressures him to join his lodge, the Wildebeests, so he can make gnu, er, new business connections.
EP 12AvailableIsomers Have Distinct Characteristics
22m·12/20/1995·7.0
Things look ho-ho-hopeless for Drew when the store's employees--including Kate--go on strike during the holiday rush, and he's forced to hire scabs to replace them.
EP 13AvailableDrew and the Unstable Element
22m·1/3/1996·7.0
After hiring a criminally insane employee, Drew has to fire him without creating any bad blood--or losing any good blood.
EP 14AvailableDrew and Mr. Bell's Nephew
20m·1/10/1996·7.0
Drew agrees to show Mr. Bell's spoiled nephew the ropes at work, but he's soon trying to give the upstart enough rope to hang himself.
EP 15AvailableThere Is No Scientific Name for a Show about God
21m·1/17/1996·7.0
A life-altering experience reawakens Drew's aspiration to spend his life behind an altar--as a minister. But his renewed devotion leads to a baptism of fire when he's called upon to dispense advice.
EP 16AvailableDrew's New Assistant
22m·1/31/1996·7.0
The good news: Drew's dream of getting a personal assistant comes true. The bad news: Mimi is it.
EP 17AvailableThe Front
22m·2/7/1996·7.0
Drew may have to terminate his affair with Lisa or risk job termination when the store bans interoffice dating. His solution? Ask Kate's boyfriend to pretend he's dating Lisa, to throw co-workers off the track.
EP 18AvailablePlaying a Unified Field
22m·2/14/1996·7.0
Drew decides to ask out his party-animal hairdresser after Lisa cuts him loose to start dating other people.
EP 19AvailableAtomic Cat Fight
21m·2/21/1996·8.0
Lisa, Kate and Mimi are candidates to head the store's personal-services department, and Drew has trouble deciding among them.
EP 20AvailableDrew and Kate and Kate's Mom
22m·2/27/1996·8.0
Drew's in a knotty position when he tries to straighten out family ties between Kate and her mom.
EP 21AvailableDrew Gets Motivated
21m·5/1/1996·7.0
Stagnated in his job, Drew takes the bull by the horns and convinces the board to use animal mascots for the store. But things turn beastly for Drew when the creatures get loose.
EP 22AvailableBuzz Beer
22m·5/8/1996·8.0
Drew starts his own beermaking business after learning there's trouble brewing at the store and that he could be getting canned.
Cast
Drew Carey
Drew Carey
Lewis Kiniski
Ryan Stiles
Oswald Lee Harvey
Diedrich Bader
Kellie Newmark
Cynthia Watros
Mimi Bobeck
