It's Like, You Know...
A Manhattan writer lampoons LA excess while growing enchanted with it.
It's Like, You Know... is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 24, 1999, to January 5, 2000. The series starred Steven Eckholdt, Chris Eigeman, Evan Handler, A. J. Langer, and Jennifer Grey, and focused on a New York writer navigating Los Angeles culture. It was notable for featuring Jennifer Grey playing herself, with a running joke about her real-life rhinoplasty.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- Creator
- Peter Mehlman
- Executive producers
- Peter Mehlman; Ted Harbert
- Starring
- Steven Eckholdt
- Chris Eigeman
- Evan Handler
- A. J. Langer
- Jennifer Grey
- Composer
- W. G. Snuffy Walden
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 2
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- When ABC canceled the series, seven episodes remained unaired: six from the planned second season and the original unaired pilot.
- The unaired episodes have since aired abroad, including in Argentina on Fox Latin America and in Australia on The Comedy Channel.
- Ratings were low partly due to the sudden explosion of reality programming and ABC's decision to dedicate much of its primetime schedule to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Synopsis
The show lampooned an upper class Los Angeles lifestyle by presenting Manhattan writer Arthur Garment as a fish out of water among Hollywood notables and the idle rich. In the pilot, Garment arrives with unconcealed hostility, intending to write a bitter satire on LA's absurdities and excesses. While staying with an old college friend, he finds himself torn between stern contempt for West Coast attitudes and a growing enchantment with the relaxed whimsy around him. The series was heavily marketed as ABC's answer to Seinfeld, with longtime Seinfeld writers Peter Mehlman and Carol Leifer driving the scripts, but it failed to capture the same audience.
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