Carpoolers on ABC

[2007, TV Show]

Carpoolers: TV Guide News

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Four very different guys bond while carpooling to and from work. They are a divorced playboy, a henpecked breadwinner, a newlywed and a traditional conservative.

Romijn/O'Connell Get Wildly Sexy On Screen | TV Guide News Report | 11/2/2007
Newlyweds Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn play against type (fans hope) when Romijn guests on her hubby's ABC series Carpoolers. Romijn plays Joannifer, O'Connell's womanizing Laird's much-maligned ex-wife.Creator/exec producer/writer Bruce McCulloch (Kids in the Hall) says Romijn was a frequent set visitor, since her Ugly Betty set is nearby. "She started to hang around, she was laughing, we were buying her sushi," and he told O'Connell, "We gotta get her on the show."While Laird's ex has... read more
ABC Stays Dirty, The CW Sows More Reaper | Today's News: Our Take | 10/26/2007
ABC has ordered an additional three scripts for two more of its freshman series: Dirty Sexy Money (woo-hoo!) and... Carpoolers (who knew!). Thus far this season, ABC has picked up Private Practice and Pushing Daisies for full seasons, ordered six more Samantha Who? scripts and, well, done nothing yet about improving Cavemen.Elsewhere, the CW has picked up three additional scripts for Reaper, while Aliens in America, sources tell the Reporter, is set to stay in production beyond its original... read more
Ask Matt | 10/15/2007
How do you think Bones will fare in the ratings? I see it recently averaged around the eight million mark. I'm glad it won't be up against Dancing with the Stars every week! However, it does compete with the well-established NCIS and now the two ABC comedies Cavemen and Carpoolers, which for me have no appeal. Bones doesn't get the media blitz that some other Fox shows do, like House and Prison Break. I'm concerned it will spend another season as an underrated show. Shouldn't Fox be putting a... read more
Carpoolers' Jerry O'Connell Enjoying the Ride So Far | TV Guide News Report | 10/9/2007
Despite mostly weak reviews, ABC's Carpoolers and its equally critically maligned lead-in show Cavemen managed a solid second place in their respective debuts against CBS' NCIS last week. Considering both shows' lack of good buzz, they each did well in the Nielsens, averaging roughly nine million total viewers. Carpoolers (Tuesdays, 8:30 pm/ET) actually exceeded the network's internal expectations for young and male-skewing demos by about 15 percent."We maybe didn’t garner as much... read more
Ask Matt | 10/8/2007
You and every other critic warned us that Cavemen was horrible, but I decided to check it out anyway. I imagined it as a traditional comedy that just used the cavemen issue for the occasional good joke. In fact, I thought it would be just as silly but as fun as Dinosaurs was in the early '90s. But instead of a show that acknowledged its silly gimmick, I found a show that actually thinks it is genius. I felt like the people behind the show were screaming, "Look at us! We are quirky! We are ... read more
Ratings: NCIS Clubs Cavemen and House Parties | Today's News: Our Take | 10/3/2007
Tuesday's ratings recap, here and now:8 pm/ETNCIS dominated the hour with 16.26 million total viewers, a massive 19 percent week-to-week surge. (It was also NCIS' most-watched outing since last Dec. 12.) ABC's Cavemen-Carpoolers combo placed second with about 9 mil each. Bones (7.89 mil) and Beauty and the Geek (2.66 mil) each lost around 350 thou.9 pmWith 17.28 million viewers, House dealt the DWTS results show (15.7 mil, dipping 902K) some bad medicine, in total viewers and key demos. Up... read more
Cavemen: Comedy from the Dark Age | Roush Dispatch | 10/3/2007
The evolution of comedy on ABC is not a pretty one, from the heights not so long ago of Roseanne to the absolute prehistoric depths of Cavemen, which premiered Tuesday night without benefit of sending a finished preview episode to critics. For good reason, clearly. We thought the original pilot we saw in May was lousy, but that was nothing compared to the woolly mammoth stinker that aired Tuesday. I didn’t crack a smile, bark a single laugh, even grunt a symbolic “ugh.” I think... read more
Ask Matt | 9/14/2007
I snapped up TV Guide's Fall Preview issue, and I find it a mixed blessing. While I appreciate the behind-the-scenes reportage and the luxurious layout, there's one crucial aspect that I miss greatly: your Picks (and yes, the capital P is deliberate). Of course, there were the "10 Shows with Buzz," but they included some shows you don't even like (Gossip Girl, etc.). And while you gave a helpful day-by-day analysis of the new programming, I and no doubt many other readers miss the days when you... read more
Romijn Event: Jerry O'Connell's Wife Guests on Sitcom | Today's News: Our Take | 9/4/2007
Does Hollywood even audition people for roles anymore? Where is SAG on this?! On the heels of the news that Sara Gilbert will woo Johnny Galecki on The Big Bang Theory, Ian Ziering will visit Jason Priestly's Side Order of Life and Vanessa Williams' ex is dropping by Ugly Betty, ABC has announced that Betty's Rebecca Romijn will play real-life hubby Jerry O'Connell's ex-wife, Joannifer, on the comedy Carpoolers. Perhaps a reason to tune in to the new series? Perhaps? (OK, unless she's only... read more
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell Chat About Wedding | TV Guide News Report | 7/27/2007
After months of dodging questions about when they're getting married, Ugly Betty's Rebecca Romijn and Carpoolers' Jerry O'Connell faced a whole other set of inquiries at the ABC All-Star Party about how they finally decided what kind of a wedding they wanted."We almost went to City Hall a number of times, we almost eloped a number of times. Eventually we just decided we really wanted to have a party with our friends at home," says Romijn about their intimate wedding at their house in Calabasas... read more
ABC Kicks Off New Season with Dancing Stars | Today's News: Our Take | 7/25/2007
ABC's fall season leads off with no less than five and a half hours of reality TV, courtesy of Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelor. Uitlmately, some scripted stuff will make its way onto the screen. UPDATE: Boston Legal's premiere will be announced "soon," an ABC source assures me. Here is the premiere plan:Monday, Sept. 248 pm/ET: Dancing with the Stars (90-minute premiere)9:30 pm: The Bachelor (90-minute premiere)Tuesday, Sept. 25 8 pm: DWTS (90-minute performance show)Wednesday, Sept.... read more
Live Press Tour Diary: ABC, Day 1 | Ausiello Report | 7/25/2007
8:54 am: We're in the homestretch, folks, and that can only mean one thing: Critics have begun recycling their old underwear. That explains the wall of stank I just walked through entering the Beverly Hilton's ballroom.8:58 am: As we wait for ABC president Stephen McPherson to take the stage for the exec session, let me take a moment to extend a big thank-you to the generous folks at ABC Studios who had a case of Diet Raspberry Snapple shipped to my room yesterday afternoon. Just for that, I'm... read more
Ask Ausiello | 5/30/2007
Is Carpooler the pilot that Adam Brody turned down and Jerry O'Connell took over? read more
Fall TV Tweaks: House Exec Finds New Life | Today's News: Our Take | 5/22/2007
Per Variety, House executive producer Daniel Sackheim has inked a two-year deal to direct and exec-produce the new NBC drama Life.... Per the Reporter, former ER show-runner Scott Gemmill will run the show at ABC's Women's Murder Club.... Twenty Good Years creator Marsh McCall has been tapped to "direct traffic" at ABC's Carpoolers. read more
ABC Gets Aggressive, with Familiar Faces, Campy Soaps and Cavemen? | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/16/2007
Even with all the success ABC has had on Sunday and Thursday (thanks to the bold move of Grey's Anatomy to that night), there are plenty of other time periods throughout the week where the network simply wasn't competitive this past season. But while the struggling NBC cautiously put together a schedule that seemed designed to retain its diminished share of advertiser dollars, ABC is being much more aggressive. In the new lineup presented to advertisers Wednesday at Alice Tully Hall,... read more
ABC Announces Its Fall Schedule | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/15/2007
Scheduled to debut next season are four new comedy entries — Carpoolers, Cavemen, Miss/Guided and Sam I Am; along with seven new drama series — Big Shots, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies and Women's Murder Club. Oprah's Big Give is also slated to debut.In addition to the new series, ABC previously announced season renewals for Brothers & Sisters, Men in Trees, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, Jimmy... read more
Weekend Update: The Latest Pickups and Passes | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/14/2007
The latest pre-upfronts news:ABCDrama pickups: Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone (both from Everwood's Greg Berlanti); the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice, the Sex and the City-esque Cashmere Mafia; Pushing Daisies, Women's Murder Club; Big Shots (Dylan McDermott, Michael Vartan, Christopher Titus and Joshua Malina as CEOs/wannabes). Comedies: Cavemen; Sam I Am (Christina Applegate as an amnesiac); Carpoolers. Other notes: October Road and Notes from the Underbelly will return mid-season... read more

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Premiered: October 02, 2007, on ABC

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Premise: Four very different guys bond while carpooling to and from work. They are a divorced playboy, a henpecked breadwinner, a newlywed and a traditional conservative.

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Fred Goss: Gracen
Faith Ford: Leila
Jerry O'Connell: Laird
Jerry Minor: Aubrey
Allison Munn: Cindy
Tim Peper: Dougie

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