It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986)

Name: It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Jessica Harper, Scott Nemes, Michael Tucci

Comedy

Garry Shandling stars as himself, a neurotic, sardonic stand-up comedian who just happens to be aware he is a sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, performing monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events. However, everyone knows they're on TV, not just Garry; and the audience (itself a character) is often involved in the storyline.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (1,955 votes)
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.49 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Day Garry Moved In	7.4	74
2	Grant Gets Broken	7.5	54
3	Garry Throws a Surprise Party	7.5	55
4	Foul Ball	7.5	49
5	The Graduate	8.2	46
6	It's Garry Shandling's Problem, But It's Jo-Jo's Show	7.6	38
7	Garry Met a Girl Named Maria	7.4	35
8	Grant's Date	7.6	36
9	Pete Has an Affair	6.6	32
10	Fate	7.7	32
11	The Morning After	7.6	34
12	Sarah	7.5	35
13	Laffie	7.2	32
14	Dial L for Laundry	7.7	33
15	Dinner with Garry	7.2	31
16	Force Boxman	7.6	33

Season 2 (1987)

7.99 avg 17 episodes 7.7 → 8.4

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Who's Poppa?	7.7	26
2	No Baby, No Show	7.3	26
3	The Fugitive	8.5	28
4	The Schumakers Go to Hollywood	8.0	26
5	Nancy Gets Amnesia	8.0	26
6	It's Garry and Angelica's Show: Part 1	8.3	30
7	It's Garry and Angelica's Show: Part 2	8.4	28
8	It's Garry Shandling's Christmas Show	7.5	26
9	Killer Routine	8.6	27
10	Mr. Sparks	7.7	26
11	The Soccer Show	6.7	28
12	Our Town	7.7	23
13	Save the Planet	8.0	27
14	The Grant Shuffle	7.9	21
15	Go Go Goldblum	8.6	25
16	Garry Falls Down a Hole	8.5	24
17	Mr Smith Goes to Nam	8.4	27

Season 3 (1988)

7.40 avg 19 episodes 7.8 → 8.0

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Goin' Places	7.8	22
2	Pete's Got a Secret	7.7	21
3	What's Happening to Me?	7.4	24
4	Live Election Show	6.3	23
5	The Natural	7.5	25
6	Home Sweet Home	7.6	24
7	Vegas: Part 1	7.4	19
8	Vegas: Part 2	6.9	18
9	Save Mr. Peck's: Part 1	7.8	21
10	Save Mr. Peck's: Part 2	7.3	20
11	Ruth's Place	7.8	19
12	Garry Acts Like a Moron	7.5	18
13	Kramer vs. Grant	7.6	20
14	Grant Goes to the Dogs	7.2	18
15	Big Brother	7.5	20
16	Going, Going, Gone	6.7	17
17	Garry Goes Golfing	8.0	19
18	Mum's the Word	6.6	16
19	Worry Wart	8.0	18

Season 4 (1989)

6.99 avg 19 episodes 7.3 → 8.0

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The First Show of the Fourth Season	7.3	18
2	Take My Wife, for Example	7.9	19
3	Nathan's Sheer Madness	5.9	19
4	SuperGrant	7.5	16
5	Dinner at Eddy King's House	6.6	18
6	The Proposal	5.6	20
7	Firehose	6.3	18
8	The Day Howard Moved In	7.1	21
9	The Wedding Show	7.6	18
10	The Honeymoon Show	6.5	20
11	Shandling Vs Mull	8.3	19
12	Leonard Gets Metaphysical	7.1	17
13	Chester Gets a Show	6.6	17
14	My Mother, the Wife	6.8	16
15	Family Man	8.8	20
16	Mad at Brad	6.6	17
17	The Last Show	7.4	22
18	The Talent Show	4.9	19
19	Driving Miss Garry	8.0	24