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  • CBS
  • Nov 30, 2004
  • CBS
  • Nov 30, 2004
Out of Practice

Summary OUT OF PRACTICE is a comedy about a family of doctors who share little in common other than their professions. The family consists of Ben Barnes, a couples counselor who is not considered to be a “real” doctor by the rest of the family; his brother Oliver, a good-looking, self-absorbed plastic surgeon; and sister Regina who works as a d...

Created By: Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd

  • CBS
  • Nov 30, 2004
  • CBS
  • Nov 30, 2004
Out of Practice
Season 1
Season Premiere: Nov 30, 2004
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Overwhelming Dislike Based on 5 User Ratings
1.8
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Summary OUT OF PRACTICE is a comedy about a family of doctors who share little in common other than their professions. The family consists of Ben Barnes, a couples counselor who is not considered to be a “real” doctor by the rest of the family; his brother Oliver, a good-looking, self-absorbed plastic surgeon; and sister Regina who works as a d...

Created By: Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 2005 • 23 m
Pilot
Stockard Channing, Henry Winkler, Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell and Jennifer Tilly Star in "Out of Practice," a new comedy series about a family of physicians who share the same profession but have little else in common.
Episode 2 • Sep 26, 2005 • 22 m
We Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Barnes family bands together to help Ben get over his broken marriage.
Episode 3 • Oct 3, 2005 • 22 m
...and I'll Cry If I Want to
When their coworkers discover Stewart's dating Crystal, Lydia decides to throw a party to prove that she's moved on, but disaster ensues when Oliver scores her a date with a gigolo.
Episode 4 • Oct 10, 2005 • 23 m
The Truth About Nerds & Dogs
Lydia is jealous of stewart because Monty, the family dog, likes him more.
Episode 5 • Oct 17, 2005 • 22 m
Brothers Grim
When Oliver is forced out of his fabulous apartment, he moves in with his brother Ben.
Episode 6 • Oct 24, 2005 • 22 m
The Heartbreak Kid
Ben is forced to "break-up" with his mother when he realizes she is using him to avoid dating again.
Episode 7 • Nov 7, 2005 • 22 m
Key Ingredients
Episode 8 • Nov 14, 2005 • 23 m
The Wedding
Episode 9 • Nov 21, 2005 • 23 m
Thanks
Episode 10 • Nov 28, 2005 • 22 m
Guilt Trip
Episode 11 • Dec 19, 2005 • 23 m
New Year's Eve
Episode 12 • Jan 9, 2006 • 22 m
Yours, Mine or His?
Episode 13 • Mar 22, 2006 • 23 m
Model Behavior
Episode 14 • Mar 29, 2006 • 22 m
Hot Water
Episode 15 • Nov 30, 2005 • 22 m
You Win Some, You Use Some
Episode 16 • Feb 28, 2006 • 22 m
Doctor of the Year
Episode 17 • Nov 30, 2005 • 22 m
Restaurant Row
Episode 18 • Nov 30, 2004 • 22 m
Losing Patients
Ben loses a patient to Oliver, then Oliver loses a patient to Ben. Meanwhile, Stewart and Lydia are audited by the IRS.
Episode 19 • Nov 30, 2005 • 22 m
Doctors Without Bidders
Episode 20 • 23 m
If These Floors Could Talk
Episode 21 • Nov 30, 2005 • 22 m
The Lady Doth Protest Too Much
Episode 22 • 20 m
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do. And Do. And...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews
53
46% Positive
11 Reviews
29% Mixed
7 Reviews
25% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews
53
46% Positive
11 Reviews
29% Mixed
7 Reviews
25% Negative
6 Reviews

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  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews
80
In Keenan and Lloyd’s world of dizzy, barb-tossing sophisticates, this group is confident and well-armed: Channing’s patented ladies-who-lunch tartness, Winkler’s nervous defensiveness, Burrell’s blasé arrogance, Marshall’s droll delivery and Gorham’s frustrated sensitivity all mix like a well-shaken cocktail, even if it’s the kind that gets tossed in somebody’s face.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
75
"Out of Practice" is that increasingly rare old-fashioned sitcom that delivers decent laughs.
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
70
With its superb cast, impeccable direction and mostly sharp writing, "Out of Practice" demonstrates simultaneously how polished and professional a sitcom can be and why TV comedy, with a few notable exceptions, is in such a funk.
By Barry Garron
50
It isn't as funny as it should be.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
50
If someone turns down the volume, ''Out of Practice" has the potential to become a likable, if conventional, sitcom.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
30
"Out of Practice" relies on trite misunderstandings and crude dialogue, both go-to gags for uninspired sitcom scribes.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
10
Shockingly unfunny.
By Aaron Barnhart FULL REVIEW

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 5 User Ratings
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80% Negative
4 Ratings

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