Accidentally on Purpose: Season 1

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Accidentally On Purpose

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Season Details & Credits

CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 21, 2009

Starring: Jenna Elfman, Grant Show, Jon Foster

Summary: Billie (Jenna Elfman) becomes pregnant with her one-night stand's baby. She decides to keep it, but she's not too sure about the father of the baby.

Creator: Claudia Lonow

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E18. Speed 2
Air Date: April 21, 2010
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S1:E17. Speed
Air Date: April 14, 2010
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S1:E16. Face Off
Air Date: April 7, 2010

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Linda Stasi

Suspend all disbelief, pretend the really, really offensive laugh track doesn't exist, disregard the giant slabs of ham offered up by Jensen and Parham, and enjoy the chemistry between Elfman and Foster. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Elfman has a loopy charm and hyperdrive nuttiness that calls to mind the great screwball comedians, but she needs a strong force playing against her to soak up some of her energy. Foster may grow into that role, but right now, she's blasting him off the screen. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

A newspaper writer whose one-night-stand with a baby-faced young-un leads to predictable complications when she gets, you guessed it, knocked up. Read full review

Tim Goodman

CBS can turn a lot of tired fluff into sitcom hits, so who knows about Accidentally on Purpose? There are laughs here and there, but mostly it's all so very familiar and not remotely as funny as "Modern Family" or "Cougar Town." Read full review

Randee Dawn

This is an utterly predictable comedy (what, you don't think Zack and Billie will fall in love in Season 2, right after he starts dating another chick and Billie has an epiphany?) that's got a few fun lines. Read full review

Ellen Gray

Zack (Jon Foster) also very sweet, which leaves Elfman as the sour (sort of) grown-up, a thankless job made only more thankless by the writing, which takes a bad situation and only makes it worse. Read full review

Jonathan Storm

Accidentally's supposedly based on somebody's memoir, but it's as smarmy and contrived as the worst of them. Read full review

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JuliaB

Dec 15, 2009

This show is great! I love the humor and the cast mix. We watch it second now (right after we watch Big Bang) on our DVR. My husband and I are both big fans! Please keep it...it's so nice to watch something that isn't "heavy" or drama...

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PaulM

Feb 22, 2010

Jenna Elfman and Jon Foster are irresistible. Sexy yet sweet, sarcastic yet good-natured, they capture in their screen personalities the contradictions of today's culture. Regardless of plot, they are utterly winning and compellingly charming. The 2010 version of feel-good entertainment.

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mrcritic

Oct 23, 2010

Hilarious is how I describe this show. It's a shame it was cancelled early, because I thought it was intelligent and hilarious. I loved it. R.I.P A.O.P

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laydenp.

Sep 24, 2009

I thought at first it was moving a little too fast but you have to work with what you have in 22 minutes.. but i didnt really think the acting was bad; it has potential.

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KF.

Sep 26, 2009

What do you get when you "borrow" the idea for a sitcom from a moderately amusing movie? A sad and pathetic unfunny show. Even worse than the script is the very annoying laughtrack. The laughtrack occurs so often that it must be an "Accidentally on Purpose" attempt to drown out the terrible What do you get when you "borrow" the idea for a sitcom from a moderately amusing movie? A sad and pathetic unfunny show. Even worse than the script is the very annoying laughtrack. The laughtrack occurs so often that it must be an "Accidentally on Purpose" attempt to drown out the terrible script writing.… Expand

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mikep

Sep 21, 2009

The show dragged and its not close to funny. Please cancel ASAP.

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AndrewL

Sep 27, 2009

Just painful to get through. The laugh track makes it even worse.

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 2009
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  S1:E18. Speed 2
  Air Date: April 21, 2010
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  S1:E17. Speed
  Air Date: April 14, 2010
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  S1:E16. Face Off
  Air Date: April 7, 2010
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  S1:E15. Back to School
  Air Date: February 8, 2010
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  S1:E14. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
  Air Date: February 1, 2010
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  S1:E13. The Rock
  Air Date: January 18, 2010
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  S1:E12. The Odd Couples
  Air Date: January 11, 2010
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  S1:E11. It Happened One Christmas
  Air Date: December 14, 2009
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  S1:E10. Class
  Air Date: December 7, 2009
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  S1:E9. Working Girl
  Air Date: November 23, 2009
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  S1:E8. The Third Man
  Air Date: November 16, 2009
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  S1:E7. The Godfather
  Air Date: November 9, 2009
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  S1:E6. Fight Club
  Air Date: November 2, 2009
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  S1:E5. The Love Guru
  Air Date: October 19, 2009
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  S1:E4. The Date
  Air Date: October 12, 2009
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  S1:E3. One Night Stand
  Air Date: October 5, 2009
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  S1:E2. Memento
  Air Date: September 28, 2009
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 21, 2009