M.Y.O.B. (TV series)

*M.Y.O.B.*
M.Y.O.B.
Also known as	Mind Your Own Business
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Don Roos
Starring	Katharine Towne; Lauren Graham;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4 (9 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Don Roos; Ann Donahue;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Charade Productions; NBC Studios;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	June 6 –; June 27, 2000

M.Y.O.B. (also known as Mind Your Own Business)^[1] is an American sitcom starring Katharine Towne and Lauren Graham. The series premiered on NBC on June 6 and ended on June 27, 2000.^[2] Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired by NBC. It was effectively burned off when The WB picked up Gilmore Girls to series the month before, which would star Graham.

Cast and characters

Main

Katharine Towne as Riley Veatch, a teen runaway from Akron, Ohio, who is searching for her birth mother
Colin Mortensen as A.J. Swartz
Lauren Graham as Opal Marie Brown, Riley's aunt and the assistant principal at Gossett High School
Paul Fitzgerald as Mitch Levitt
Amanda Detmer as Lisa Overbeck

Recurring

Drew Hastings as Arthur, Lisa's Boyfriend
Andy Dick as Nigel Thorns

Guest Stars

Alan Cumming as Dave

Production

The pilot episode, filmed in early 1999, stars Nicki Aycox, with Elizabeth Perkins as the aunt.^[3]

Episodes

The first two episodes of the series are registered with the United States Copyright Office.^[4]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"The Bad Seed"	Bryan Gordon	Don Roos	June 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)	63501
2	"Boys in the Band"	Bryan Gordon	Ann Donahue	June 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)	63502
3	"French Connection"	Victoria Hochberg	Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily	June 20, 2000 (2000-06-20)	63503
4	"Basic Instinct"	Stephen Cragg	Marc Dube	June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)	63504
5	"The Paper Chase"	TBD	TBD	Unaired (Unaired)	63505
6	"Coming to America"	TBD	TBD	Unaired (Unaired)	63506
7	"Out of Africa"	TBD	TBD	Unaired (Unaired)	TBA
8	"Arms Akimbo"	TBD	TBD	Unaired (Unaired)	TBA

References

^ Don Roos, Ann Donahue (2000). M.Y.O.B (TV drama episode, Opening sequence). USA: NBC.
^ Rosenberg, Howard (June 6, 2000). "Edgy Humor Shows Promise in NBC's Uneven 'M.Y.O.B.'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
^ Flynn, Gillian (April 9, 1999). "Family Ties". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "MYOB"]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2017-09-14.

External links

M.Y.O.B. at IMDb
M.Y.O.B. at epguides.com

[1] Don Roos, Ann Donahue (2000). M.Y.O.B (TV drama episode, Opening sequence). USA: NBC.

[2] Rosenberg, Howard (June 6, 2000). "Edgy Humor Shows Promise in NBC's Uneven 'M.Y.O.B.'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

[3] Flynn, Gillian (April 9, 1999). "Family Ties". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

[U.S.C.O.-4] From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "MYOB"]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2017-09-14.

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v t e Works by Don Roos
Films written and directed	The Opposite of Sex (1998) Bounce (2000) Happy Endings (2005) The Other Woman (2009)
Films written	Single White Female (1992) Love Field (1992) Boys on the Side (1995) Diabolique (1996) Marley & Me (2008) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
TV series created	M.Y.O.B. (2000) Web Therapy (2011–15)