Tucker (2000 TV series)

Tucker is an American sitcom created by Ron Milbauer and Terri Hughes, that aired on NBC from October 2nd to October 23rd 2000.

Tucker
The main characters of Tucker (from left to right), McKenna, Jeannie, Tucker, Claire, Leon and "Captain" Jimmy.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ron Milbauer Terri Hughes
Starring	Eli Marienthal Noelle Beck Katey Sagal Nathan Lawrence Alison Lohman Casey Sander
Composer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (6 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Terri Hughes Vic Kaplan Rick Kellard Ron Milbauer
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	Sudden Entertainment NBC Studios Regency Television 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 2 (2000-10-02) – October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)

Premise

Tucker's parents have divorced, and so he is forced to move into his despised aunt Claire's house, with her decidedly calmer airplane pilot husband Jimmy and strange cousin Leon. Originally disappointed at the arrangement, he spots their gorgeous neighbor McKenna. From that point forward, he valiantly attempts to become her boyfriend, competing with Seth Green, playing a fictionalised version of himself dating a 14 year old girl.

The series revolves around divorce, teenage culture and teenage love.

In the UK and Ireland, the show aired on Nickelodeon.

Cast

• Eli Marienthal as Tucker Pierce^[1]
• Noelle Beck as Jeannie Pierce, Tucker's mother^[1]
• Casey Sander as "Captain" Jimmy Wennick, Tucker's uncle^[1]
• Nathan Lawrence as Leon Wennick, Tucker's cousin^[1]
• Alison Lohman as McKenna Reid, Tucker's neighbor^[1]
• Katey Sagal as Claire Wennick, Tucker's aunt^[1]
• Andrew Lawrence as Kenickie Behar^[1]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Allan Arkush	Terri Hughes & Ron Milbauer	October 2, 2000 (2000-10-02)	07-00-179	8.35[2]
2	"Seth Green with Envy"	Allan Arkush	Terri Hughes & Ron Milbauer	October 9, 2000 (2000-10-09)	07-00-101	6.95[3]
3	"Everybody Dance Now"	Rodman Flender	Sheila R. Lawrence	October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)	07-00-102	6.74[4]
4	"Big Putts"	Lev L. Spiro	Daniel Joshua Rubin	October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)	07-00-104	3.87[5]
5	"You Make Me Sick"	Victoria Hochberg	Ira Fritz & Neal Howard	Unaired[6]	07-00-105	N/A
6	"Homewrecker for the Holidays"	James D. Parriott	Terri Hughes & Ron Milbauer	Unaired[6]	07-00-103	N/A
7	"Signed, Sealed and Intercepted"	Lev. L. Spiro	Chuck Tatham	Unaired[6]	07-00-106	N/A
8	"The Eyes of Claire"	David Straiton	Chris Alberghini & Mike Chessler	Unaired[6]	07-00-107	N/A
9	"Kiss and Tell"	Robert Berlinger	Sheila R. Lawrence	Unaired[6]	07-00-108	N/A
10	"A Boob in the Night"	David Straiton	Rick Kellard	Unaired[6]	07-00-110	N/A
11	"Half Pipe, Full Chub"	Michael Lange	Steve Joe & Greg Schaffer	Unaired	07-00-111	N/A
12	"Señor Lyzardo"	Lev L. Spiro	Terri Hughes & Ron Milbauer	Unaired	07-00-112	N/A
13	"A Rottweiler Runs Through It" "The Family Tree"	Lev L. Spiro	Robin Schwartz & Robert Tarlow	Unaired	07-00-109	N/A
Note: This is listed by various media sources under both titles. Though not broadcast nationally, this episode did air unannounced on the West Coast on December 13, 2000, (from 10:00 pm to 10:30 pm) as filler for Al Gore's live concession speech to President George W. Bush.[citation needed]