| Genre: | Comedy drama |
| Creator: | Dana Stevens |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 25 |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Network: | ABC |
What About Brian? is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J. J. Abrams' company Bad Robot. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a mid-season replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007. On May 16, 2006, ABC renewed the series for its second and final season,[1] notably making it the only new series to be picked up by the network from the 2005–2006 television season, despite it being the final new series introduced by ABC during the season. The series returned October 9, 2006, with a full 22-episode season confirmed by November 10, 2006.[2] The second season order was subsequently scaled back to 19 episodes by the network.[3]
What About Brian? ended its run after two seasons on March 26, 2007.[4]
32-year-old Brian Davis is living alone in Venice Beach, California. However, he is the only bachelor left in his group of friends. His best friend, lawyer Adam Hillman, recently got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Marjorie, a girl Brian is secretly in love with and whom Adam was planning to break up with prior to their engagement. Another friend, Dave Greco, who is co-founder with Brian of Zap Monkey, a company that designs and produces video games, cannot wait to welcome Brian into the marriage club, as Dave has been married to Deena for thirteen years and has three daughters. His older sister, record executive Nicole, has recently married Italian model Angelo Varzi and is pregnant with a girl she names Bella. Brian's journey to find romance leads him down a road where the picture-perfect relationships of his friends are tested and revealed for what they truly are.
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The second season of the series premiered on October 9, 2006. Along with Wife Swap and The Bachelor, it was part of ABC's first primetime Monday evening lineup for the fall not to include Monday Night Football, since that show's shift to ESPN. Contrasting with what had historically been a night which drew high male viewership, What About Brian? was seen by some industry analysts as the closer to a new lineup appealing particularly to female viewers. Every episode in the second season begins with "What About...?".
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An unaired pilot with a completely different structure from the first episode was created, with Polly Shannon portraying Marjorie instead of Sarah Lancaster.[5] [6]
| Country | TV Network(s) | Date of Premiere | Weekly Schedule | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2007[7] November 4, 2009 | Sundays, 9.30pm Wednesdays, 10:30pm (repeats) | |||
| December 22, 2007 | ||||
| 2008 | Monday–Thursday, 9.00pm (first run) Monday–Friday, 3.30pm (second run) | |||
| June 3, 2008 | Monday–Friday, 4.15pm | |||
| 2008 | Sundays, 4.30pm | |||
| May 2007 | Saturdays, 4.00pm | |||
| Sixx | August 20, 2011 | |||
| Fox Life | January 7, 2011 | Fridays, 9.50pm | ||
| 2008 | Tuesdays, 11.25pm | |||
| December 24, 2006 2007 | Sundays, 10.00pm Sunday–Thursday, 7.10pm | |||
| Fox Life RaiDue | September 8, 2006[8] June 2, 2008[9] | Fridays, 9.50pm unknown | ||
| April 2008 | Sundays | |||
| November 2006[10] | Mondays, 9.00pm | |||
| 2007 | Tuesdays. 9.30pm | |||
| 2007 2009 | Fridays, 8.30pm Saturday, 7.30pm | |||
| September 2008 | Sundays, 9.00pm | |||
| 2007[11] | ||||
| February 2007 | Thursdays, 10.40pm | |||
| February 2007 | Thursdays, 10.40pm | |||
| July 18, 2007[12] January 2009 | Mondays, 0:00 Saturdays, 14:40 | |||
| May 2007 | Tuesdays, 9.00pm Fridays after midnight | |||
| April 16, 2006 | Mondays, 10.00pm |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1.