Freddie is a television
sitcomA situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
created by, and starring,
Freddie Prinze, Jr.Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...
that aired from October 5, 2005 to April 12, 2006.
Freddie is inspired by Prinze Jr.'s real life, growing up in a house filled with women. His lifelong friend, Conrad Jackson, co-created this series with Prinze, along with executive producers
Bruce HelfordBruce Helford is an American television writer and producer.Helford was the co-creator of The Drew Carey Show. He served as executive producer of the series for its entire run, from 1995 to 2004. Helford also served as executive producer and writer for Roseanne during season five of that series...
and
Bruce RasmussenBruce Rasmussen is an American television producer. Born in Connecticut, he was supervising producer with the hit TV series Roseanne in 1992 for which he was awarded the Golden Globe, the Peabody, and the Humanitas Prize and went on to produce The Drew Carey Show in 1995 and more recently...
.
Production
Freddie, was co-produced by Hunga Rican, Excitable Boy! and
Mohawk ProductionsMohawk Productions is a television production company affiliated with television producer Bruce Helford. Its productions include The Drew Carey Show, The Norm Show, George Lopez, and The Oblongs....
in association with
Warner Bros. TelevisionWarner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...
. The friendship between Freddie and Chris in the show was loosely based on Conrad Jackson and Freddie's real-life friendship. It was reported by
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on May 12, 2006, that
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
had decided not to renew the series, which was confirmed on May 15, 2006. The show still airs in reruns on
Sí TVNuvoTV is an English-language cable network that caters to the bicultural Latino population of the United States. Programming includes lifestyle, reality, comedy, and more...
in the United States, and on
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in the UK. It is also well known for its crossover with the fellow ABC sitcom,
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.
Cast
- Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...
as Freddie Moreno
- Brian Austin Green
Brian Austin Green is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of David Silver on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role he played from 1990 to 2000. Green also starred in the sitcom Freddie and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Since 2009, he has appeared in a recurring...
as Chris
- Jacqueline Obradors
Jacqueline Danell Obradors is an American actress.Obradors was born in San Fernando Valley, California to Argentine immigrants Angie, a church worker, and Albert Obradors, an office cleaning business owner. Before becoming an actress, Jaqueline was a cashier at Hughes Market in Canoga Park,...
as Sophia Moreno
- Chloe Suazo as Zoey Moreno
- Mädchen Amick
Mädchen Amick is an American actress best known for playing Shelly Johnson on the cult television series Twin Peaks and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.-Early life:...
as Allison
- Jenny Gago
Jenny Gago is an American actress.- Career :Gago has appeared in movies and television for 25 years, including recurring roles as Captain Santina on MacGyver, Detective Beatrice Zapeda in Alien Nation, Anaya on The Agency and Grandma on Freddie...
as Grandma
Episodes
| # |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
U.S. viewers
(in millions) |
Original air date |
|
American ratings
| Season | Timeslot | U.S. ratings | Network | Rank |
| 1 |
2005–2006 |
Wednesday |
6.8 million |
ABC |
#89 |