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Jack & Jill is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 starring Ivan Sergei
Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei is an United States acting known for his work in television....
, Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an American film and television actress.After studying with Uta Hagen, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and indie movies....
, Jaime Pressly
Jaime Pressly

Jaime Elizabeth Pressly is an American actress and model. She currently plays Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 2006 and 2007, winning in 2007, and nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards....
, Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk

Justin Kirk is an United States stage and film actor. He is known for playing Prior Walter in Mike Nichols's screen adaptation of Angels in America , for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series....
, Simon Rex
Simon Rex

Simon Rex Cutright is an American actor, television personality and rapping....
 and Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress....
 which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network.

The show's theme song was "Truth About Romeo", written by "Pancho's Lament". It was performed by Pancho's Lament during the first season and by David Crosby
David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an United States guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which is sometimes augmented with Neil Young, and CPR ....
 in the second season.

Plot
The main characters were David Jillefsky (Ivan Sergei
Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei is an United States acting known for his work in television....
), known as Jill to his friends, and Jacqueline Barrett (Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an American film and television actress.After studying with Uta Hagen, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and indie movies....
, replacing Amelia Heinle
Amelia Heinle

Amelia Heinle is an United States actress best known for her work on daytime soap operas.From 1993-1995, she played the role of Stephanie "Steffi" Brewster on the soap opera Loving ....
 after the pilot), known as Jack.






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Jack & Jill is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 starring Ivan Sergei
Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei is an United States acting known for his work in television....
, Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an American film and television actress.After studying with Uta Hagen, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and indie movies....
, Jaime Pressly
Jaime Pressly

Jaime Elizabeth Pressly is an American actress and model. She currently plays Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 2006 and 2007, winning in 2007, and nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards....
, Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk

Justin Kirk is an United States stage and film actor. He is known for playing Prior Walter in Mike Nichols's screen adaptation of Angels in America , for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series....
, Simon Rex
Simon Rex

Simon Rex Cutright is an American actor, television personality and rapping....
 and Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress....
 which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network.

The show's theme song was "Truth About Romeo", written by "Pancho's Lament". It was performed by Pancho's Lament during the first season and by David Crosby
David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an United States guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which is sometimes augmented with Neil Young, and CPR ....
 in the second season.

Plot


The main characters were David Jillefsky (Ivan Sergei
Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei is an United States acting known for his work in television....
), known as Jill to his friends, and Jacqueline Barrett (Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an American film and television actress.After studying with Uta Hagen, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and indie movies....
, replacing Amelia Heinle
Amelia Heinle

Amelia Heinle is an United States actress best known for her work on daytime soap operas.From 1993-1995, she played the role of Stephanie "Steffi" Brewster on the soap opera Loving ....
 after the pilot), known as Jack. The two become romantically involved just as they both face major obstacles in their relationships with their significant others.

Due to the average ratings of the first season, the second season was only 13 episodes long and was aired as a midseason show. The final episode detailed the problems in the leadup to the couple's wedding. Jack discovered she was pregnant, but then - before she could tell Jill - he decided that their relationship was moving too fast and he wanted to call the wedding off and move things slower. The series was not renewed for a third season, prompting annoyed executive producer Randi Mayem Singer, to write synopses of how they would have continued the series and post them online.

In spite of the series' mediocre ratings, it was nominated for a best casting award in 2000 by the Casting Society of America
Casting Society of America

Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1982, the Casting Society of America is a professional society of about 350 casting directors for film, television, and theatre in Australia, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States....
 for Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot.

Co-stars Amanda Peet and Sarah Paulson would later reunite for the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is an American dramedy television television program created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to NBC's Saturday Night Live....
, which debuted in 2006.

Cast


Actor/Actress Character name
Ivan Sergei
Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei is an United States acting known for his work in television....
 David "Jill" Jillefsky
Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an American film and television actress.After studying with Uta Hagen, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and indie movies....
 Jacqueline "Jack" Barrett
Jaime Pressly
Jaime Pressly

Jaime Elizabeth Pressly is an American actress and model. She currently plays Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 2006 and 2007, winning in 2007, and nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards....
 Audrey Griffin
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress....
 Elisa Cronkite
Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk

Justin Kirk is an United States stage and film actor. He is known for playing Prior Walter in Mike Nichols's screen adaptation of Angels in America , for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series....
 Barto Zane
Simon Rex
Simon Rex

Simon Rex Cutright is an American actor, television personality and rapping....
 Mikey Russo


Episodes


Trivia

  • Amanda Peet
    Amanda Peet

    Amanda Peet is an American film and television actress.After studying with Uta Hagen, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and indie movies....
     replaced a previous actress as "Jack" after the pilot was shot.* Jaime Pressly dated her Jack & Jill co-star Simon Rex in 2000 and 2001.


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