Cracking Up is a short-lived American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White. It aired on the Fox Network on Monday nights from March to May 2004. The pilot is about a psychiatrist (Henry Gibson) who is sent to examine Tanner Shackleton (Nathan Norton), a child of a Beverly Hills family, only to discover that Tanner doesn't have any problems — his family does. After the pilot episode, the story was about Ben Baxter (Jason S...
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Cracking Up is a short-lived American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White. It aired on the Fox Network on Monday nights from March to May 2004. The pilot is about a psychiatrist (Henry Gibson) who is sent to examine Tanner Shackleton (Nathan Norton), a child of a Beverly Hills family, only to discover that Tanner doesn't have any problems — his family does. After the pilot episode, the story was about Ben Baxter (Jason Schwartzman), a student who moves into the Shackletons' guest house, interacting with Tanner (Bret Loehr) and his crazy family.
The show did not last out the season due to mixed reviews and mediocre ratings caused by a Monday night time slot. The Bernie Mac Show was moved from Sundays to Mondays along with reruns of That '70s Show in an attempt to boost ratings for Cracking Up, but ratings for both shows suffered, causing Fox to return the shows to their normal nights and cancel Cracking Up. The show was cancelled after nine episodes, leaving 4...
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