Less Than Perfect

Less than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002 to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee (played by Sara Rue) and her co-workers. The show was directed by Skip Collector and Ted Wass, among others. The show, created by Terri Minsky, centered around Claude (Sara Rue), who worked at a television network and was the assistant for anchor Will Butler (Eric Roberts). Comedians Andy Dick, Will Sas... more

Less than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002 to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee (played by Sara Rue) and her co-workers. The show was directed by Skip Collector and Ted Wass, among others. The show, created by Terri Minsky, centered around Claude (Sara Rue), who worked at a television network and was the assistant for anchor Will Butler (Eric Roberts). Comedians Andy Dick, Will Sasso, and Sherri Shepherd played her co-workers and friends, while Zachary Levi and Andrea Parker played her enemies at work. Much was made at the time of the show's premiere about the central character of the show being a "full figured" woman, and that the title correlated to Claude being "Less than Perfect." At the time of the show's premiere, Rue was a size 10 to 12, which is a norm or national average in the US, but is rarely depicted on television. Over the course of the series, Rue lost 30 pounds (14 kg; 2.1 st). Less than Perfect debuted... less