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Working

★ 5.8/10•1997•30m•Comedy
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Working is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1999. The series was created and executive produced by Michael Davidoff and Bill Rosenthal.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 8, 1997

Episodes

E130m

Pilot

Matthew Peyser starts his new job, only to learn that the office is filled with people that do nothing – and he gets promoted because his portfolio is switched with another workers'.

Oct 8, 1997

E230m

Close Quarters

Matt catches the ""close-quarters syndrome"" and starts dating a daffy co-worker who's really not his type.

Oct 15, 1997

E330m

Rumoring

To up his value to the company, Matt starts a rumor that he's been offered a better job with another company, but his plan backfires.

Oct 29, 1997

E430m

Quick Out Of The Gate

Matt's drive to become a valuable employee earns him a reprimand for making everyone else look bad. Meanwhile, Abby and Hal fight over the gorgeous latin copy guy.

Nov 5, 1997

Episode 5 - Sexual HarassmentE530m

Sexual Harassment

A sexual harassment seminar transforms the staff into sexless zombies, putting a crimp into Matt's plans to date a new colleague.

Nov 12, 1997

Episode 6 - Lost WeekendE630m

Lost Weekend

When Matt's father comes to spend a weekend with him, Tim makes them go all the weekend making Matt decide between working and spending the weekend with his father.

Nov 19, 1997

E730m

Creative Matt

The office is invited to a party at Tim's house, and the bored staff convince a drunken Tim that Matt and the guy that he came to the party with are a gay couple. Tim uses this information to his own advantage by setting up Matt with his boss's son.

Dec 3, 1997

E830m

Top O' The World Ma

When one of Matt's decisions costs the company big bucks, all of his decisions tends to disaster. Meanwhile, Delaney tries to pick up a girl at work.

Dec 10, 1997

E930m

Medieval Christmas

Hal's chauvinistic boss submits a sexy photo of her for the company's pinup calendar.

Dec 17, 1997

E1030m

The Breakfast

A member of Senior Management invites Matt to breakfast – and then uses everything Matt says to form a case against Tim. Meanwhile, Evelyn replaces Jimmy with an ape and convinces Abbey that her job is in jeopardy.

Jan 7, 1998

E1130m

Enemies: A Love Story

When Tim's wife leaves him, Matt becomes the victim – Tim wants a buddy to talk to and Matt is the only one who can't come up with an airtight excuse not to hang out with him.

Jan 14, 1998

E1230m

Sam I Am

Matt goes out on a limb to help an old college buddy land a job, and soon comes to regret it when he won't show up.

Jan 21, 1998

E1330m

Boys Club

Deale casts for the new worker, with the Help of Matt. But he soons decides for one particular, chauvinist man. Until this new ""guy"" transforms into a woman. Tim fires her and then hires Matt dressed as a woman, so she stays with them, at least until the end of the season.

Jan 28, 1998

E1430m

Hatchet Man

Matt is challenged to prove he has the right stuff by firing an inept temp.

Feb 4, 1998

E1530m

Mum's The Word

Matt ends up babysitting a coworker's little terrors to protect her from Deale's vindictiveness.

Feb 25, 1998

E1630m

As Bad As It Gets

Matt puts a little danger in his life when he picks up an edgy beauty in a bar, only to learn that she is Tim's daughter, and that she's too much for him.

Mar 18, 1998

E1730m

Labor Pains

Tired of being taken advantage of, the staff, with Matt as their leader, goes on strike.

Mar 25, 1998

E1830m

The Gold Digger

A co-worker shows interest in Matt after he's enrolled in a management-trainee program.

Apr 1, 1998

E1930m

Equality

Matt helps a career woman shatter the company's glass ceiling, but the ""Old Boy Network"" of execs triples her workload in hopes that she'll crack under the pressure.

Apr 15, 1998

E2030m

The Lying Game

Perfectly honest Matt has to ""massage the truth"" when Abby asks why he won't date her.

Apr 29, 1998

E2130m

Due Process

Matt tries to push a proposal that the company initiate a four-day work week, but runs into some serious bureaucratic stonewalling.

May 6, 1998

E2230m

The Brown Noser

Tim tires of being a ""money-grubbing, care-only-for-myself phony"" and quits his job.

May 13, 1998

Actors

Fred Savage

Fred Savage

Matt Peyser

Maurice Godin

Maurice Godin

Tim Deale

Yvette Freeman

Yvette Freeman

Evelyn Smalley

Arden Myrin

Arden Myrin

Abby Cosgrove

Steve Hytner

Steve Hytner

John Delaney

Rebecca McFarland

Rebecca McFarland

Val Gibson

Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar

Liz Tricoli

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