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Nov 7, 2007 · Gracie's Bully: Directed by James Burrows. With Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Ayda Field, Josh Gad. Gracie's class visits the TV station. Ryan sees a younger version of himself in chubby nerd Brian, but gravely underestimates that kid.
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- Comedy
- James Burrows
- 2007-11-07
May 16, 2023 · Join Gracie and friends as they sing the Bully Song. For free learning activities and Gracie's Corner merch, visit www.GraciesCornerTV.com. Lyrics: Aye, aye, aye This is the bully free...
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Chuck Darling (Grammer) and Kelly Carr (Heaton) were co-anchors of Pittsburgh news program WURG News 9 that had great on-screen chemistry, despite constant quarreling off-screen. However, Chuck left to take a job elsewhere. After an embarrassing comment he makes results in his dismissal from a large market LA newscast, Chuck returns to Pittsburgh a...
Chuck Darling (Kelsey Grammer) is the co-anchor at WURG-TV, News 9, and also the former co-anchor of WURG until New Year's Eve 1996, until he left for a better job, moving through different markets...Kelly Marsha Carr (Patricia Heaton) is Chuck's co-anchor, and was formerly until New Year's Eve 1996 when he left WURG. As a result of getting drunk while doing a report on drunk driving, and later...Montana Diaz Herrera (real name Sally Lerner) (Ayda Field) was WURG's purportedly Latina weatherwoman until episode 13 when she was fired. Montana isn't the most well-educated person, but she will...Ryan Church (Josh Gad) is the news director at WURG. He stated in the pilot that he is 26 (and a half) years old, and his birthday falls in the month of March. He also has a crush on Montana, and r...Conception
It was reported in January 2007 that Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton were in talks to lead the cast of the series, originally titled Action News, which only had a script commitment with 20th Century Fox Television at the time. The script was reportedly a hot commodity with numerous networks interested before Fox outbid the competition and gave it a blind thirteen-episode commitment in February 2007. Upon its pickup, it also became Levitan and Lloyd's first project under their production ba...
Production notes
Back to You was filmed at 20th Century Fox Studiosin Los Angeles.
Casting
After the first two leads were found, Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia were originally cast as Ryan Church and Montana Diaz Herrera respectively in February 2007 but the roles were re-cast in April 2007 with Josh Gad and Ayda Field replacing them. Fred Willard was also cast as Marsh McGinley in February. Casting continued throughout March with Ty Burrell and Laura Marano landing the last two regular spots in the series. There was also talk of casting Sung Hi Lee in a recurring role as Chuck Dar...
Critical reaction
Back to Youreceived generally mixed reviews, receiving a rating of 58 from Metacritic. 1. I'd rather just watch Grammer and Heaton trade barbs in the newsroom. – Entertainment Weekly 2. Fox's Back to You is back to TV comedy basics: multiple cameras, live audiences but, mostly, laughs. — Los Angeles Times 3. Grammer and Heaton slip easily into characters who won't be easily mistaken for Frasier Crane or Debra Barone, the writing's professional, the supporting cast dependable (and in the case...
Controversy
The episode "Something's Up There" (aired November 14, 2007) involved Marsh trying to convince the show's lone Polish-American character, Gary, to go bowling after work by saying: "Come on, it's in your blood, like kielbasa and collaborating with the Nazis." Fox later apologized on November 20, 2007. They vowed never to air the line of dialogue again in repeats and/or syndicated broadcasts. Fox stated that, "The line was delivered by a character known for being ignorant, clueless, and for say...
Back to Youis also available on the iTunes Store, featuring the fourteen episodes that aired on the FOX network.
Back to You at Fox.comBack to You at IMDbThe news team prepares for Gracie's school fieldtrip to WURG, and Kelly informs Chuck that Gracie has been having problems with a class bully.
Nov 6, 2007 · Gracie's Bully. Available on iTunes. S1 E6: Chuck and Kelly disagree over how Gracie should handle a class bully; Marsh must prove to Gary that he can read "Casey at the Bat" to children without crying. Comedy Nov 6, 2007 21 min. Starring Kurt Doss, Charisma Carpenter, Cyd Strittmatter. Cast & Crew. KD. Kurt Doss. Guest Star. CC.
Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Back to You : Gracie's Bully (2007) - James Burrows on AllMovie - Kelly and Chuck disagree on how to handle a bully…
Where to watch Back to You · Season 1 Episode 6 · Gracie's Bully starring Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Ty Burrell and directed by James Burrows.
