{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{infobox television | image = Madigan Men.jpg | caption = | creator = Cindy Chupack | runtime = 30 minutes | starring = Gabriel Byrne<br />Roy Dotrice<br />Grant Shaud<br />John Hensley<br />Sabrina Lloyd | opentheme = Father's Son, performed by Young Dubliners | composer = Scott Schreer<br>Phil Garrod<br>Reed Hays | country = United States | language = English | location = | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 12 (3 unaired) | executive_producer = | company = Chupack Productions<br>Artists Television Group<br>Touchstone Television | network = ABC | first_aired = {{Start date|2000|10|6}} | last_aired = {{End date|2000|12|15}} }}
'''''Madigan Men''''' is an American sitcom that premiered on ABC on October 6, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |author=Marks, Peter |date=October 8, 2000 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3DB103DF93BA35753C1A9669C8B63 |title=TELEVISION/RADIO; A Leading Man Tries TV in a Show About Men |work=The New York Times |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Minck, Eric |date=October 5, 2000 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2000/10/05/2000-10-05_a_wee_bit_of_a_show.html |title=A Wee Bit of a Show |work=New York Daily News |access-date=September 24, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The show was put on hiatus in December 2000 in the midst of cast and crew changes,<ref>{{cite web |first1=Michael|last1=Schneider |first2=Josef|last2=Adalian |date=December 7, 2000 |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/webs-wield-axe-1117790222/ |title=Webs wield axe |work=Variety |access-date=June 14, 2017}}</ref> and was later cancelled after one season.
==Cast== *Gabriel Byrne as Ben Madigan *Roy Dotrice as Seamus Madigan *John Hensley as Luke Madigan *Grant Shaud as Alex Rosetti *Sabrina Lloyd as Wendy Lipton
Wendy Lipton, the secretary, was played by Clea Lewis in the pilot,<ref name="B&M">{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Brooks |author-link1=Tim Brooks (historian) |first2=Earle |last2=Marsh |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |section=Madigan Men (Situation Comedy) |section-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Madigan+Men+Situation+Comedy%22&pg=PA832 |page=832 |edition=9th |year=2007 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |access-date=2026-05-12}}</ref> but was replaced by Sabrina Lloyd after that.<ref name="B&M" /><ref>{{cite web |first=Michael|last=Speier |date=October 5, 2000 |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/madigan-men-1200464983/ |title=Review: 'Madigan Men' |work=Variety |access-date=June 14, 2017 |quote=(Secretary in the pilot has since been replaced by "Sports Night's" Sabrina Lloyd.)}}</ref>
==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width = |background = #7FFFD4 |overall = 10 |title = 30 |director = 20 |writer = 20 |airdate = 20 |airdateR = |prodcode = |prodcodeR = <!-- |viewers = --> |country = US |episodes =
{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Pilot |DirectedBy = James Burrows |WrittenBy = Cindy Chupack |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|6}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01000 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Irish Men Can't Jump |DirectedBy = Barnet Kellman |WrittenBy = Richard Dresser |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|13}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01002 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Dearly Deported |DirectedBy = Barnet Kellman |WrittenBy = Tom Leopold |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|20}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01004 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Love and Dermatology |DirectedBy = Barnet Kellman |WrittenBy = Cindy Chupack |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|27}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01001 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Bachelors |DirectedBy = Barnet Kellman |WrittenBy = Jay Scherick & David Ronn |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|3}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01005 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Love's Labor Lost |DirectedBy = Barnet Kellman |WrittenBy = Marc Flanagan |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|10}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01003 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Three Guys, a Girl and a Conversation Nook |DirectedBy = John Fortenberry |WrittenBy = Paul Ruehl |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|1}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01008 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = The Kid's Alright |DirectedBy = James Widdoes |WrittenBy = Richard Dresser & Tom Leopold |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|8}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01009 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Meet the Wolfes |DirectedBy = James Widdoes |WrittenBy = Richard Dresser & Tom Leopold |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|15}} |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01010 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = White Knight |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired'' |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01006 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |Title = The Strike |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired'' |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01007 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |Title = The Grudge |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired'' |ShortSummary = |ProdCode = 01011 |LineColor = 7FFFD4 }} }}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0247110}}
Category:2000s American sitcoms Category:2000 American television series debuts Category:2000 American television series endings Category:English-language American television shows Category:Television series by ABC Studios Category:Television shows set in New York City Category:American Broadcasting Company sitcoms
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