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COLLECTION · Series · 1995

Ned & Stacey

A self-centered ad exec and a liberal journalist enter into a marriage of convenience. He's trying to boost his business image; she likes his apartment.

Source: TMDB
* 7.1 (14)ComedyUnited States
Creators
Michael J. Weithorn
Countries
United States
Studios
FOX
Release
11/09/1995
Score
7.1 / 10 (14)
Where to watch
With ads
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
11 episodes
Episode 1. Sex, Lies and Commercials

A love affair between Ned and a rival advertising executive hides ulterior motives.

Episode 2. Scenes From a Muffin Shop

Ned learns that his girlfriend is seeing someone else.

Episode 3. The Skyward's the Limit

Stacey leads a revolt at Skyward Magazine when her editor insists she turn her exposition piece on polluted lakes into a fluffy nature story. Diana flies to LA and Ned starts obsessing.

Episode 4. The Errand Girl

With the divorce looming, Stacey is looking for an apartment. Diana offers Stacey a job as dogs body, then accuses Ned of having feelings for Stacey.

Episode 5. No Retreat, No Surrender

Ned's agency is going on retreat to a ski resort. When Stacey finds out, she corners Ned by convincing his boss that she should come along, to give them a chance to work things out.

Episode 6. The Truth Shall Set You Back

Stacey finally gets up the courage to tell her parents that she and Ned are getting a divorce. Ned wants to ensure he stays friends with Stacey's parents.

Episode 7. I Like Your Moxie

When the ad agency gets a new board of directors, Ned is worried. As expected they ask Ned to prove his worth by creating a campaign to sell a client's sponges.

Episode 8. Please Don't Squeeze the Eric

Eric has a new boss and she wants him to help out with the annual fiscal review, just like he's always wanted. But she wants more than just his accounting expertise.

Episode 9. All That Chazz

It's time to finalise the divorce. But there's still some sexual tension to resolve. While working on the paper work, Ned and Stacey find their games taking a more sexual turn.

Episode 10. Skippy's Revenge

Kirkland's son Skip is derailing Ned's brilliant advertising pitches. Stacey is being forced to write yet more fluff. Amanda still isn't pregnant.

Episode 11. Best of Luck on Future Projects

Ned's been working from the office in the muffin shop, though without a lot of success. His old employer is also suing him for stealing an account . Stacey's found a rent-controlled studio and is moving out.

Season 1
Season 1
24 episodes · 1995
Episode 1. Ned and Stacey
1995-09-11

In order to get a promotion at the advertising agency he works for, Ned Dorsey agrees to enter into a marriage of convenience with journalist Stacey Colbert, who is desperate to move out of her parents house.

Episode 2. Portrait of a Marriage
1995-09-18

To give the impression of a real marriage at a party for his work colleagues, Ned constructs a fictitious history of his relationship with Stacey.

Episode 3. Take My Wife, Please
1995-09-25

After accidentally meeting a handsome British guy, Stacey starts dating him. When she tries to tell him about her fake marriage with Ned, he gets the impression that they're having a real affair.

Episode 4. Cover Story
1995-10-02

While looking for material for her next article, Stacey receives compromising information regarding one of Ned's biggest clients. After consulting with him, she writes a scathing expose about the client which ends up harming Ned.

Episode 5. Model Husband
1995-10-09

When Ned hires a gorgeous supermodel for a pick-up truck ad, she ends up getting real close to Eric. When this worries Amanda, Eric decides to take a stand for himself.

Episode 6. Saul and Ellen and Ned and Stacey
1995-10-16

Stacey realises that Ned's getting too close to her parents and decides to forbid him from spending time with them.

Episode 7. Here's to You, Mrs. Binder
1995-10-23

Ned falls in love with Mrs. Binder, an older woman who happens to be the best friend of Stacey's mom.

Episode 8. Halloween Story
1995-10-30

Ned and Stacey visit a Halloween party at their building, and they end up getting closer than they expected.

Episode 9. Reality Check
1995-11-13

When Stacey's finances take a dive into the worst, Ned offers to help her.

Episode 10. Thanksgiving Day Massacre
1995-11-20

Ned, Stacey, Eric, and Amanda visit the Colberts for a Thanksgiving Day diner. However, a snow storm and other mishaps leads them into a series of family disagreements and disappointments.

Episode 11. Sleepless in Manhattan
1995-12-04

Ned gives Stacey some illegal help to buy a new bed, by bribing the salesman. However, Stacey finds herself unable to sleep in it due to the guilt for Ned's actions.

Episode 12. Threesome
1995-12-11

When Amanda stumbles with Sam, a friend of her, she introduces him to Ned and Stacey. After knowing about their arrangement, both Ned and Stacey find themselves fighting for Sam's attention as a "buddy" and as a "boyfriend".

Episode 13. Accountus Interruptus
1995-12-18

Ned is bound to sleep with a powerful and sexy client. However, Stacey objects arguing the humiliation it poses with the clients he wants her to impress.

Episode 14. New Year's Eve
1996-01-01

Stacey skips Ned's New Year's Eve party to have a date with a friend, which eventually bothers Ned.

Episode 15. Paranoia on the 47th Floor
1996-01-08

When Ned's agency hires Clay, a young and smart executive, to work with him, Ned finds himself worried that he might be trying to take his place.

Episode 16. A Tender Trap
1996-01-15

In order to land Stacey a steady job, Ned starts dating a publishing executive only to realise she is a sex-crazed nymphomaniac.

Episode 17. Promotional Rescue
1996-01-22

When Eric's boss retires, Amanda convinces Ned to speak in favour of Eric with their boss. As a result, Eric gets the job, but only to have Ned trying to coerce him into some budget gymnastics.

Episode 18. Friends and Lovers
1996-02-12

Stacey meets with an old high school rival and tries to impress her with her relationship with Ned. However, she ends up seducing Ned afterwards.

Episode 19. The Gay Caballeros
1996-02-19

Ned enjoys a good relationship with his client, gay fashion designer Brent Barrow, who invites the Dorseys and the Moyers to his restaurant and takes Stacey and Amanda shopping at his warehouse. While helping Stacey put away her new…

Episode 20. Gut Feeling
1996-02-26

Despite pain from a temperamental gall bladder, Ned refuses to be hospitalised. That is until his pain leads him to ruin Howard's birthday party.

Episode 21. Pals
1996-03-04

Ned is forced to work with Bobby Van Lowe, a hot and young actor that has to make some PSA's. When he comments he is looking for an apartment, Ned recommends Amanda, but finds himself in the middle of trouble when Bobby makes a pass at…

Episode 22. It Happened One Night
1996-03-11

After a series of fights, Amanda unknowingly convinces Stacey to move out of Ned's house. As she returns to her parents, both she and Ned find themselves receiving the unexpected advice from the Colberts.

Episode 23. You Bet Your Wife
1996-03-18

During a poker game with his friends, Ned bets a night with Stacey, only to lose to his main rival in advertisement.

Episode 24. The End? (1)
1996-04-01

Ned and Stacey agree to find a date for each other. Although Stacey's choice ends up being disastrous for Ned, she falls in love with Alex, a friend of Ned. However, her new romance ends up jeopardising Ned's career and their marriage…

Season 2
Season 2
11 episodes · 1996
Episode 1. The Other End (2)
1996-11-17

After Ned throws her out of the house, Stacey decides to stay at Alex's house. The next day, Kirkland threatens to fire Ned and tells him to straighten out his life. Meanwhile, Eric takes Ned to a family gathering so Ned can tell Stacey…

Episode 2. Dorsey vs. Dorsey
1996-11-24

After throwing Stacey out, Ned goes nuts turning her room into a game room. Stacey moves in with Alex and she gets a lawyer who tells Ned that Stacey is legally entitled to her room. After an incident with Ned, Alex decides to break up…

Episode 3. The Muffins Take Manhattan
1996-12-01

Ned learns that his girlfriend is seeing someone else.

Episode 4. Computer Dating
1996-12-15

Stacey leads a revolt at Skyward Magazine when her editor insists she turn her exposition piece on polluted lakes into a fluffy nature story. Diana flies to LA and Ned starts obsessing.

Episode 5. Les is More or Less Moral-less
1996-12-22

With the divorce looming, Stacey is looking for an apartment. Diana offers Stacey a job as dogs body, then accuses Ned of having feelings for Stacey.

Episode 6. Loganberry's Run
1996-12-29

Amanda thinks there are too many cooks in the muffin shop's kitchen, so she walks out on Ned but returns after he promises to remain a silent partner.

Episode 7. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Eric
1997-01-05

Ned finally goes too far with Eric, and a melt-down fight may spell the end of their long friendship.

Episode 8. Fifteen A-Minutes
1997-01-06

Amanda gets her fifteen minutes of fame when Ned films her in a television commercial and, fed up with the stupid premise, she explodes.

Episode 9. Prom Night
1997-01-13

Amanda finally has a competent staff member: super efficient and cheerful high school senior Amy. Things take an ugly turn when the teenager invites Ned to attend a street festival with her, and he shows up with another woman.

Episode 10. Saved by the Belvedere
1997-01-20

Christopher Hewett from the long-running sitcom Mr. Belvedere reprises his role as the crusty butler with a heart of gold when his number-one fan Ned enlists the faded star to appear in a commercial he's producing.

Episode 11. Where My Third Nepal is Sheriff
1997-01-27

Ned and Eric are going to Nepal but Eric backs out because of his fear of the unknown. He spends his time cowering. Amanda who has a friend coming to see, hires someone to take care of the muffin store. But Stacey feels insulted that she…

Cast by season
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church
Ned Dorsey
Debra Messing
Debra Messing
Stacey Colbert
Greg Germann
Greg Germann
Eric Moyer
Nadia Dajani
Nadia Dajani
Amanda Moyer
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