About this season
Garry Shandling stars as himself, a neurotic, sardonic stand-up comedian who just happens to be aware he is a sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, performing monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events. However, everyone knows they're on TV, not just Garry; and the audience (itself a character) is often involved in the storyline.
Episodes (16)
1. The Day Garry Moved In
Aired 10 September 1986 • 23 min
Comic Garry Shandling moves into Vanna White's former condominium, has his furniture stolen and makes a date with a beautiful cable installer.
2. Grant Gets Broken
Aired 17 September 1986 • 23 min
Garry baby-sits Pete and Jackie's son, Grant.
3. Garry Throws a Surprise Party
Aired 24 September 1986 • 23 min
Garry throws a surprise birthday party for his mother that gives her a heart attack, so he seeks solace from Father Guido Sarducci.
4. Foul Ball
Aired 1 October 1986 • 23 min
Grant is made a social outcast when his father bungles a foul ball at a Dodgers game.
5. The Graduate
Aired 8 October 1986 • 23 min
Garry is seduced by Mrs. Robertson, but he's in love with her daughter.
6. It's Garry's Problem, But it's JoJo's Show
Aired 15 October 1986 • 23 min
Garry's attempt to focus the entire episode on contest winner Jodi Jones goes awry when Nancy's nymphomaniac friend arrives for a visit.
7. Garry Met a Girl Named Maria
Aired 23 January 1987 • 23 min
Garry marries a Guatemalan woman named Maria to save her from deportation.
8. Grant's Date
Aired 30 January 1987 • 23 min
Garry chaperones Grant's first date, but the starstruck girl pays more attention to Garry.
9. Pete Has an Affair
Aired 6 February 1987 • 23 min
Pete is full of guilt after having an affair.
10. Fate
Aired 13 February 1987 • 22 min
Garry tries to alter fate when a psychic tells him that something bad is going to happen to Nancy on her upcoming date.
11. The Morning After
Aired 20 February 1987 • 24 min
Garry hosts a party for Pete's parents' anniversary. No one will talk to him the next day, but he doesn't know why.
12. Sarah
Aired 6 March 1987 • 21 min
Garry's ex is back in town, and he's interested again.
13. Laffie
Aired 13 March 1987 • 21 min
Garry wants to keep a collie he finds, but Leonard won't let him.
14. Dial L for Laundry
Aired 20 March 1987 • 26 min
Garry meets a woman in the condo laundry room, but has to contend with her ex.
15. Dinner with Garry
Aired 3 April 1987 • 24 min
Garry sets his mother up on a date with his doctor.
16. Force Boxman
Aired 10 April 1987 • 25 min
Garry is cast as the lead in a new police drama, so Red Buttons takes over the show.