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 (19)
1. First Show of the Fourth Season
Aired 10 November 1989 • 30 min
Garry invites his boss to dinner to meet Pheobe.
2. Take My Wife, for Example
Aired 17 November 1989 • 30 min
Garry jokes about Phoebe on TV.
3. Nathan's Sheer Madness
Aired 24 December 1989 • 30 min
Grant's friend Ross tries to hack his parents after watching the Sheer Madness show.
4. SuperGrant
Aired 1 December 1989 • 30 min
Gary suspects Grant is taking steroids.
5. Dinner at Eddy King's House
Aired 8 December 1989 • 30 min
Garry meets 1950s stand-up comic Eddie King.
6. The Proposal
Aired 12 January 1989 • 30 min
Garry proposes and then meets Pheobe's family including half brother Chester.
7. Firehose
Aired 19 January 1990 • 30 min
Garry must convince a sponsor he didn't appear in an X-rated film.
8. The Day Howard Moved In
Aired 26 January 1990 • 30 min
Howard Sprague of Mayberry moves in.
9. The Wedding Show
Aired 9 February 1990 • 30 min
Production numbers enliven Garry and Phoebe's wedding.
10. The Honeymoon Show
Aired 16 February 1990 • 30 min
Weird deaths make the Shandling's think their marriage is cursed.
11. Shandling vs. Mull
Aired 9 March 1990 • 30 min
Phoebe's bill upsets client Martin Mull.
12. Leonard Gets Metaphysical
Aired 23 March 1990 • 30 min
Garry goes out tour with Guns and Roses and leaves the show in Grant's hands.
13. Chester Gets a Show
Aired 30 March 1990 • 30 min
Phoebe's brother get a TV show.
14. My Mother the Wife
Aired 6 April 1990 • 30 min
It's Garry's anniversary and everytime he wants to make love with his wife he sees mom.
15. Family Man
Aired 13 April 1990 • 30 min
Are Phoebe and Garry pregnant? Garry uses his time clock to fast forward and meets his son and daughter.
16. Mad at Brad
Aired 4 May 1990 • 30 min
Garry feels neglected when his manager takes on a new client.
17. The Last Show
Aired 11 May 1990 • 30 min
Mr. Death moves into the condo complex and Garry dies.
18. The Talent Show
Aired 18 May 1990 • 30 min
The cast parodies ""Phantom of the Opera"".
19. Driving Miss Garry
Aired 25 May 1990 • 30 min
Guests Dan Aykroyd and Paul Winfield finish off the series.