Editing Miss Match

{{short description|American comedy-drama television series}}
{{About||the 2014 film|Miss Match (film)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Miss Match title card.png
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Comedy drama]]
* [[Romantic comedy]]
}}
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Darren Star]]
* [[Jeff Rake]]
}}
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Alicia Silverstone]]
* [[Lake Bell]]
* [[David Conrad]]
* [[Jodi Long]]
* [[James Roday]]
* [[Ryan O'Neal]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Macy Gray]]
* [[Mike Elizondo]]
}}
| opentheme            = "[[Love Is Gonna Get You (song)|Love Is Gonna Get You]]" by Macy Gray
| composer             = [[David Kitay]]<br>David Lawrence<br>William Levine
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 17 (6 unaired)
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Darren Star
* Jeff Rake
* [[Brian Grazer]]
* [[David Nevins (television producer)|David Nevins]]
}}
| runtime              = 40–44 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Imagine Entertainment|Imagine Television]]
* Darren Star Productions
* [[20th Century Fox Television]]
}}
| network              = [[NBC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2003|09|26}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2003|12|15}}
}}

'''''Miss Match''''' is an American [[comedy-drama]] television series created by [[Jeff Rake]] and [[Darren Star]] and [[production company|produced]] by [[20th Century Fox Television]], Darren Star Productions, and [[Imagine Entertainment|Imagine Television]]. It aired in the United States on [[NBC]] from September 26 to December 15, 2003, including international networks aired in Australia on [[Seven Network]], [[Arena (TV network)|Arena]], and [[Fox8]], and in the United Kingdom on [[Sky Living|Living]], [[Channel 4]], and is on [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]]. Seventeen episodes of the series were filmed, with eleven aired in the United States. The entire series aired in both the UK and Canada.

Starring [[Alicia Silverstone]] and [[Ryan O'Neal]], the show garnered poor ratings, which could have been due to its inability to compete in the Friday 8&nbsp;pm ET timeslot (the "[[Friday night death slot]]"). It was based on the real-life story of [[Samantha Daniels]].

==Premise==
A Los Angeles [[matrimony|matrimonial]] attorney, Kate Fox (Alicia Silverstone), doubles as a high-end [[matchmaking|matchmaker]] even though her own love life is far from perfect.

==Cast and characters==
===Main===
[[File:Missmatch poster.jpg|thumb|The cast of ''Miss Match''; from left to right: [[Lake Bell]], [[Ryan O'Neal]], [[Jodi Long]], [[Alicia Silverstone]], [[James Roday Rodriguez|James Roday]], [[David Conrad]], and [[JoBeth Williams]]]]
* [[Alicia Silverstone]] as Kate Fox: A divorce lawyer by day who ends up becoming a match maker. Her own romantic life is complicated. Throughout the series she is involved with Michael and later his best friend, Adam. Kate often finds herself getting involved in the relationships she sets up for people. Various characters mention to her that she is addicted to love and lives through the lives of others.
* [[Lake Bell]] as Victoria Carlson: Kate's best friend who is a bartender. She often oversees the dates Kate sets people up with. She tends to only have flings with men, like the one she starts with Nick. The only man we see her like as more than a hookup is Adam.
* [[David Conrad]] as Michael Mendelson: Kate's on and off again boyfriend after she sets him up on several dates. His ex-girlfriend is Lauren who left him for his best friend Adam.
* [[Jodi Long]] as Claire: A secretary at Fox & Associates.
* [[James Roday]] as Nick Paine: Kate's co-worker who is a womanizer. He and Kate tolerate each other, at best. He later dates Victoria.
* [[Ryan O'Neal]] as Jerry Fox: Kate's father who owned the law firm she works for. He was not a perfect father to Kate but they bonded over law. He is shown to still have feelings for Kate's mother but is not hung up on her. Later in the series he is linked with Serena.

===Recurring===
* [[Charisma Carpenter]] as Serena Lockner: An old classmate of Kate who comes back into her life. Kate helps her adopt a baby and give it back to the mother when she realizes she made a mistake. She later returns and starts a romance with Kate's father.
* [[Dina Meyer]] as Lauren Logan: Michael's ex-girlfriend and Adam's ex-wife. After finding out that Michael and Kate are involved, she makes Kate break it off. After finding out Adam and Kate are involved, she sues Kate's law firm for malpractice.
* [[Nathan Fillion]] as Adam Logan: Adam comes to town after Lauren hires Kate as her divorce lawyer. He and Michael end up repairing their friendship but he soon becomes involved with Kate and Victoria.

NBC had a cross promotion where Deanna Wright, [[Galen Gering]] and [[McKenzie Westmore]], who starred on NBC's soap opera ''[[Passions]]'', appeared in an episode of the series.

==Episodes==
{{Episode table
 |background      = #5AB0FF
 |overall         = 10
 |title           = 30
 |director        = 15
 |directorR       = <ref name="U.S.C.O." />
<!-- |writer          = -->
 |airdate         = 15
 |airdateR        = <ref name="U.S.C.O." />
 |prodcode        = 10
 |prodcodeR       = <ref name="U.S.C.O.">{{cite web |url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |title=Public Catalog – Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) – Basic Search [search: "Miss Match"] |publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref>
 |viewers         = 20
 |viewersR        = {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
 |country         = U.S.
 |episodes        =

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 1
 |Title           = Pilot
 |DirectedBy      = Darren Star
<!-- |WrittenBy       = -->
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|09|26}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE79
 |Viewers         = 7.7
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 2
 |Title           = Who's Your Daddy?
 |DirectedBy      = Steven Miner
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|03}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE01
 |Viewers         = 5.9
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 3
 |Title           = Something Nervy
 |DirectedBy      = Allison Liddi-Brown
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|10}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE02
 |Viewers         = 6.0
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 4
 |Title           = Kate in Ex-Tasy
 |DirectedBy      = Randy Zisk
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|17}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE03
 |Viewers         = 6.5
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 5
 |Title           = I Got You, Babe
 |DirectedBy      = Tom Moore
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|24}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE05
 |Viewers         = 6.7
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 6
 |Title           = Addicted to Love
 |DirectedBy      = Michael Lange
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|07}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE06
 |Viewers         = 5.9
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 7
 |Title           = Jive Turkey
 |DirectedBy      = Dennis Erdman
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|14}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE08
 |Viewers         = 5.7
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 8
 |Title           = The Love Bandit
 |DirectedBy      = Arvin Brown
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|21}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE07
 |Viewers         = 5.7
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 9
 |Title           = Bad Judgement
 |DirectedBy      = [[Tim Busfield]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|12|05}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE09
 |Viewers         = 6.8
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 10
 |Title           = Santa, Baby
 |DirectedBy      = Arlene Sanford
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|12|12}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE10
 |Viewers         = 5.9
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 11
 |Title           = Who's Sari Now?
 |DirectedBy      = [[Jamie Babbit]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|12|15}}
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE11
 |Viewers         = 6.1
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 12
 |Title           = The Price of Love
 |DirectedBy      = 
 |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired''
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE04
 |Viewers         = 
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 13
 |Title           = Miss Communication
 |DirectedBy      = 
 |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired''
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE12
 |Viewers         = 
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 14
 |Title           = Divorce Happens
 |DirectedBy      = 
 |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired''
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE13
 |Viewers         = 
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 15
 |Title           = Forgive and Forget
 |DirectedBy      = 
 |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired''
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE14
 |Viewers         = 
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 16
 |Title           = Most Hopeless Romantics
 |DirectedBy      = 
 |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired''
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE15
 |Viewers         = 
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 17
 |Title           = Matchmaker, Matchmaker
 |DirectedBy      = 
 |OriginalAirDate = ''Unaired''
 |ProdCode        = 1AHE16
 |Viewers         = 
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = 5AB0FF
}}
}}

== Production ==
The series was executive produced by [[Darren Star]], who also directed the pilot, and Jeff Rake,<ref name="Variety#1">{{cite web |last=Feiwell |first=Jill |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/from-sex-to-single-in-the-city-l-a-meets-its-match-1117889623/ |title=From 'Sex' to single in the city: L.A. Meets its 'Match' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 21, 2003 |access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> who wrote the pilot, as well as David Nevins and Brian Grazer.<ref name="Variety#3" /> After Alicia Silverstone, the first actors cast in ''Miss Match'' were David Conrad, Lake Bell and James Roday in February 2003.<ref name="Variety#2">{{cite web |author=Melissa Grego |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/century-city-casts-up-1117880713/ |title='Century City' casts up |work=Variety |date=February 17, 2003 |access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> This was followed by the casting of Ryan O'Neal, as the divorce attorney father of Silverstone's character, and Jodi Long, in early March 2003.<ref name="Variety#3">{{cite web |author=Josef Adalian |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/o-neal-star-match-wits-in-peacock-pilot-1117881969/ |title=O'Neal, Star 'Match' wits in Peacock pilot |work=Variety |date=March 9, 2003 |access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref>

NBC ordered ''Miss Match'' (then titled ''Miss/Match'') to series in May 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Gary Susman |url=http://ew.com/article/2003/05/12/nbc-announces-starry-fall-schedule/ |title=NBC announces starry fall schedule |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 12, 2003 |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> In December 2003 NBC added four episodes to the order for ''Miss Match'', bringing the total number of produced episodes to 17.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adalian |first=Josef |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/nbc-adds-to-match-order-1117897149/ |title=NBC adds to 'Match' order |work=Variety |date=December 14, 2003 |access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Based on 12 reviews, the show holds an 83% approval rating on [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. The critics consensus reads, "With the incredibly charming Alicia Silverstone at the helm, ''Miss Match'' is a sweet romantic comedy with echoes of ''Sex and the City''."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Match |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/miss_match/s01 |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0362867}}
* {{epguides|MissMatch}}

[[Category:2000s American comedy-drama television series]]
[[Category:2000s American romantic comedy television series]]
[[Category:2003 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:2003 American television series endings]]
[[Category:American romantic drama television series]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
[[Category:NBC comedy-dramas]]
[[Category:Television series based on actual events]]
[[Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television]]
[[Category:Television series created by Darren Star]]
[[Category:Television shows filmed in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Television series by Imagine Entertainment]]