Crumbs

Crumbs
Created by	Marco Pennette
Starring	Fred Savage Jane Curtin William Devane Maggie Lawson Eddie McClintock Reginald Ballard
Composer(s)	Adam Cohen
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (8 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marco Pennette Mike Tollin Brian Robbins Joe Davola
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Marco Pennette Productions Tollin/Robbins Productions Touchstone Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 12 – February 7, 2006

Crumbs is an American television sitcom starring Fred Savage and Jane Curtin that ran on ABC from January 12, 2006 to February 7, 2006. It also starred William Devane, Maggie Lawson and Eddie McClintock. The show's slogan is "The normal American family turned upside down."

Savage played a gay screenwriter who leaves Hollywood to return home to take care of his mother (Curtin), who had recently been released from a mental institution after trying to run over her husband (Devane) after he left her for a younger woman, who turns out to be pregnant. Much of the show takes place at the family's restaurant.

The series was officially cancelled on May 13, 2006.

Cast

• Fred Savage as Mitch Crumb
• Jane Curtin as Suzanne Crumb
• Eddie McClintock as Jody Crumb
• William Devane as Billy Crumb
• Maggie Lawson as Andrea Malone
• Reginald Ballard as Elvis

Guest stars

• Elliott Gould as Frank Bergman
• Illeana Douglas as Shelley
• Rider Strong as Dennis
• Teri Garr as Lorraine Bergman
• Kevin Rahm as Roger
• Bob Glouberman as Lawyer

Episodes

Only the first five episodes were broadcast on ABC during the show's original run.

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	"Pilot"	Ted Wass	Marco Pennette & Regina Stewart	January 12, 2006	101
Mitch Crumb comes to his hometown to deal with his mother, who has just been released from a psychiatric facility. She has not yet learned that her ex-husband is about to have a baby with another woman.
2	"Whatever Happened to Baby Bodashka"	Ted Wass	David Walpert	January 19, 2006	102
Suzanne decides to adopt a baby girl from the Ukraine after learning that Billy and the new woman are having a girl. Meanwhile, Jody gets Mitch a job as manager of the restaurant and must confront an employee who is stealing.
3	"Friends in High Places"	Ted Wass	Marco Pennette & Sung Suh Story by: Marco Pennette	January 26, 2006	103
Mitch worries about Suzanne's avoiding friends that she shared with her former husband. He then advises her to join a divorce group to sort out her problems. She instead joins a group for recovering drug addicts. Meanwhile, Billy seeks reconciliation with Jody.
4	"Jody Crumb, Superstar"	Ted Wass	Regina Stewart	February 2, 2006	104
Billy takes control of the family restaurant, due to his financial problems. Mitch and Jody compete for his approval. Suzanne begins to shoplift to seek attention from her sons.
5	"Six Feet Blunder"	Ted Wass	Hayes Jackson Story by: Marco Pennette	February 7, 2006	105
Mitch meets a guy (Rider Strong), who will not go out with him unless Mitch comes out of the closet to his parents.
6	"Tennis, Any Crumb?"	Ted Wass	Heide Perlman Story by: Marco Pennette	Never aired	106
Suzanne becomes jealous when Mitch begins spending more time with his girlfriend instead of her. To make her happy, he reveals to her that he is gay.
7	"Maybe I'm Tony Randall"	Ted Wass	Joel Stein	Never aired	107
Mitch has a date with a woman, and he starts to think he might not be gay. Meanwhile, Billy tries to get closer to Jody.
8	"Sleeping with the Enemies"	Ted Wass	Sung Suh	Never aired	108
Mitch becomes jealous when Jody and Andrea begin dating. Meanwhile, Billy hurts his back fixing Suzanne's roof; she takes him in and tries to win back his affections.
9	"The Gift of a Magpie"	Ted Wass	Marco Pennette	Never aired	109
Suzanne expresses her dislike of Christmas, four months later as she missed the last one due to being in the psychiatric facility.
10	"Suzanne Gets Certified"	Ted Wass	Les Firestein & Heide Perlman	Never aired	110
After learning Billy fixed her up with her boyfriend Frank (Elliott Gould), Suzanne pretends to be crazy to legalize her divorce papers. Meanwhile, Jody reunites with his old band for a gig.
11	"A Loon Again, Naturally"	Ted Wass	Roy Brown & David Grubstick	Never aired	111
Suzanne tries to out-do a former mental patient who wrote an autobiography. Meanwhile, when Mitch learns that Billy spoke to the people who publish his alumni journal, he gets irate, so Billy fires him.
12	"He Ain't Hetero, He's My Brother"	Ted Wass	Story by: Regina Stewart Teleplay by: Les Firestein & Hayes Jackson	Never aired	112
Jody blackmails Mitch when he discovers he is gay. Meanwhile, Suzanne butts heads with Frank's handicapped ex-wife (Teri Garr), and Shelley (Illeana Douglas) ruins Billy's bachelor party.
13	"And It All Came Crumbling Down"	Ted Wass	Marco Pennette	Never aired	113
Billy doesn't take the news very well when Mitch comes out. Meanwhile, Shelley has second thoughts about her impending nuptials, and Suzanne decides to marry... herself.

External links

• Crumbs at the Internet Movie Database
• Crumbs at TV.com