# Odd Man Out (American TV series)

Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999, to January 7, 2000. This show was created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss.

## Synopsis

Set in Miami, the show revolved around 15-year-old Andrew Whitney (Erik von Detten), the only male in a house full of women. He is constantly surrounded by his three sisters (Val, Paige, and Elizabeth), Aunt Jordan, and widowed mom, Julia. The episodes mostly revolved around Andrew's lack of privacy and dealing with his best friend Keith's crush on his unresponsive older sister, Paige.

## Cast

* Erik von Detten as Andrew Whitney
* Trevor Fehrman as Keith Carlson
* Jessica Capshaw as Aunt Jordan
* Natalia Cigliuti as Paige Whitney
* Vicki Davis as Valerie "Val" Whitney
* Marina Malota as Elizabeth Whitney
* Markie Post as Julia Whitney

## Production

The show was heavily promoted in the summer of 1999, primarily as a last-ditch effort to save the faltering TGIF block, which had been in severe decline since The Walt Disney Company took over the block in 1997. ABC commercials showing teenage girls screaming "EVD!" (the initials of star Erik von Detten) were prominent; at the time, this was the peak of the boy band craze, and this was a common practice. The commercials mentioned very little about the show itself, and did not even mention the name until a few weeks before the show was to debut: a typical advertisement, following clips of girls screaming "EVD!" would follow a shadow of von Detten with a question mark and a voiceover stating "What is EVD? Find out Fridays this fall on ABC." This type of mysterious promotion did little to hold interest in the show once it debuted. The series was canceled after 13 episodes and replaced with the reality show Making the Band; it was the last new sitcom to debut on TGIF in its original form, and TGIF would itself end at the end of the season.
Von Detten would later go on to co-star in another series, Complete Savages, during a TGIF revival in 2004. That series had an opposite premise in that Von Detten was but one member of an all-male family.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "The First Girlfriend's Club" | Gil Junger | Jillian Tohber | September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24) | 9.18 |
| 2 | "Good Will Hunting" | Gil Junger | Laura Perkins-Brittain | October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01) | 8.73 |
| 3 | "The Unbelievable Truth" | Gil Junger | Ed Decter & John J. Strauss | October 8, 1999 (1999-10-08) | 9.99 |
| 4 | "The Road to Caracus" | David Kendall | Nina de Castro | October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15) | 8.65 |
| 5 | "You've Got Female" | David Kendall | Mark Goffman | October 22, 1999 (1999-10-22) | 7.98 |
| 6 | "Batman Forever" | David Kendall | Story by : Tom J. Astle & Kristine Skeie Teleplay by : Tom J. Astle | October 29, 1999 (1999-10-29) | 8.11 |
| 7 | "In the Name of the Father" | David Kendall | Matt Ember | November 5, 1999 (1999-11-05) | 9.36 |
| 8 | "Fight Club" | David Kendall | Alicia Sky Varinaitis | November 19, 1999 (1999-11-19) | 8.94 |
| 9 | "Great Expectations" | David Kendall | Tom J. Astle | December 3, 1999 (1999-12-03) | 7.77 |
| 10 | "Punch Line" | David Kendall | Michael Feldman | December 10, 1999 (1999-12-10) | 7.50 |
| 11 | "Little Women" | David Kendall | Michael Feldman | December 17, 1999 (1999-12-17) | 7.17 |
| 12 | "What About Bob?" | David Kendall | Matt Ember | December 24, 1999 (1999-12-24) | 4.83 |
| 13 | "My Life as a Dog" | Gil Junger | Tom J. Astle | January 7, 2000 (2000-01-07) | 8.76 |