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01-04-2014, 07:30 AM
http://splitsider.com/2013/12/looking-back-on-christmas-past-with-norm-macdonald/
ABC's The Norm Show aired for three years, from 1999-2001, and was created by Bruce Helford, who also co-created The Drew Carey Show, which shares a similar sensibility. Primarily an office comedy, Norm's program has a similarly dark-yet-silly tone, featuring a main character that is forced to live an adult life despite being a child at heart. The Norm Show was MacDonald's return to television after being removed from his Weekend Update post at Saturday Night Live after being deemed "not funny" by NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer. After writing and staring in the hilarious, but financial failure, Dirty Work, The Norm Show's first season was one of the top rated sitcoms on ABC. However, frequent schedule changes as the show moved from Wednesday to what is commonly known as "the Friday night death slot" lost this audience and after three seasons, the show was canceled. READ MORE (http://splitsider.com/2013/12/looking-back-on-christmas-past-with-norm-macdonald/#more-44197)
ABC's The Norm Show aired for three years, from 1999-2001, and was created by Bruce Helford, who also co-created The Drew Carey Show, which shares a similar sensibility. Primarily an office comedy, Norm's program has a similarly dark-yet-silly tone, featuring a main character that is forced to live an adult life despite being a child at heart. The Norm Show was MacDonald's return to television after being removed from his Weekend Update post at Saturday Night Live after being deemed "not funny" by NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer. After writing and staring in the hilarious, but financial failure, Dirty Work, The Norm Show's first season was one of the top rated sitcoms on ABC. However, frequent schedule changes as the show moved from Wednesday to what is commonly known as "the Friday night death slot" lost this audience and after three seasons, the show was canceled. READ MORE (http://splitsider.com/2013/12/looking-back-on-christmas-past-with-norm-macdonald/#more-44197)