Mad About You
New Year's Eve
TV Flash files “New Year's Eve” as hour 80 of 176 in the TV Flash guide — Mad About You (1992–1999) on NBC, season 4, episode 9, aired 1995-12-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E09: listed hour 80 of 176 in the Mad About You guide, hour 9 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1995-12-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Couple” (S04E08). Next is “Ovulation Day” (S04E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Career duties keep Jamie and Paul apart on New Year's Eve for the first time.
Viewer FAQ
Where does New Year's Eve sit in the Mad About You guide?
S04E09 is listed hour 80 of 176 — hour 9 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 9.
When did Mad About You S04E09 air?
New Year's Eve aired 1995-12-17 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Was there a revival?
Yes — a limited revival reunited Reiser and Hunt years after the 1992–1999 original run. The 1990s seasons are the Must-See text.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Paul and Jamie Buchman negotiate New York marriage at human scale — careers, in-laws, a dog, no high-concept gymnastics. Reiser and Hunt make ordinary evenings feel like high-stakes talks because they are. Must-See adjacent couple comedy, Helen Hunt's Emmy run attached, the softer married counterpoint to single-city farce on the same night.
Flash: September 23, 1992, NBC, a New York marriage at human scale. Paul and Jamie Buchman negotiate careers, in-laws, and a dog with observational micro-drama rather than high-concept gymnastics. Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson built a Must-See two-hander that felt intimate even inside multi-cam architecture. Helen Hunt's Jamie became an Emmy machine. Guest stars and baby arcs expanded the frame without losing the couple's gravitational pull. Seven original seasons through 1999, plus a later limited revival.…
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- Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman
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