The Drew Carey Show
Miss Right
TV Flash files “Miss Right” as hour 2 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — The Drew Carey Show (1995–2004) on ABC, season 1, episode 2, aired 1995-09-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 233 in the The Drew Carey Show guide, hour 2 of 22 in season 1. It aired 1995-09-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Pilot” (S01E01). Next is “The Joining of Two Unlike Elements is a Mixture” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Drew finally meets "Miss Right," only to discover she's also just right for a job he's trying to fill. Meanwhile, Mimi's back---and this time, it's personal: she's been hired as personal assistant to Drew's boss.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Miss Right sit in the The Drew Carey Show guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 233 — hour 2 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did The Drew Carey Show S01E02 air?
Miss Right aired 1995-09-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Why do episodes start with musical numbers?
Elaborate musical and dance openers were house style — local pride and surreal flourish before the department-store plot clocked in.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Cleveland as sitcom geography: a discount store, Buzz Beer, and cold opens that danced before the plot bothered to start. Drew Carey’s everyman deadpan against Ryan Stiles, Diedrich Bader, and a city treated like a character instead of a punchline. Blue-collar multi-cam with musical nerve — a workplace comedy that could rock without leaving Ohio.
Visual first: a Cleveland everyman in a discount-store silhouette, Mimi's makeup as a walking cartoon, cold opens that danced before the plot bothered to clock in. Drew Carey and Bruce Helford's ABC sitcom (1995–2004) treated the city as a character instead of a punchline. *Blue-collar, musical, local pride as a look.* The tags will call a dance number mid. **This was not mid; this was a city photographing as itself.**
Filed against
- Drew Carey as Drew Carey
Drew Carey made Cleveland sitcom geography as himself on The Drew Carey Show — a discount store, Buzz Beer, and cold opens that danced before the plot bothered to start. Everyman deadpan against a city treated like a character instead of…
- Ryan Stiles as Lewis Kiniski
Ryan Stiles's Lewis Kiniski danced The Drew Carey Show into Cleveland as sitcom geography — a discount store, Buzz Beer, cold opens that moved before the plot bothered to start. Everyman deadpan against Diedrich Bader and a city treated…
- Christa Miller as Kate O'Brien
Christa Miller played Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show — Cleveland as sitcom geography, a discount store, Buzz Beer, cold opens that danced before the plot bothered to start. Drew's everyman deadpan against Ryan Stiles, Diedrich Bader,…
- Diedrich Bader as Oswald Lee Harvey
Diedrich Bader’s Oswald Lee Harvey made The Drew Carey Show’s Cleveland a dim-bulb symphony — discount store, Buzz Beer, cold opens that danced before the plot started, everyman deadpan against Ryan Stiles and a city treated like a…
- Kathy Kinney as Mimi Bobeck
Kathy Kinney's Mimi Bobeck painted The Drew Carey Show in Cleveland neon — discount-store sitcom geography, cold opens that danced before the plot clocked in, blue-collar multi-cam with a makeup-counter weapon. TV Flash files her as 1990s…
- Craig Ferguson as Nigel Wick
Craig Ferguson’s Nigel Wick made The Drew Carey Show’s Cleveland boss a comic weapon — discount-store tyranny, Buzz Beer aftertaste, a Scottish sneer against everyman deadpan. Cold opens danced before the plot started; Wick still arrived…