The Drew Carey Show
Baby Face
TV Flash files “Baby Face” as hour 222 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — The Drew Carey Show (1995–2004) on ABC, season 9, episode 15, aired 2004-07-21, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E15: listed hour 222 of 233 in the The Drew Carey Show guide, hour 15 of 26 in season 9. It aired 2004-07-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Asleep at the Wheel” (S09E14). Next is “Girlfriend, Interrupted” (S09E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After helping Kellie embrace her new pregnant body, Drew develops a fear of even touching her, knowing his kid is in there.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Baby Face sit in the The Drew Carey Show guide?
S09E15 is listed hour 222 of 233 — hour 15 of 26 in season 9, season 9 episode 15.
When did The Drew Carey Show S09E15 air?
Baby Face aired 2004-07-21 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.**
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