The Good Life (1994 TV series)

The Good Life
Also known as	"The Bowmans"
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Jeff Martin Kevin Curran Suzanne Martin
Written by	Warren Bell Wendy Braff Kevin Curran Mark Driscoll Holly Hester Frank Lombardi Jeff Martin Suzanne Martin Dana Reston Leslie Rieder David Silverman Stephen Sustarsic
Directed by	Gerry Cohen
Starring	John Caponera Drew Carey Eve Gordon Jake Patellis Shay Astar Justin Berfield Monty Hoffman Ralph Ahn Paul Feig
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	David Silverman
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Interbang, Inc. Touchstone Television
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	January 3 – April 12, 1994

The Good Life is an American sitcom which aired on NBC in early 1994 (The fifth episode aired following NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XXVIII). It starred John Caponera and Drew Carey.

Other members of the cast included Eve Gordon, Jake Patellis, Shay Astar, Justin Berfield and Monty Hoffman.

The show revolved around Caponera's character and featured both his home life and the lock company where he served as a middle manager. It was set in Chicago.

Thirteen episodes were produced and aired before the sitcom's cancellation in May 1994.

Cast

• John Caponera as John Bowman
• Eve Gordon as Maureen Bowman
• Jake Patellis as Paul Bowman
• Shay Astar as Melissa Bowman
• Justin Berfield as Bob Bowman
• Drew Carey as Drew Clark

External links

• The Good Life at the Internet Movie Database
• The Good Life at TV.com
• The Good Life intro from Retrojunk