Yes, Dear

Yes, Dear was panned by critics upon its premiere and many expected it to be canceled during its first season, but it ended up becoming a sleeper hit for CBS.

The series was canceled in March 2006 after six seasons, partly because star Anthony Clark was hired to host NBC's Last Comic Standing.

CBS originally announced the show's cancellation in early 2004, but reversed course and ordered a fifth season of 13 episodes after the show's producers agreed to cut its license fee to secure the renewal.

The fifth season debuted on February 16, 2005, in the time slot previously occupied by the canceled series Center of the Universe.

A sixth season order of 22 episodes was later reduced to 13, and two season five episodes that had been preempted by news coverage ended up airing as part of season six instead.

The character of Logan Hughes was played by a succession of different child actors over the show's run (including twin pairs Christopher and Nicholas Berry, Alexander and Shawn Shapiro, and later Brendon Baerg), leading the later seasons to run a recurring gag where Jimmy is confused because Logan's appearance keeps changing whenever he recalls his childhood.

When creator Gregory Garcia launched the Fox sitcom Raising Hope in 2010, its third season featured Brian Doyle-Murray as a Hollywood studio executive, a nod to his Yes, Dear role as Mr. Savitsky.

In the following episode of Raising Hope, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder reprised their Yes, Dear characters Jimmy and Christine Hughes, referencing Dominic, Logan and the guest house; Jimmy later reappears in season four opposite a different actress playing a renamed version of Christine called Christy.