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The Crazy Ones

★ 7.0 13K votes 2013–2014 1 season · 22 episodes Canceled CBS
WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 7/10SitcomClassic comedy rhythm, multi-camera or single.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Robin WilliamsSarah Michelle GellarJames WolkHamish LinklaterAmanda SettonBrad Garrett
Written by
David E. Kelley
Starring
Robin WilliamsSarah Michelle GellarJames WolkHamish LinklaterAmanda SettonBrad Garrett
Written by
David E. Kelley
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0150300450600

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About

"A legendary comic riffing one last time"

A veteran advertising legend and his more grounded daughter run a Chicago ad agency together, chasing big clients while clashing over how far to push a pitch. The show leans on loose, improv-heavy banter and celebrity cameos rather than tight plotting, so episodes feel like a showcase for its stars riffing. It is warm, silly, and occasionally chaotic, carried almost entirely by charisma rather than story. Best approached as a hangout comedy about family and creative work, not a show with big stakes or arcs.

Watch it for

the loose, improvised chemistry between its two very different leads.

Maybe skip if

you want tight plotting rather than a showcase for star charisma.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12013
7.45K229h 58m
Academy Award winner Robin Williams returns to series television in THE CRAZY ONES, a single-camera workplace comedy about a larger-than-life advertising genius whose unorthodox methods and unpredictable behavior would get him fired... if he weren't the boss.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.1
50830 min
▶2The Spectacular7.3
33230 min
▶3Bad Dad7.1
32030 min
▶4Breakfast Burrito Club7.2
26230 min
▶5She's So European7.4
26930 min
▶6Hugging the Now7.5
26430 min
▶7Sydney, Australia8.0
27930 min
▶8The Stan Wood Account7.4
22530 min
▶9Sixteen-Inch Softball7.6
23230 min
▶10Models Love Magic7.5
22630 min
▶11The Intern7.4
21630 min
▶12The Face of a Winner7.7
20830 min
▶13Outbreak7.5
20230 min
▶14Simon Roberts Was Here7.8
20030 min
▶15Dead and Improved7.6
22130 min
▶16Zach Mitzvah7.3
18420 min
▶17Heavy Meddling7.2
17722 min
▶18March Madness7.1
16922 min
▶19Danny Chase Hates Brad Paisley7.1
16821 min
▶20Love Sucks7.1
17721 min
▶21The Monster7.7
16021 min
▶22The Lighthouse7.5
17421 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Robin Williams Simon Roberts
Sarah Michelle Gellar Sydney Roberts
James Wolk Zach Cropper
Hamish Linklater Andrew Keanelly
Amanda Setton Lauren Slotsky
Brad Garrett Gordon Lewis
Tiya Sircar Allie
Josh Groban Danny Chase
Fred Melamed Fred Melamed
Steve Talley Owen

Crew

David E. Kelley

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