adam arkin played ed gibb on 8 simple rules.
adam arkin played ed gibb on 8 simple rules.
who played ed gibb on 8 simple rules?
adam arkin
bullet::::- cate s. hennessy (née egan), portrayed by katey sagal, is the wife, mother, nurse, and easily the most sane and composed person in the family. she takes a nursing job at the kids' school so she can work standard hours and spend more time with the kids. cate starts dating her kids' high-school principal, ed gibb (portrayed by adam arkin), towards the end of season three. during her teens, she was more or less just as popular, scheming, and rebellious as bridget, thus she is usually the first to notice when bridget is up to something. she received her middle name "stinky" as a result of her father promising his best friend he would name one of his children after him after accidentally stabbing him with a bayonet while they were drunk in korea; to hide this, she claims that the s stands for "stacy."
8 simple rules
before ritter's death, "8 simple rules" ranked 42nd in the nielsen ratings. after ritter's death, it had slipped to 50th, but was renewed for a third season, in which abc moved the series to friday at 8:00 pm as part of its "tgif" comedy line-up. the series' creator and showrunner, tracy gamble, left the series for a time over creative differences prior to the third season, but he later returned as a consulting producer midway through the third season. gamble was replaced by judd pillot and john peaslee, who had performed the same role in the final season of spade's sitcom, "just shoot me!". the series plunged to 94th in the ratings. even before the third-season finale's airing, rumors began circulating that "8 simple rules" was facing cancellation due to ritter's death and poor ratings. the friday night "death slot" ratings took their toll on "8 simple rules". the third-season finale was not aired for may sweeps. the finale received a 3.9/8 rating share which gave abc a third-place finish behind nbc's "dateline" (5.8/11) and cbs's "joan of arcadia" (4.9/10), which starred ritter's son, jason. shortly afterwards, abc officially cancelled "8 simple rules" in may 2005.
8 simple rules