The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) The Odd Couple, formally titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, is an American television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC. It stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, and was the first of several sitcoms developed by Garry Marshall for Paramount Television. The show is based on the 1965 play of the same name, which was written by Neil Simon, as well as on the play's 1968 film adaptation. Felix and Oscar are both divorced. They share a Manhattan apartment, and
Brian Unger has written a book review for "The Washington Post". He is a commentator on the internet talk show "The Young Turks", which streams on YouTube; it is one of the most watched news programs produced solely for the web. The show was briefly broadcast on the Current TV television network from 2011 to 2013. Unger was even the narrator for the PBS American version of Nature's "Spy in the Wild". Unger hosted a documentary special on The History Channel titled "How the States Got Their Shapes". In 2011, the network expanded the special into a weekly series, which Unger hosts.