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His wife, Carrie, buys a big screen TV and puts it in the basement. In the premiere episode, Doug comes home from a long day's work. The sister-in-law, Carrie, takes the only bathroom in the house and the father-in-law, takes the TV. His wife, Carrie, just bought him a brand- new-70-inch big-screen TV in the basement.ĭoug's the envy of the entire neighborhood until his father-in-law and sister-in-law moves in his home. The story goes as follows: Although he's the local package deliveryman, Doug Heffernan must be a really lucky. Michael Weithorn is creator of 'The King of Queens,' originally developed for NBC. Jerry Stiller, best known as the arrogant Frank Costanza on Seinfeld was perfect for the role of Arthur Spooner. He was bumped from the show before filming when the show Seinfeld was announced to be ending. Jack Carter was cast to play the role Arthur Spooner, Doug's father-in-law. Other cast members that play as Doug's friends were previously in other movies and guest appearances on other shows.įinally, one of the most important roles was recast at the last minute.

Lisa Rieffel, better known as a small role on Empty Nest, plays Sara, Carrie's sister. Leah Remini was cast as Carrie Heffernan, Doug's wife, right after her show Fired Up with Sharon Lawrence on NBC was canceled. The rest of the cast came into place from other network shows. The show would be shown before his old show Everybody Loves Raymond.

Timing for the cast could not have been more perfect.įirst, Kevin James was cast on the show after his recurring character performance on Everybody Loves Raymond became a hit, Kevin James was offered his own show as a character named Doug Heffernan.

Larry Romano as Richie Īn all-star cast heads this series made for the 1998-1999 CBS Fall Primetime Season.

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