Baby Blues: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Baby Blues is an animated television series, based on the Baby Blues comic strip by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, produced by Warner Bros.. The first eight episodes of Baby Blues originally aired in the United States on The WB Television Network from July 28, 2000 until August 24, 2000, before the series cancellation. Five then-unaired episodes were later aired on Adult Swim in 2002. A season consisting of thirteen episodes was produced but never aired.

A married couple living in a quiet neighborhood with not-so-quiet neighbors discover the joys and the pains (but mostly the pains) of raising a new-born girl in a not-so-perfect world. Darryl, the father, juggles family life with and a job that pays a modest salary while his wife, Wanda, stays at home and cares for their daughter Zoe, with help from their babysitter Bizzy who needs a turn-stile for the number of boys that she dates. Things aren't better when you're neighbors with the Bittermans, a family composed of a militant father named Carl who's always teaching his loud, obnoxious children, Rodney, Megan and Shelby, survival skills while his wife, Melinda, who seems to have an existential outlook on life.

Series details

• Title: Baby Blues
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2000-07-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-03-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The WB
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 27059
• IMDb ID: tt0252753
• TVDB ID: 76987

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-07-28; final listed air date 2000-08-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-01-20; final listed air date 2002-03-10; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Baby Blues on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.