Dear John...: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

John Lacey joins a support group for divorced and widowed people. "Dear John" focuses on a man whose love life has gone sour. He's a New Rochelle teacher whose wife of 10 years left him for his best friend. John (Hirsch) finds depressing new bachelor digs and joins a singles group whose organizer (Jane Carr) is obsessed with other people's sex lives.

Series details

• Title: Dear John...
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1988-10-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-07-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4573

Cast and credited roles

• Judd Hirsch — John Lacey
• Jere Burns — Kirk Morris
• Isabella Hofmann — Kate McCarron
• Jane Carr — Louise Mercer
• Billie Bird — Mrs. Margie Philbert
• Harry Groener — Ralph Drang
• Susan Walters — Mary Beth Sutton
• William O'Leary — Ben Connors

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-10-06; final listed air date 1989-05-11; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1989-09-28; final listed air date 1990-05-16; episode order: 24.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-09-19; final listed air date 1991-05-01; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 1991-09-19; final listed air date 1992-07-22; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dear John... 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.