Oliver Beene: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A comedy show following the life of 11-year-old Oliver Beene. It's 1962 and Oliver's world is chaotic. His dentist father, Jerry likes to spend Sundays drilling his kids' teeth; his mom, Charlotte does her best to be the happy homemaker; and his brother Ted has a transistor radio practically glued to his head listening to sports. Oliver's life is tolerable thanks to his friends heavyweight Neal and lightweight Michael, who is obviously gay in a time when that still means happy. The show is narrated by the adult Oliver who depicts the trials of growing up during the Cold War with a wickedly wry humor.

Series details

• Title: Oliver Beene
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2003-03-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2004-09-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35028
• TVDB ID: 78485

Cast and credited roles

• Grant Rosenmeyer — Oliver David Beene
• Grant Shaud — Dr. Jerrimiah 'Jerry' Beene
• Wendy Makkena — Charlotte Caraline Beene
• Andrew Lawrence — Tayler 'Ted' Mark Beene
• Daveigh Chase — Joyce

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-03-09; final listed air date 2003-05-04.
• Season 2: premiered 2004-02-04; final listed air date 2004-09-12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Oliver Beene 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.