Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.
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Charlie Sheen
Charlie Crawford
Heather Locklear
Caitlin Moore
Barry Bostwick
Randall Winston
Richard Kind
Paul Lassiter
Alan Ruck
Stuart Bondek
Michael Boatman
Carter Heywood
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24 episodes • 1996Avg: 7.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 17, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 2 | The Great Pretender | Sep 24, 1996 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Apartment | Oct 1, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Pride and Prejudice | Oct 8, 1996 | 8.0 |
| 5 | The Rivals | Oct 15, 1996 | 6.0 |
| 6 | A Star is Born | Oct 22, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Grand Illusion | Oct 29, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 8 | The High and the Mighty | Nov 12, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Meet Tommy Dugan | Nov 19, 1996 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Competition | Nov 26, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Dog Day Afternoon | Dec 10, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Criss Cross | Dec 17, 1996 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Bye Bye Love | Jan 7, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Starting Over | Jan 14, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Gabby's Song | Jan 28, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Kiss Me, Stupid | Feb 11, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 17 | An Affair to Remember | Feb 18, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 18 | Snowbound | Feb 25, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Striptease | Mar 4, 1997 | 6.0 |
| 20 | Deaf Becomes Her | Mar 18, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 21 | Hot in the City | Apr 1, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 22 | Bone Free | Apr 29, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 23 | The Mayor Who Came to Dinner | May 6, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Mayor Over Miami | May 13, 1997 | 7.0 |
24 episodes • 1997Avg: 7.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Sep 24, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Porn in the U.S.A. | Oct 1, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Wonder Woman | Oct 8, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Goodbye Girl | Oct 15, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 5 | In the Heat of the Day | Oct 22, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Radio Daze | Oct 29, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 7 | The Thirty Year Itch | Nov 5, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 8 | My Life is a Soap Opera | Nov 12, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Family Affair (1) | Nov 19, 1997 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Family Affair (2) | Nov 26, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 11 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Dec 10, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Miracle Near 34th Street | Dec 17, 1997 | 7.7 |
| 13 | Same Time Next Year | Jan 7, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 14 | The Paul Lassiter Story | Jan 21, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Gentleman's Agreement | Jan 28, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Deaf Man Walking | Feb 25, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 17 | The Marrying Men (1) | Mar 4, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 18 | One Wedding and a Funeral (2) | Mar 11, 1998 | 9.0 |
| 19 | A River Runs Through Me | Mar 18, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 20 | The Pope of Gracie Mansion | Apr 1, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 21 | Bye, Bye, Birdie | Apr 29, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 22 | The Lady or the Tiger | May 6, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 23 | Single White Male | May 6, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 24 | The Paul-Bearer | May 20, 1998 | 7.0 |
26 episodes • 1998Avg: 7.6Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Dog Talking | Sep 22, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 2 | There's Something About Heidi | Sep 29, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Gone with the Wind | Oct 6, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Deer Hunter | Oct 13, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 5 | It Happened One Night | Oct 20, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Three Men and a Little Lady | Oct 27, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 7 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Nov 3, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Quest for Fire | Nov 10, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 9 | The Kidney's All Right | Nov 17, 1998 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Gobble the Wonder Turkey Saves the Day | Nov 24, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Local Hero | Dec 8, 1998 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Monkey Business | Dec 15, 1998 | 7.5 |
| 13 | Taxi Driver | Jan 5, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 14 | The Nutty Deputy Mayor | Jan 12, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Not in the Line of Fire | Jan 26, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Internal Affairs | Feb 9, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 17 | Dick Clark's Rockin' Make-Out Party '99 | Feb 16, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 18 | Back to the Future IV: Judgment Day | Feb 23, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Politically Incorrect | Mar 2, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 20 | That's Entertainment | Mar 16, 1999 | 6.0 |
| 21 | The Last Temptation of Mike | Apr 6, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 22 | Carter & Stuart & Bennett & Deirdre | Apr 13, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 23 | The Mayor With Two Brains | May 4, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 24 | Wall Street | May 11, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Klumageddon (1) | May 18, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Klumageddon (2) | May 25, 1999 | 8.0 |
26 episodes • 1999Avg: 7.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catcher in the Bronx | Sep 21, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 2 | James and the Giant Speech | Sep 28, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 3 | All the Mayor's Men | Oct 5, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 4 | These Shoes Were Made for Cheatin' | Oct 12, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Rebel Without a Chair | Oct 19, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 6 | The Mayor May Not | Nov 2, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 7 | The Great Debate | Nov 9, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 8 | How to Bury a Millionaire | Nov 16, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Thanksgiving Show | Nov 23, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Doorman Always Rings Twice | Nov 30, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Mustang Mikey | Dec 7, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 12 | My Dinner with Caitlin (a.k.a. Christmas 1999) | Dec 21, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 13 | A Tale of Two Sisters | Jan 12, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Casino | Feb 2, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 15 | The Marry Caitlin Moore Show | Feb 9, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Suffragette City | Feb 16, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 17 | Mike's Best Friend's Boyfriend | Feb 23, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 18 | The Pig Whisperer | Mar 8, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Uneasy Rider | Mar 22, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 20 | About Last Night | Apr 19, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Don't Get on the Bus | Apr 26, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Airplane! | May 3, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 23 | An American Deputy Mayor in Paris | May 10, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 24 | The Commitments | May 17, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 25 | Goodbye (1) | May 24, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Goodbye (2) | May 24, 2000 | 10.0 |
23 episodes • 2000Avg: 7.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello Charlie | Oct 18, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Smile | Oct 25, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 3 | The Spanish Prisoner | Nov 1, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Bone Collectors | Nov 8, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Blind Faith | Nov 15, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Balloons over Broadway | Nov 22, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Lost and Found | Nov 29, 2000 | 1.0 |
| 8 | All the Wrong Moves | Dec 6, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 9 | The Burgers of Wrath | Dec 13, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Toy Story | Dec 20, 2000 | 7.0 |
| 11 | The Perfect Dorm | Jan 10, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Hey Judith | Jan 17, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 13 | The Gambler | Jan 24, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 14 | In the Company of Dudes | Feb 7, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 15 | The Image Maker | Feb 14, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Trainstopping | Feb 21, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 17 | Rain on My Charades | Feb 28, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 18 | You've Got Male | Apr 25, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Minor League | May 2, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 20 | Science Friction | May 9, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Brotherly Love | May 16, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 22 | A Shot in the Dark (1) | May 23, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 23 | A Shot in the Dark (2) | May 23, 2001 | 8.0 |
22 episodes • 2001Avg: 7.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Arrival (1) | Sep 25, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 2 | A Tree Falls in Manhattan (2) | Sep 25, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Wife with Mikey | Oct 2, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Apartment | Oct 9, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Yet Another Stakeout | Oct 16, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Yeah Baby! | Oct 23, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Sleeping with the Enemy | Nov 6, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 8 | She's Gotta Habit | Nov 6, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Wedding Scammer | Nov 13, 2001 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Fight Flub | Nov 20, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Chinatown | Nov 27, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 12 | An Office and a Gentleman | Dec 11, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 13 | O Mother, Where Art Thou? | Jan 8, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 14 | Rags to Riches | Mar 5, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Sex, Lies and Video Date | Mar 12, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Eyes Wide Open | Mar 19, 2002 | 6.0 |
| 17 | Age Against the Machine | Mar 26, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 18 | An Affair Not to Remember | Apr 9, 2002 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Let's Give Them Something to Talk About | Apr 16, 2002 | 9.0 |
| 20 | Look Who's Not Talking | Apr 23, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 21 | A Tale of Four Cities | Apr 30, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 22 | A Friend in Need | Apr 30, 2002 | 8.0 |
