"The King of Queens" (1998)TV series 1998-2007

Creators:

David Litt
Michael J. Weithorn

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

21 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Comedy That Delivers!

Plot:

Delivery man Doug Heffernan has a good life: He's got a pretty wife (Carrie), a big TV and friends to watch it with. Then Carrie's goofy and annoying father Arthur moves in with them.

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor Neighbor Relationship | Food | Joke | Anger | Irony

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 14 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 30	6:00 PM	TBS	Richie's Song	#1.4
Sat. Aug. 30	6:30 PM	TBS	Cello, Goodbye	#1.3

Cast

Kevin James	...	Doug Heffernan (206 episodes, 1998-2007)
Leah Remini	...	Carrie Heffernan (206 episodes, 1998-2007)
Jerry Stiller	...	Arthur Spooner (170 episodes, 1998-2007)
Victor Williams	...	Deacon Palmer (153 episodes, 1998-2007)
Patton Oswalt	...	Spence Olchin / ... (118 episodes, 1998-2007)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cooper's Ale House, Glendale, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia TriStar Television

Trivia:

Arthur wrote an unproduced script with the title "Reconsidering Sandy".

Goofs:

Continuity: The set for the Heffernans' living room includes windows on both sides of the front door (the front door is centered between windows), but the view from outside of the front of their house shows the front door next to the right corner of the house with no window in between on that side (all of the windows are to the left of the door).

Quotes:

[Doug and Deacon are locked in a refrigerated truck with penguins]
Doug Heffernan: "Warning: Please retain key as refrigerated trucks are not equipped with interior door handles". Mother of ass!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie (#25.1)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

The King of Queens Theme Song

Could it be anymore under rated?

I consider myself to be a connoisseur of sitcoms, and used to spend many long hours wasting my life watching them all. Sense Seinfeld, Friends and many other great sitcoms have left the scene I am left with wasting my life on the one great series that is left, "The King of Queens", and in my humble opinion beats them all. I have to admit, as has been mentioned before, it takes a couple of shows before you get hooked but it doesn't take long before you start realizing the brilliant comedic performance and timing of Kevin James, Patton Oswalt, Jerry Stiller and Leah Remini. I don't think the few people criticizing the show realize just how much talent it takes to make the world laugh, they really don't. However, I'm puzzled only about one thing, "Everybody Loves Raymond," but I don't, and it is hovering around #5 in the ratings but The King of Queens, which totally kicks ass on Raymond isn't even showing up in the top 20, what's up with that? Don't get me wrong because I've watched Raymond and I think it is "okay" funny but not nearly the caliber that KoQ's is. CBS needs to give a little more respect and focus some PR on the show and especially Kevin James because when movie goers get finally get tired of the very funny Adam Sandler I predict Kevin is next in line (or at least I secretly hope).