Season 1 • Episode 22
LatestWhen Tony and Bernie go to Las Vegas to promote their show, Tony anticipates a fun ""guys' weekend"" with Bernie, until Dana suggests she and the kids come along to spend their 20th wedding anniversary together. Dana gets angry when she realizes Tony would rather be elsewhere and urges him to go with Bernie to a club, as she is too upset to spend any more time with him. Instead, she decides to attend a Penn and Teller show, at the personal request of Teller, whom she met earlier in the day. When Tony realizes he'd rather be with his family, he plans a surprise for Dana and the kids that's sure to have them ""all shook up.""
Listen Up! is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 20, 2004 until April 25, 2005. The sitcom was based loosely on the life and exploits of the popular sportswriter and sports-media personality Tony Kornheiser. Its principal executive producer was Jason Alexander, who was also the lead actor. Despite decent-to-good ratings, the show was canceled by CBS on May 18, 2005; "rising production costs" was the major reason officially given for the cancellation.
Acting
Alexander's physical comedy and Malcolm-Jamal Warner's deadpan reactions.
Writing
Kornheiser's actual voice in Tony's rants about sports and everything else.
Creator
Tony Kornheiser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Listen Up! arrived during the bleak post-Friends, post-Frasier sitcom slaughter of 2004-2005 when networks pivoted hard to procedurals.
The real Tony Kornheiser later said he barely watched it and found watching someone play him 'creepy'—meanwhile, PTI kept running for 17 more years.
US
