Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestRoy and Bette's plans for a romantic evening are ruined by. . .well, everyone. So Roy decides to whisk his wife away for an evening in Paris -- but flight delays cause them to be stuck at the airport with an assortment of weirdos who they were supposed to share the flight with.
Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on CBS, with its final telecast on March 7, 2001. Eighteen episodes in total were produced, with the final two broadcast on HDTV simulcasting and in foreign markets. Bette was created by Jeffrey Lane, with Midler serving as one of the executive producers.
Acting
Midler's commitment to playing 'herself' as unhinged disaster.
Production
Ludicrous guest star cameos that make zero narrative sense.
Writing
Jokes about Bette's ego written by... Bette's team? The meta layers!
Creator
Jeffrey Lane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lindsay Lohan played Bette's daughter in the pilot, then vanished entirely — recast with zero explanation.
This arrived months after 'The Sopranos' changed television, making its traditional laugh-track sitcom format already feel like a relic.
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