Less than Perfect

Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom created by Terri Minsky and starring Sara Rue and Sherri Shepherd which originally aired on ABC from October 1, 2002 to June 6, 2006. It follows Claude (Rue), who works at a television network named GNB, as well as her friends and colleagues.

Overview and premise

The show centers on Claude (Sara Rue), who works at a television network called GNB. Though at first a temp who fills in on other assignments, in the pilot Claude is hired by anchor Will Butler (Eric Roberts) as his assistant. Comedians Andy Dick, Will Sasso, and Sherri Shepherd play her co-workers and friends, while Zachary Levi and Andrea Parker play her rivals at work. Patrick Warburton joined the cast in Season 2, playing a news anchor who dates Parker's character while trying to climb the ladder at GNB.

Much was made at the time of the show's premiere about the central character of the show being a "full figured" woman, and that the title correlated to Claude being "Less Than Perfect." Over the course of the series, Rue lost 30 pounds (14 kg; 2.1 st). She has since become a spokesperson for Jenny Craig and lost a total of 50 pounds (23 kg; 3.6 st).

List of Less Than Perfect episodes

Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee (played by Sara Rue) and her co-workers.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1: 2002-2003

Season 2: 2003-2004

Season 3: 2004-2005

Season 4: 2006/ The Unaired Episodes: 2009

Home release

On September 7, 2010 Lionsgate Home Entertainment released Season One of Less Than Perfect on DVD. The 4-disc set contains all 22 episodes uncut and for the first time available in their original widescreen format and a complete lack of special features. However, a major flaw is that the episodes do not run in the correct order of the original television airings, which is most inconvenient for the fact that the season finale episode appears second-to-last.

The episodes on the DVD appear in the following order:

At present, there is no news as to whether seasons two, three and four will receive DVD releases in the near future, this is possible due to poor sales of the first season.