Bette

Bette is a wildly successful singer with numerous hits, adoring fans, and showbiz friends who often drop by. Keeping her grounded is her professor husband Roy, best friend Connie, and her thirteen-year-old daughter Rose.

2000 HD 30min United States English

Jeffrey Lane Bette Midler Kevin Dunn James Dreyfus Joanna Gleason Robert Hays Marina Malota

Comedy

sitcom los angeles california celebrity hollywood

S1E1 - Pilot 2000-10-11

When Danny DeVito asks Bette to play his mother in his TV show and when Roy falls asleep on her, Bette begins to thinks shes getting old.

S1E2 - And the Winner Is... 2000-10-18

When Bette forgets to thank Roy in a speech after she won an award she works hard to win another one. She ends up as Woman Of the Year for an airline.

S1E3 - Halloween 2000-10-25

Bette wants to go trick-or-treating with Rose, who is less than thrilled about going out for Halloween with her mother. After wrecking the set of Dolly Partons TV special, which shes guest starring in, Bette steals one of Dollys outfits and drags Rose out for Halloween. But when Bettes usual antics go too far, she winds up getting Dolly arrested.

S1E4 - Silent But Deadly 2000-11-01

Bette gets laryngitis after pushing herself too hard but refuses to admit to Roy that he was right when he suggested that she take it easy.

S1E5 - Two Days at a Time 2000-11-08

Bette is asked to participate in Oprahs book club but, because of her hectic schedule, never has time to actually read the book she is to discuss on television.

S1E6 - Color of Roses 2000-11-15

After firing her record producer, Bette is under pressure to record her new single. She agrees to give Oscar a shot at producing, but keeps changing her ideas of what the song should sound like, not giving Oscar the chance to do it the way he wants. In the end, Oscar and she perform the song the way he originally wanted it.

S1E7 - In My Life 2000-11-22

Throughout the episode, Bette plays the piano singing the theme to the series ""Nobody Else But You"" as Connie, Roy, Oscar, and Rose one-by-one begin to join her, she reminisces about how she first met them... Connie - 1980 Bette meets Connie in the restroom at Studio 54. Bette misses Connies performance of ""Funky Mailbox"" so she sings a little bit to her. They become friends. Roy - 1983 Connie and a nervous Bette get onto an airplane and Bettes seat is next to Roy. He is obviously annoyed by her. Roy eases her into the flight and she begins to like him. Oscar - 1986 Oscar comes to apply for the job of musical director. Shes more interested in a table than Oscars application. Oscar avoids her question of how much she paid for the table by answering different questions about himself and ending up with a generous amount of money for his pay. Rose - 1987 Rose gives birth to Rose. In a lot of pain, she slams Roys head into the bed repeatedly, makes Connie perform the end of Wes

S1E8 - I Love This Game 2000-11-29

Bette tells Roy that she got him Lakers tickets for his birthday present. Bette now has to find a way to get the tickets. Turns out, Oscar has been working on a jingle for Kobe Bryants new basketball shoe, and Bette forces Oscar to take him to introduce her. Kobes bodyguard Andre gets the tickets for Bette. The tickets turn out to be as far back as possible. Bette gets angry because the seats are so far back and she goes to try and get the ""real"" tickets. The usher, Larry, wont let her in because she embarrased her at a concert there a few years back. Bette ends up in the middle of the court among the Laker girls... While waiting for a doctor to check her out, Kobe walks in and she convinces him to get her better seats untils she dislocates his finger, causing him to be out of the game.

S1E9 - ... Or Not to Be 2000-12-13

When Bette finds out that Tim Curry is in town doing a stage production of William Shakespeares ""Hamlet,"" she pushes her way into the production, playing the part of his mother, Gertrude. Oscar cant stand Mr. Curry, due to an encounter he thinks he had with the actor while he was a cater-waiter in London, but agrees to help Bette learn her lines. Bette, however, is disinterested in learning the part and proceeds to ruin the rehearsals, forgetting her lines, letting her cell phone go off, and finally (accidentally) punching Tim in the crotch. So Tim suggests they move her characters death into the prologue -- and Bette obliges, working out a catchy production number with The Harlettes.

S1E10 - Diva, Interrupted 2000-12-20

Bette fails to make People magazines list of ""The 50 Hottest People in Hollywood"" and realizes she needs to come up with a clever career gimmick. A high-powered, trendy publicist concocts the perfect comeback plan for her, but all doesnt go as planned.

S1E11 - True Story 2001-01-03

Bette appears on The View. Bettes happy to sing on the show and promote her latest CD, but she doesnt look forward to chatting with the girls because she simply cant think of any new stories to tell. When its time to talk, Bette tries to rehash some old tales but the gals stop her cold. They want news, so Bette obliges by implying that she rescued a drowning boy near Malibu. Actually, she just found the kids watch and returned it to him. No harm, right? Well, not until Vieira later calls her up â€” seeking to reunite Bette and the boy on the show.

S1E12 - Of Men and Meatballs 2001-01-10

Bette takes Connie out to find her a date, and the two finally realize things could be worse -- she could end up with one of the losers they encounter.

S1E13 - Big Business 2001-01-24

Bette sets out to help Rose with a report on women in business by designing her own clothing line and selling it on QVC.

S1E14 - The Invisible Mom 2001-02-07

Bette finds a letter in the recycling bin, and shows up at Roses school as a volunteer mom on the same day Olivia Newton-John is helping out. Olivia spends the day avoiding Bette, since (unknown to Bette) Olivias held a grudge ever since Bette locked her up while she was supposed to be at an audition for ""Grease."" After fending off the head of the school, whos trying to solicit a screenplay, Bette notices that Rose got her belly-button pierced, much to her mothers dismay. Meanwhile, Connie shows up to get some promotional CDs autographed and winds up spending the day in the girls bathroom doling out advice to the adolescents.

S1E15 - Polterguest 2001-02-28

Jon Lovitz shows up at Bettes front door and announces that he is her new next-door neighbor. Unfortunately, his new home is being remodeled and he needs a place to stay for a few days. Bette suggests a hotel, but the manipulative Lovitz succeeds in worming his way into her house---and into her life. Not only is he conniving, hes rude and demanding as well, and goes on to tell Bette that her house is ""spiritually toxic"" and its evil vibes are the reason her movie career is in the toilet. As crazy as it sounds, Bette believes him and considers selling her house.

S1E16 - A Brand New Roy 2001-03-07

Roy and Bettes 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.

S1E17 - The Grammy Pre-show

Mishaps abound, including the loss of a borrowed diamond earring, as Bette gets ready to attend the Grammy Awards.

S1E18 - A Method to Her Madness

To research into one of her upcoming movie roles, Bette takes a job as a waitress at a sleazy diner, at first Bette is not very good at actually being a waitress which leads to her almost being fired, so Bette soon learns the trick of the trade and starts giving out advice to her fellow employees and the customers who eat at the diner

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