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[[Andy Breckman]] continued his tenure as [[show runner]]. Executive producers for the season include Breckman and David Hoberman. [[NBC Universal Television Studio]] was the primary production company backing the show. [[Randy Newman]]'s theme ("[[It's a Jungle Out There (song)|It's a Jungle Out There]]") continued to be used, while [[Jeff Beal]]'s original instrumental theme can be heard in some episodes. Directors for the season include [[Randall Zisk]], [[Jerry Levine]], [[Michael Zinberg]], and Andrei Belgrader. Zisk received an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series|Emmy award-nomination]] for his work on "[[Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine]] |
[[Andy Breckman]] continued his tenure as [[show runner]]. Executive producers for the season include Breckman and David Hoberman. [[NBC Universal Television Studio]] was the primary production company backing the show. [[Randy Newman]]'s theme ("[[It's a Jungle Out There (song)|It's a Jungle Out There]]") continued to be used, while [[Jeff Beal]]'s original instrumental theme can be heard in some episodes. Directors for the season include [[Randall Zisk]], [[Jerry Levine]], [[Michael Zinberg]], and Andrei Belgrader. Zisk received an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series|Emmy award-nomination]] for his work on "[[Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine]]." Writers for the season included Andy Breckman, David Breckman, [[Lee Goldberg]], William Rabkin, Joe Toplyn, Daniel Dratch, [[Hy Conrad]], and [[Tom Scharpling]]. |
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Revision as of 09:24, 15 December 2012
| Monk – season 3 | |
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| Season 3 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network (USA) |
| Original release | June 18, 2004 – March 4, 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
Season three of Monk originally aired in the United States on USA Network from June 18, 2004 to March 4, 2005. It consists of 16 episodes. Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford reprise their roles as the main characters, and Traylor Howard joins the cast. Bitty Schram left the show due to a contract dispute during the Winter hiatus. A DVD of the season was released on July 5, 2005.
Crew
Andy Breckman continued his tenure as show runner. Executive producers for the season include Breckman and David Hoberman. NBC Universal Television Studio was the primary production company backing the show. Randy Newman's theme ("It's a Jungle Out There") continued to be used, while Jeff Beal's original instrumental theme can be heard in some episodes. Directors for the season include Randall Zisk, Jerry Levine, Michael Zinberg, and Andrei Belgrader. Zisk received an Emmy award-nomination for his work on "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine." Writers for the season included Andy Breckman, David Breckman, Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin, Joe Toplyn, Daniel Dratch, Hy Conrad, and Tom Scharpling.
Cast
Tony Shalhoub returned as the titular character and OCD detective, Adrian Monk. Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford reprised their roles as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Randall "Randy" Disher, respectively. Bitty Schram portrayed Monk's nurse, Sharona Fleming, for the first half of the season, but left due to a contract dispute. Traylor Howard was then cast as Natalie Teeger in a main role as Monk's new assistant. Andy Breckman, the show's creator, stated, "I will always be grateful to Traylor because she came in when the show was in crisis and saved our baby [....] We had to make a hurried replacement, and not every show survives that. I was scared to death."[1]
Guest stars for season three are in even more abundance than the previous two. Stanley Kamel reprised his role as Monk's psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Kroger, in nine episodes, while Kane Ritchotte continued to play Benjy Fleming, Sharona's son. Emmy Clarke entered the series as Julie Teeger (Natalie's daughter), and Melora Hardin returned as Monk's beloved deceased wife, Trudy Monk. Tim Bagley made his first two appearances as Harold Krenshaw, Monk's main rival. Jarrad Paul portrays Kevin Dorfman, Monk's annoying upstairs neighbor, while Glenne Headly continues to portray Karen Stottlemeyer, the captain's wife. Other guest stars for the season include Brooke Adams, Scott Adsit, Kelly Albanese, Amy Aquino, Moon Bloodgood, James Brolin, Emma Caulfield, Jonathan Chase, Maree Cheatham, Enrico Colantoni, Frank Collison, Alicia Coppola, Carmen Electra, Patrick Fischler, Rosemary Forsyth, Sutton Foster, Neil Giuntoli, Michael A. Goorjian, Parker Goris, Harry Groener, Eileen Grubba, Saverio Guerra, Bob Gunton, Philip Baker Hall, John Michael Higgins, Rick Hoffman, James Intveld, Sung Kang, Chris Kennedy, Edward Kerr, Lance Krall, Olek Krupa, Mako, Ken Marino, John Maynard, Larry Miller, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Glenn Morshower, Lochlyn Munro, Niecy Nash, Arthel Neville, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Raymond O'Connor, Nick Offerman, Faith Prince, David Purdham, Judge Reinhold, Mark Sheppard, Nick Spano, Josh Stamberg, Nicole Sullivan, Alanna Ubach, Jill Wagner, Michael Weston, Mykelti Williamson, Adam Wylie, and Rachel Zeskind. The band Korn also makes an appearance.
Episodes
| Series no. |
Season no. |
Title | Written by | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan" | Andy Breckman | Randall Zisk | June 18, 2004 |
| 31 | 2 | "Mr. Monk and the Panic Room" | David Breckman and Joe Toplyn | Jerry Levine | June 25, 2004 |
| 32 | 3 | "Mr. Monk and the Blackout" | Daniel Dratch and Hy Conrad | Michael Zinberg | July 9, 2004 |
| 33 | 4 | "Mr. Monk Gets Fired" | Peter Wolk | Andrei Belgrader | July 16, 2004 |
| 34 | 5 | "Mr. Monk Meets the Godfather" | Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin | Michael Zinberg | July 23, 2004 |
| 35 | 6 | "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf" | Hy Conrad | Jerry Levine | July 30, 2004 |
| 36 | 7 | "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month" | Ross Abrash | Scott Foley | August 6, 2004 |
| 37 | 8 | "Mr. Monk and the Game Show" | Daniel Dratch | Randall Zisk | August 13, 2004 |
| 38 | 9 | "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" | Tom Scharpling and Chuck Sklar | Randall Zisk | August 20, 2004 |
| 39 | 10 | "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring" | Andy Breckman | Randall Zisk | January 21, 2005 |
| 40 | 11 | "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra" | Joe Toplyn | Anthony R. Palmieri | January 28, 2005 |
| 41 | 12 | "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever" | Hy Conrad | Jerry Levine | February 4, 2005 |
| 42 | 13 | "Mr. Monk Gets Stuck in Traffic" | Tom Scharpling and Joe Toplyn | Jerry Levine | February 11, 2005 |
| 43 | 14 | "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas" | Tom Scharpling, David Breckman, Daniel Dratch, and Joe Toplyn | Randall Zisk | February 18, 2005 |
| 44 | 15 | "Mr. Monk and the Election" | Nell Scovell | Allison Liddi | February 25, 2005 |
| 45 | 16 | "Mr. Monk and the Kid" | Tom Scharpling | Andrei Belgrader | March 4, 2005 |
Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, won)
- Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series (Randall Zisk for "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine", nominated)
Golden Globe Awards
- Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, nominated)
Screen Actors Guild
- Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, won)
References
- ^ Kaufman, Joanne (January 9, 2009). "Here's What Happened: How Natalie Rescued Monk". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 1, 2010.