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I'm with Her aired from September 2003 until July 2004 on ABC.

A glamorous movie star and a high school teacher met and improbably fell in love in this fairy tale sitcom.Brainy, dedicated teacher Patrick ( David Sutcliffe) was quietly sipping his latte at a L.A. restaurant one morning when he was bitten on the ass , not by love but by Alex's excitable dog Monroe. Profuse apologies followed, but before they parted Alex ( Teri Polo) wrote her number on Patrick's hand-" just in case." Patrick was willing to let it go at that, but egged on by his gross friend and fellow teacher Stevie ( Danny Comden) he called and love blossomed. Cheri ( Rhea Seehorn) was Alex's sarcastic sister and assistant , who thought the whole thing was a bad idea( " You gave our number to a civilian?"). Patrick was not so sure either , but Alex did her best to act like a " regular girl," despite the paparazzi, autograph- seekers and celebrity events that filled her life , and to bone up on her " book smarts" to impress bookish but charming Patrick. By halfway through the season she was nominated for an Oscar and he was up for teacher of the year. Who says opposites can't attract? Making fleeting appearances were Alex's domineering mom Suzanne ( Cybill Shephard) and Patrick's equally hard-to-please mother Rosalyn ( Susan Sullivan).

Inspired by the real-life relationship between co-creator Chris Henchy and actress Brooke Shields.

A Review from Entertainment Weekly

TV Review
I'm With Her

A By Carina Chocano

I'm With Her is the story of high school English teacher Patrick Owen (David Sutcliffe), an unshaven, salt-of-the-earth type, who wins the heart of actress Alex Young (Teri Polo), a biggest-star-on-earth type. Because he is a mensch and not into the whole Hollywood thing, Patrick enters Alex's world kicking and screaming Balzac and Shakespeare the whole way. (She, of course, quotes Patrick Swayze.) It's a zeitgeisty comedy about an underrepresented -- but hot -- growing minority: nobody husbands of movie-star wives.

Sadly, for the cynics among us, Patrick is no Cris Judd, Danny Moder, or, alas, Larry Fortensky. He's more like a slightly Cinderfellified alter ego of successful television producer Chris Henchy (''Spin City,'' ''Life With Bonnie''), who based the show on his own relationship with wife Brooke Shields. And Alex, analogously is no J. Lo, Julia, or Liz. Hell, as Polo plays her, she's not even as interesting as Brooke Shields. If only Henchy were to have some fun at his own expense, we might see Alex demanding her hotel room be remodeled, or Patrick wearing a wife beater and doubling his negatives.

In classic sitcom tradition, any diva qualities Alex might possess have been funneled into her sister, Cheri Baldzikowski (Rhea Seehorn), a ''civilian'' who disapproves of Patrick. Likewise, Patrick displays no unseemly, uh, star-fornicating tendencies whatsoever. These have been bestowed upon his wisecracking substitute-teacher sidekick, Stevie (Danny Comden).

The show makes a few jokes at its characters' expense, but they tend to be as gentle as baby clover -- much like the love sprouting between Patrick and Alex. (In a world of movie sets, rehab facilities, and gyms, the couple meets -- of all places -- at a coffee shop. In real life, Henchy and Shields met on the Warner Bros. lot and bonded over her freshly rescued dog. On the show, Alex's dog bonds with Patrick's butt when he bends over.) Patrick cringes at a cheesy line Alex's costar feeds her on TV, and cracks, ''Who writes this crap?'' Later, after he sends her away then changes his mind, he uses the line himself. It's like art imitating life imitating ''Notting Hill.''

So far, ''I'm With Her'' delivers more romance than comedy, but that could change if the characters were to remove their halos. In the meantime, for true celebrity-marriage hilarity, check out MTV's ''Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica.'' It's chicken by the sea!

For more on I'm with Her go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_with_Her

For a Biography on Teri Polo go to http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800162033/bio

For a Website dedicated to David Sutcliffe go to http://www.david-sutcliffe.net/

For another David Sutcliffe site go to http://david-sutcliffe.com/