Sitcoms Online Photo Galleries - Life's Work: Lisa Ann Walter and Michael O'Keefe

Lisa ( Lisa Ann Walter) was a 33-year-old woman who wanted to " have it all" in this very '90s career comedy. She had gotten married, had two kids, and simultaneously attended law school; now, with her degree in hand , she was starting work as an assistant state's attorney in Baltimore. A loud, abrasive superachiever, she struck some of those around her as a little over-the-top; others just got out of her way. Her easygoing husband Kevin ( Michael O'Keefe), a college basketball coach, whined a bit but was supportive, helping take care of youngsters Tess and Griffin ( Alexa Vega, Luca & Cameron Weibel). At the office the chief skeptic was smarmy, sexist, politically ambitious Lyndon ( Andrew Lowery), who never failed to put her down. Jerome ( Larry Miller) was the prickly division chief, DeeDee( Molly Hagen) a perky associate, and Matt ( Lightfield Lewis) the bald, eccentric office helper. Connie ( Lainie Kazan and later Jenny O'Hara) was her worrywart mom.

A Review from Entertainment Weekly

TV Review
THE MOMMY PIT
SITCOMIC LISA ANN WALTER'S FAMILY AFFAIR NEEDS 'WORK'
B-By Bruce Fretts

Now that almost every stand-up in America has gotten a shot at starring in his or her own sitcom, networks have started to recycle comics whose first series flopped. Lisa Ann Walter, late of the 1995 Fox blip My Wildest Dreams, has returned in LIFE'S WORK (ABC, Tuesdays, 8:30-9 p.m.). If you're asking yourself ''Lisa Ann who?'' you're not alone: CNN's Showbiz Today recently ran a segment on Walter that referred to her as Lisa Ann Walker.

What sets Walker's -- er, Walter's -- show apart from ABC's other working-mom 'coms, Roseanne and Grace Under Fire? Well, she plays a lawyer with the Baltimore state attorney's office and... not much else. Just like Rosey and Grace, Work's Lisa Hunter is a mouthy feminist trying to balance her job with her home life. Walter delivers her zingers with gusto, yet there's still a sense of been-there-done-that about her character.

Smartly, Walter has surrounded herself with a solid supporting cast. Michael O'Keefe, a likable if not particularly funny presence on Roseanne over the past few seasons, is likable if not particularly funny as Lisa's basketball-coach hubby. As the spaced-out administrative assistant at Lisa's office, Lightfield Lewis puts an amusingly loopy spin on his punchlines. And the always-reliable Larry Miller does a terrific slow burn as Lisa's boss. Larry Miller -- now, there's a stand-up who deserves to star in his own sitcom. B-

For a Website dedicated to Lisa Ann Walter go to http://lisaannwalter.net/index.html

For a Website dedicated to Michael O'Keefe go to http://www.michaelokeefe.com/

For a Website dedicated to Alexa Vega go to http://www.foreveralexaonline.com/