Michelle

Michelle is an American television sitcom created by husband-and-wife duo Steve and Lorene Bourbeau which aired on RKO from September 24, 2005 to May 15, 2010 for five seasons. Lorene Bourbeau stars as Michelle Hewitt, a quirky lawyer struggling to balance her work life with her love life while living in.

The Bourbeau duo pitched Michelle in 2003, but constant rewrites of the pilot episode to make the pitch successful halted production. The show incorporates serialized storytelling, flashbacks, running gags, and catchphrases, and cold opens implement archival photos and footage. Michelle's thoughts serve as the narration for each episode. Filmed at the RKO Studios West in, , the series was produced by The Bourbeau Company and RKO Pictures Television.

The sitcom drew in decent ratings during its original run. The first four seasons of Michelle were praised by critics for the performances of Bourbeau and co-star Latisha and the show's realism and satire, with Latisha's character Roxanne Rosebush becoming a. However, season 5 was criticized for being one overly long conclusion. A spin-off series about Roxanne was announced in 2010 but quickly ended up in and was never produced.