Filthy Rich & Catflap (American TV series)

Filthy Rich & Catflap is an American sitcom television series that ran on from June 30, 1998 to September 2, 1999. It serves as a transatlantic equivalent to the 1980s British sitcom of the.

Although it was broadcast to critical praise, the show suffered from low ratings and was cancelled after two seasons. The show's main time slot competitor was  on.

Synopsis
The series takes place in and features the activities of three men in showbiz: Thomas "Filthy" Flanders (Jeroem), Ernie Justin Rich (Reed), and Hayko "Catflap" Karapetyan (Oedekerk).

Characters

 * Thomas "Filthy" Flanders (Hank Jeroem; counterpart of Ralph Filthy played by ): Rich's sleazy agent, born in . He often speaks using carnie slang and refers to the other people he represents or has discovered as "Flanders' (future) super-stars!". His lapel also features a blue rose, a symbol of a quest for the impossible.
 * Ernie Justin Rich (counterpart of Richie Rich played by ): A past-his-prime actor, born in, ; whose most prominent work to date includes an appearance in a widely-hated commercial for . Because of his age, he's been relegated to appearing in -nominated comedy films and in bit parts and TV commercials. Despite this, he considers himself "the best of Flanders' super-stars!" and has paranoid delusions about everyone he meets wanting to either cash in on his fame or assassinate him.
 * Hayko "Catflap" Karapetyan (counterpart of Edward Didgeridoo Catflap played by ): The faithless and disloyal Armenian-American bodyguard of Ernie, born in "a little Armenian shanty town in a city in with a unpronounceable name". Hayko uses his job to exploit Thomas and Ernie's failures as part of a series of off-screen "get rich quick" schemes.

Production
Season 1 was taped before a live studio audience at in. For Season 2, Carsey-Werner moved taping to for grants and tax breaks from the Canadian government. Much of the "indoors" taping for Season 2 took place in a makeshift soundstage at the in.