Bette
Bette
TV ShowEnded

Bette

7.9 / 10
2000
1 season
18 episodes
Comedy

Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on CBS, with its final telecast on March 7, 2001. Eighteen episodes in total were produced, with the final two broadcast on HDTV simulcasting and in foreign markets. Bette was created by Jeffrey Lane, with Midler serving as one of the executive producers.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    11-10-200030m

    When Danny DeVito asks Bette to play his mother in his TV show and when Roy falls asleep on her, Bette begins to thinks she's getting old.

  • Ep 2

    2.And the Winner Is...

    18-10-200030m

    When Bette forgets to thank Roy in a speech after she won an award she works hard to win another one. She ends up as Woman Of the Year for an airline.

  • Ep 3

    3.Halloween

    25-10-200030m

    Bette wants to go trick-or-treating with Rose, who is less than thrilled about going out for Halloween with her mother. After wrecking the set of Dolly Parton's TV special, which...

  • Ep 4

    4.Silent But Deadly

    01-11-200030m

    Bette gets laryngitis after pushing herself too hard but refuses to admit to Roy that he was right when he suggested that she take it easy.

  • Ep 5

    5.Two Days at a Time

    08-11-200030m

    Bette is asked to participate in Oprah's book club but, because of her hectic schedule, never has time to actually read the book she is to discuss on television.

  • Ep 6

    6.Color of Roses

    15-11-200030m

    After firing her record producer, Bette is under pressure to record her new single. She agrees to give Oscar a shot at producing, but keeps changing her ideas of what the song shou...

  • Ep 7

    7.In My Life

    22-11-200030m

    Throughout the episode, Bette plays the piano singing the theme to the series ""Nobody Else But You"" as Connie, Roy, Oscar, and Rose one-by-one begin to join her, she reminisces a...

  • Ep 8

    8.I Love This Game

    29-11-200030m

    Bette tells Roy that she got him Lakers tickets for his birthday present. Bette now has to find a way to get the tickets. Turns out, Oscar has been working on a jingle for Kobe Bry...

  • Ep 9

    9.... Or Not to Be

    13-12-200030m

    When Bette finds out that Tim Curry is in town doing a stage production of William Shakespeare's ""Hamlet,"" she pushes her way into the production, playing the part of his mother,...

  • Ep 10

    10.Diva, Interrupted

    20-12-200030m

    Bette fails to make People magazine's list of ""The 50 Hottest People in Hollywood"" and realizes she needs to come up with a clever career gimmick. A high-powered, trendy publicis...

  • Ep 11

    11.True Story

    03-01-200130m

    Bette appears on The View. Bette's happy to sing on the show and promote her latest CD, but she doesn't look forward to chatting with the girls because she simply can't think of an...

  • Ep 12

    12.Of Men and Meatballs

    10-01-200130m

    Bette takes Connie out to find her a date, and the two finally realize things could be worse -- she could end up with one of the losers they encounter.

  • Ep 13

    13.Big Business

    24-01-200130m

    Bette sets out to help Rose with a report on women in business by designing her own clothing line and selling it on QVC.

  • Ep 14

    14.The Invisible Mom

    07-02-200130m

    Bette finds a letter in the recycling bin, and shows up at Rose's school as a volunteer mom on the same day Olivia Newton-John is helping out. Olivia spends the day avoiding Bette...

  • Ep 15

    15.Polterguest

    28-02-200130m

    Jon Lovitz shows up at Bette's front door and announces that he is her new next-door neighbor. Unfortunately, his new home is being remodeled and he needs a place to stay for a few...

  • Ep 16

    16.A Brand New Roy

    07-03-200130m

    Roy and Bette's plans for a romantic evening are ruined by. . .well, everyone. So Roy decides to whisk his wife away for an evening in Paris -- but flight delays cause them to be...

  • Ep 17

    17.The Grammy Pre-show

    TBA30m

    Mishaps abound, including the loss of a borrowed diamond earring, as Bette gets ready to attend the Grammy Awards.

  • Ep 18

    18.A Method to Her Madness

    TBA30m

    To research into one of her upcoming movie roles, Bette takes a job as a waitress at a sleazy diner, at first Bette is not very good at actually being a waitress which leads to her...

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