Noah Knows Best
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Ken Lipman
Starring	Phillip Van Dyke Rachel Roth Richard Kline Willie Green Marcia Strassman Stacy Meadows Cori Yarckin Dempsey Pappion Robert Scism
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Ken Lipman
Producer	f
Production locations	Nickelodeon Studios, Universal Studios Florida Orlando, Florida
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Tested Ladder Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	October 7 (2000-10-07) – December 17, 2000 (2000-12-17)

Noah Knows Best is an American sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from October 7 to December 17, 2000. The series was canceled with five unaired episodes out of thirteen produced, due to low ratings. The show starred Phillip Van Dyke as the title character, Noah. The show was recorded at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida and was the last sitcom of its kind to be taped there as the concept was thought to be too outdated by its time of premiering. It was one of the last shows to premiere on Nickelodeon's Saturday Night block, SNICK.

History

The show only lasted for two months on Nickelodeon, from October to December 2000. The poor ratings resulted in the quick cancellation of the show. Creator Ken Lipman stated once in an interview that creative differences were the reason the show did not last long.^[1] As he says regarding the inspiration for the show:

After 78 episodes of Alex, I was a little bored with the heightened reality/sci-fi/gimmicky aspect of the show and had felt the reason that it worked and resonated with kids was more about the characters than the powers. I also am a city guy, grew up in NYC, and really wanted to do a contemporary, urban, single-camera comedy that took place in NY. Noah was something I really wanted to try and even though it was a different idea for Nick, and they didn’t warm to it immediately, I appreciated when they green lit for pilot.

— Ken Lipman, "Inside peek from “Alex Mack” and “Noah Knows Best” from show creator Ken Lipman", Nickelodeon Studios: Past, Present, and Future (August 19, 2014)

Cast

• Phillip Van Dyke as Noah Beznick
• Rachel Roth as Megan Beznick
• Marcia Strassman as Martine Beznick
• Willie Green as Alton Martin
• Stacy Meadows as D.J. Martin
• Richard Kline as Jeff Beznick
• Robert Scism as Oliver Johnson

Episodes