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Whose Line Is It Anyway?, or Whose Line for short, is the US version of the British improvised comedy show with the same name. It was hosted by Drew Carey. It started on ABC in 1998 and was cancelled in 2003, but remaining episodes were aired throughout 2004.

The show consists of several sketches improvised by the actors, and sometimes participants from the audience. There are several concepts for sketches, yet the subject is either selected by Carey without informing the actors prior to the show, or asked to the audience. There are four actors. Three of them are Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and, starting in season two, Wayne Brady, who are permanent participants to the show. The fourth one is a guest comedian. Frequent guests are Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood, Chip Esten and Kathy Greenwood. Several big time stars like Whoopie Goldberg and Robin Williams also appeared on the show as guest comedians. It should also be noted that, except for Carey, most of the regulars were also present in the British version of the show.

The show also features the pianist Laura Hall for musical acts, later joined by Linda Taylor and Cece Rubin.

When the show ended in 2004, ABC decided to re-run the show on its subsidiary channel ABC Family. Surprisingly, these reruns gathered many viewers, and as a result, ABC decided to conjure up new episodes of Whose Line from unused material that was left from previous shootings. These episodes are being aired on ABC Family as seasons 7 and 8.

Many of the show's participants went on to appear in Drew Carey's Green Screen Show after Whose Line ended.

Contents 1 Seasons 2 In-Depth 3 DVD Releases 4 External Sites

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
ABC
Season One	August 5, 1998	March 24, 1999	21
Season Two	September 16, 1999	May 18, 2000	39
Season Three	October 12, 2000	June 21, 2001	39
Season Four	September 6, 2001	April 11, 2002	31
Season Five	September 9, 2002	September 5, 2003	34
Season Six	June 24, 2004	September 4, 2004	10
ABC Family
Season Seven	January 17, 2005	May 23, 2005	25
Season Eight	October 3, 2005	November 10, 2006	16

[edit] In-Depth

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
Season One, Volume 1	September 26, 2006	2
Season One, Volume 2	October 9, 2007	2

[edit] External Sites

• The Whose Line Wiki
• WTATA Forums