Scripted series · CBS
The King of Queens
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kevin James
Doug Heffernan
207 eps
Leah Remini
Carrie Heffernan
207 eps
Jerry Stiller
Arthur Spooner
207 eps
Victor Williams
Deacon Palmer
207 eps
Patton Oswalt
Spence Olchin
207 eps
Gary Valentine
Danny Heffernan
137 eps
Dakin Matthews
Joe Heffernan
14 eps
Gerry Black
George Barksdale
11 eps
Larry Romano
Richie Ianucci
50 eps
Nicole Sullivan
Holly Shumpert
99 eps
Nikki Tyler-Flynn
Lisa
11 eps
Michael Kostroff
Mr. Thompson
3 eps
Ford Rainey
Mickey
8 eps
Laura Silverman
Dawn
3 eps
Bryan Cranston
Tim
4 eps
Tim Bagley
Glenn
4 eps
Ray Romano
Ray Barone
4 eps
Ricki Lake
Stephanie Heffernan
6 eps
John Getz
Mr. Dugan
3 eps
DeeDee Rescher
Dorothy
4 eps
Sam McMurray
O'Boyle
16 eps
Philip Bolden
Kirby Palmer
3 eps
Angelo Pagán
Hector
6 eps
Lou Ferrigno
Lou Ferrigno
18 eps
Victor Raider-Wexler
Mr. Kaufman
11 eps
Ginger Williams
Kim
3 eps
Frantz Turner
Bill Gillard
4 eps
Melissa Chan
Kim
6 eps
Christine Gonzales
Amy
9 eps
Michael Blieden
John
6 eps
Tyler Hendrickson
Young Doug
7 eps
Norma Michaels
Josephine
7 eps
Jackie Flynn
Vince
6 eps
Merrin Dungey
Kelly Palmer
40 eps
Pamela Kosh
Flora
10 eps
Lisa Rieffel
Sara Spooner
4 eps
Anne Meara
Veronica Olchin
10 eps
Nick Bakay
Father McDaniel
10 eps
Jim Swift
Carwash Owner
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The King of Queens actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The King of Queens reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
The run
Seasons
9 seasons · 207 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
10 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
199825 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E21 Hungry Man
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
199925 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S02E03 Assaulted Nuts
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200025 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S03E07 Strike Out
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200125 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S04E02 Sight Gag
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200225 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S05E18 Steve Moscow
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200324 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S06E14 Switch Sitters
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
200422 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S07E03 Furious Gorge
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
200523 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S08E22 Fight Schlub
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
200613 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S09E04 Major Disturbance
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S08E22
Fight Schlub
Doug befriends a driver from one of IPS' competitors, but eventually discovers it's just a ruse to make him the butt of a joke. Meanwhile, Carrie becomes a mentor for a troubled teen, but isn't the best of influences.
S08E17
Present Tense
The Heffernans hate an anniversary gift from the Palmers so much, they stage a robbery to rid themselves of it.
- Directed by Henry Chan
S05E18
Steve Moscow
Doug and Carrie try to get the Russian workers to repair their house, by going to extreme lengths of giving them vodka.
S06E18
Trash Talker
Doug and Deacon's relationship hits a speed bump when Deacon unknowingly befriends Doug's grade school archenemy.
S06E14
Switch Sitters
After countless times of babysitting Deacon and Kelly's children, Doug and Carrie feel that Deacon and Kelly should return the favor and babysit Arthur every once in a while.
- Written by Tony Sheehan
S05E16
Golden Moldy
Doug and Carrie are having fun on their vacation with their neighbors in St. Croix, but once Arthur calls with a quote on the current mold problem in the house, all is not so fun.
- Directed by James Widdoes
- Written by Tony Sheehan
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E10
The King of Queens Reunion
S09E12
China Syndrome (1)
- Directed by Rob Schiller
- Written by Michael J. Weithorn
S09E11
Single Spaced
S09E10
Manhattan Project
S09E09
Mild Bunch
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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David Litt
Creator
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Michael J. Weithorn
Showrunner
Kevin James
Writer
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David Bickel
Writer
Rock Reuben
Writer
Gary Valentine
Writer
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Cathy Yuspa
Writer
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Jeff Stein
Writer
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Josh Goldsmith
Writer
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Tony Sheehan
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Michael J. WeithornProducer
Writing
- Kevin JamesWriter
- David BickelWriter
- Rock ReubenWriter
- Gary ValentineWriter
- Cathy YuspaWriter
- Jeff SteinWriter
Direction
- James WiddoesDirector
- Brian K. RobertsDirector
- Mark CendrowskiDirector
- Ken WhittinghamDirector
- Robert BerlingerDirector
- Henry ChanDirector
Where to watch
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