Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (retitled
Two Guys and a Girl in its third season) was a
sitcom created by
Kenny Schwartz and
Danny Jacobson. It ran on
ABC for four seasons from 1998-2001.
Synopsis
Seasons 1 and 2
The series starred
Ryan Reynolds as Michael Leslie "Berg" Bergen, and
Richard Ruccolo as Peter "Pete" Dunville. The titular Two Guys were joined by
Traylor Howard, who played Sharon Carter (later Carter-Donnelly). For the first two seasons, the series centered around the lives of Berg, an aimless graduate student, who was working at a
Boston pizza parlor,
Beacon Street Pizza, with Pete. They both attended graduate school together at
Tufts University, unlike their college roommate, Sharon, who worked as the spokesperson (or apologist) for Immaculate Chemicals.
The format of the initial season varied considerably from that of subsequent seasons. The first season featured
Jennifer Westfeldt, appearing as Melissa, Pete's girlfriend, and
David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Bauer, an insane old man who frequented the diner, pretending that experiences from films were his own. The second season abandoned these two characters, and focused more on the interplay between Pete and Berg, and their relationship with Sharon, who lived in the apartment above them. Berg eventually decided to attend
medical school and become a
doctor, while Pete dropped out of
architecture classes to become a career counselor. The second season also introduced Johnny (
Nathan Fillion), a jukebox repairman who started dating Sharon, and Ashley (
Suzanne Cryer), a medical school classmate of Berg's who competed with him to be at the top of the class.