

1988–1992 · NBC · Ended
John Lacey joins a support group for divorced and widowed people. "Dear John" focuses on a man whose love life has gone sour. He's a New Rochelle teacher whose wife of 10 years left him for his best friend. John (Hirsch) finds depressing new bachelor digs and joins a singles group whose organizer (Jane Carr) is obsessed with other people's sex lives.
Sunday at 21:30 (America/New York)
This series has ended.
Last aired
S04E18 · Poor John (2)
1992-07-22
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