ARLI$$

Arli$$ followed the career of sports agent Arliss Michaels. Episodes often featured cameos by real-life figures from the sports world. Although the series should have been to sports what The Larry Sanders Show was to the entertainment industry, Arli$$ just wasn't nearly as funny.

Here is the complete episode list for Arli$$. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions.

ORIG	10-Aug-1996	Episode 1	Season 1 Number 1	A Man of Our Times	Sports manager Arliss Michaels wheels and deals; with Jerry Jones; Shaquille O'Neal; Bob Costas; Jim Palmer; Danny Tartabull.
ORIG	14-Aug-1996	Episode 2	Season 1 Number 2	Negotiating: It's Never Personal	Arliss intervenes in a young hoopster's contract negotiations.
RERUN	21-Aug-1996	Episode 3	Season 1 Number 3	How to Turn a Minus into a Plus	Arliss stages a boxing match, which doesn't come off as planned.
RERUN	28-Aug-1996	Episode 4	Season 1 Number 4	Athletes ARE Role Models	A Bible-quoting quarterback is involved with a transvestite.
	4-Sep-1996	Episode 5	Season 1 Number 5	What about the Fans?	A hockey-team owner offers Arliss partial ownership if he finds a new city for the team.
	11-Sep-1996	Episode 6	Season 1 Number 6	The Company You Keep	Arliss gets a $54 million offer for the agency; with Alex Karras; Barry Bonds.
	18-Sep-1996	Episode 7	Season 1 Number 7	Crossing the Line	Arliss manages a low-ranked woman tennis player; with Alonzo Mourning; John McEnroe; Tracy Austin.
	25-Sep-1996	Episode 8	Season 1 Number 8	How to Deal with the Media	Arliss makes comments construed as racist; with Charles Steiner; Roy Firestone; Fred Williamson.
	2-Oct-1996	Episode 9	Season 1 Number 9	Timing Is Everything	Arliss launches a beach volleyball league, to his regret.
	9-Oct-1996	Episode 10	Season 1 Number 10	The Client's Best Interest	Arliss parlays deals for a rotisserie baseball team.
	16-Oct-1996	Episode 11	Season 1 Number 11	The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of	Arliss gets a job for a washed-up ballplayer at a home shopping network.
	14-Jun-1997	Episode 12	Season 2 Number 1	A Full Service Agency	A baseball player suspects his wife is having an affair; with Michael Andretti; Tim McCarver; Bruce Smith.
	18-Jun-1997	Episode 13	Season 2 Number 2	The Value of Loyalty	Romances interfere with Arliss' client relationships; with Carmen Policy; Bill Walsh; Bruce Smith.
	1-Jul-1997	Episode 14	Season 2 Number 3	Arliss Michaels, American	A client's drug arrest jeopardizes Arliss' invitation to the White House; with James Carville, Katarina Witt.
	8-Jul-1997	Episode 15	Season 2 Number 4	The World at Your Feet	A mother wants her tennis-playing son to go to college; guest Tommy Lasorda.
	15-Jul-1997	Episode 16	Season 2 Number 5	Salary Cap This	Arliss lobbies to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated; with Bob Arum, David Falk, Jerry West.
	22-Jul-1997	Episode 17	Season 2 Number 6	Kirby Carlisle, Trouble Shooter	Arliss injures his back, leaving Kirby to tend a golfer at a tournament; with Norm Crosby, Jim Nantz.
	29-Jul-1997	Episode 18	Season 2 Number 7	The Real Thing	A client hits his 500th home run, and everybody wants the ball; with Henry Aaron; Roger Clemens; Frank Robinson; Larry King.
	5-Aug-1997	Episode 19	Season 2 Number 8	Visionary for a New Millenium	Arliss dates a marketing maven who ends up stealing his clients; with Alexi Lalas; Jim Lampley; Orlando Pace.
	12-Aug-1997	Episode 20	Season 2 Number 9	How to Be a Good Listener	Client crises disrupt Arliss' golf trip; with Brett Favre; Lisa Leslie; Ted Turner; Chris Berman.
	19-Aug-1997	Episode 21	Season 2 Number 10	Truth and Responsibility	Arliss needs to settle a score with a slandering radio host; with Pete Rose; Jim Harbaugh; Eric Karros.
	7-Jun-1998	Episode 22	Season 3 Number 1	My Job Is to Get Jobs	Rumor has it that a quarterback client is gay; Rita gets a Ferrari.
	14-Jun-1998	Episode 23	Season 3 Number 2	Whatever It Takes	Football deals are complicated; Rita enters a 10K race.
	21-Jun-1998	Episode 24	Season 3 Number 3	Fans First	A crazed fan stabs a client at a Super Bowl party.
	28-Jun-1998	Episode 25	Season 3 Number 4	Trust	Arliss tries to collect Kirby's hockey commissions; a trash-talking hoopster wants back in the league.
	5-Jul-1998	Episode 26	Season 3 Number 5	Where Do Clients Come From?	Arliss recruits a suicidal NASCAR driver; Kirby goes after a bass-fishing champion.
	12-Jul-1998	Episode 27	Season 3 Number 6	The Legacy	The NCAA investigates a university for whom Arliss just landed a lucrative TV deal.
	19-Jul-1998	Episode 28	Season 3 Number 7	What Arliss Hath Joined Together…	Arliss aids an African hoopster's plans to marry a Jewish girl.
	26-Jul-1998	Episode 29	Season 3 Number 8	Arliss Michaels, Everyman	Arliss spends a rainy day alone at the office; Stanley and Kirby go for a tax audit.
	2-Aug-1998	Episode 30	Season 3 Number 9	Stanley Babson, Win Place or Show	Arliss regrets buying a thoroughbred horse with a client's money.
	9-Aug-1998	Episode 31	Season 3 Number 10	Behind Every Great Client…	Arliss has an affair with a client's wife.
	16-Aug-1998	Episode 32	Season 3 Number 11	The American Game	Arliss toys with the idea of representing a ballplayer who crossed picket lines in 1994.
	23-Aug-1998	Episode 33	Season 3 Number 12	What Would I Do without Wu?	Rita wants to be an agent but finds the moral compromises troubling.
	30-Aug-1998	Episode 34	Season 3 Number 13	His Name Is Arliss Michaels	A client sues Arliss for conflict of interest.
	6-Jun-1999	Episode 35	Season 4 Number 1	Cause and Effect	Arliss has a health scare.
	13-Jun-1999	Episode 36	Season 4 Number 2	Our Past, Our Present, Our Future	Arliss represents a young ice-skater whose parents are spending all of her money.
	20-Jun-1999	Episode 37	Season 4 Number 3	People Are Assets Too	Arliss tries to get his prestigious court-side seats back.
	27-Jun-1999	Episode 38	Season 4 Number 4	The Stories You Don't Hear About	A fight Arliss promotes goes awry because of a domestic dispute; with Jamal Anderson; Bob Arum; Al Bernstein; Jim Lampley; Oscar de la Hoya; Jim Hill; Don King.
	4-Jul-1999	Episode 39	Season 4 Number 5	Taking One for the Team	Arliss dates a potential client's mother; with Steve Berg; Bob Costas; Tim Couch; Ken Griffey Jr.
	11-Jul-1999	Episode 40	Season 4 Number 6	You Gotta Love This Game	Arliss is convinced to represent a female basketball player.
	18-Jul-1999	Episode 41	Season 4 Number 7	The Changing of the Guard	Arliss negotiates with the owner of a small-market baseball team.
	25-Jul-1999	Episode 42	Season 4 Number 8	To Thine Own Self Be True	Arliss negotiates a pitcher's contract; a hockey client becomes a professional wrestler.
	1-Aug-1999	Episode 43	Season 4 Number 9	The Cult of Celebrity	A country singer wants to join baseball; Stanley falls in love.
	8-Aug-1999	Episode 44	Season 4 Number 10	D-Day	Arliss gets chicken pox; Kirby and Stanley prepare a client for the draft.
	15-Aug-1999	Episode 45	Season 4 Number 11	The Art of Give and Take	Arliss pays to ease a painful childhood memory.
	22-Aug-1999	Episode 46	Season 4 Number 12	Rules of the Game	Arliss gets a make-over; Rita dates an agent; Stanley may join a country club.
	4-Jun-2000	Episode 47	Season 5 Number 1	Making Things Happen	Arliss finds out that a friend, who is about to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, is charged with domestic abuse.
	11-Jun-2000	Episode 48	Season 5 Number 2	Creatures of Habit	Arliss sends a client to a hypnotist to help him quit chewing tobacco, which seems to work.
	18-Jun-2000	Episode 49	Season 5 Number 3	I Get Involved	Arliss is caught in the middle when two of his clients date the same woman.
	25-Jun-2000	Episode 50	Season 5 Number 4	Comings and Goings	Arliss helps a client bury his mother; Stanley tries to escape his chess slump.
	9-Jul-2000	Episode 51	Season 5 Number 5	It's Who You Know	Arliss tries to talk the "pot dealer of the NBA" out of retiring; Rita (Sandra Oh) has a relationship with a physical trainer. Guest stars: Wade Boggs, Coolio, Jeanette Lee, Rafael Palmeiro and David Wells.
	16-Jul-2000	Episode 52	Season 5 Number 6	The Value of Honesty	Arliss has an affair with a coach who his client wants to have fired; Kirby and Rita get together. Guest stars: Eric Dickerson and Jose Lima.
	23-Jul-2000	Episode 53	Season 5 Number 7	The Sum of the Parts	When a client needs a kidney, Arliss tries to convince the guy's brother to donate one of his. Guest stars: Jessie Armstead, Steve Francis, Kevin Greene and Pat O'Brien.
	30-Jul-2000	Episode 54	Season 5 Number 8	Honoring Our Past	Arliss schemes to get a boxing client out of the Army; Stanley tries to get a football team to change its mascot. Guest star: Chris Webber.
	6-Aug-2000	Episode 55	Season 5 Number 9	The Fire Within	Arliss pursues popular mascot Reggie the Rooster, using a fundraiser Stanley has organized for another mascot, who was injured in the line of duty. Rita takes up boxing after a series of obscene phone calls.
	13-Aug-2000	Episode 56	Season 5 Number 10	Last Call	Arliss tries to get an aging broadcaster re-signed by a team's owner; Rita ghostwrites for Arliss. Guest stars: Ed Asner, Tommy Lasorda, Al Leiter, Rudy Martzke, Jon Miller and Lamar Odom.
	20-Aug-2000	Episode 57	Season 5 Number 11	The Truth Shall Set You Free	Arliss' n'er-do-well brother, Archie, uses his name in a scam; Kirby and Stanley plot to fleece a stadium concession tycoon. Guest stars: David Keith, Jim Brown, Leonard Maltin, Ryan Klesko and Lawrence Taylor.
	27-Aug-2000	Episode 58	Season 5 Number 12	Where There's a Will	Arliss is named executor of a jockey's will leaving everything to his wife, but he has two of them; Kirby's ex-coach is homeless.
	3-Sep-2000	Episode 59	Season 5 Number 13	When Opportunity Knocks	Kirby leaves the agency to join a football league, leaving Arliss, Rita and Stanley to cope without him. Doug Flutie, Barry Larkin, Alex Ochoa and Jeremy Roenick guest star.
	1-Oct-2000	Episode 60	Season 5 Number 14	A Breed Apart	Arliss pursues a popular mascot, Reggie the Rooster; Rita takes up boxing after getting obscene phone calls. Guest stars: Laila Ali, Tracy McGrady, Baron Davis, Jason Giambi and Jeremy Giambi.
	10-Jun-2001	Episode 61	Season 6 Number 1	Setting Precedents	Arliss helps a lesbian client and her lover fulfill their dream of having a baby; Kirby helps an athlete complete his degree. Guest star: Daunte Culpepper.
	17-Jun-2001	Episode 62	Season 6 Number 2	You Are Your Priorities	Arliss rekindles an old flame; Stanley and Kirby invest in a rodeo bull. Guest stars: Hugh Douglas, Derek Fisher, Rick Fox, John Lynch, Ty Murray, Shaquille O'Neal and Tony Siragusa.
	24-Jun-2001	Episode 63	Season 6 Number 3	Fielding Offers	Arliss travels to Canada to steal a hockey team; Rita uses alternative medicine to combat aging. Guest stars: Charles Durning, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jason Sehorn and David Wells.
	1-Jul-2001	Episode 64	Season 6 Number 4	A Question of Character	Arliss tries to handle problems from a race-car driver's wives, both current and former. Floyd Mayweather and James Worthy guest star.
	8-Jul-2001	Episode 65	Season 6 Number 5	The Price of Their Toys	Arliss tries to get a married couple their own show; Kirby deals with a spoiled client. Rachel York, Dick Clark, Gary Miller, Dick Stockton, Lesley Visser and Bob Costas guest star.
	15-Jul-2001	Episode 66	Season 6 Number 6	Like No Business I Know	Arliss decides to take revenge on a baseball manager who embarrassed him; an actor studies Kirby as research for a role. Tom Arnold, Steve Kmetko, Lennox Lewis, Jeffrey Lyons and Jeff Fahey guest star.
	22-Jul-2001	Episode 67	Season 6 Number 7	Of Cabbages and Kings	Kirby represents a college basketball coach; Arliss tries to sell beachfront property. Kelly Slater, Ken Howard, Warrick Dunn and Jerry Stackhouse guest star.
	29-Jul-2001	Episode 68	Season 6 Number 8	As Others See Us	While Rita visits her family, Kirby and Stanley prepare the "surprise roast" of Arliss. Guest stars include David Brenner, Jack Carter, Norm Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Marshall Faulk, Sparky Anderson, Jeremy Roenick and Rosalind Chao.
	5-Aug-2001	Episode 69	Season 6 Number 9	Giving Something Back	A female golf client conceals a secret; Kirby gets a hold of a piece of rare memorabilia.
	12-Aug-2001	Episode 70	Season 6 Number 10	Hard Choices	Arliss deals with his first fiscal year in the red; Kirby tolerates his model girlfriend.
	16-Jun-2002	Episode 71	Season 7 Number 1	The Immortal	Arliss deals with a revered baseball legend and his namesake daughter. Stanley escorts a boxer to his HBO debut.
	23-Jun-2002	Episode 72	Season 7 Number 2	What You See Is What You Get	Rita manages a client's political passion, while Arliss helps a team member find her passion. Stanley's new car gets dinged.
	30-Jun-2002	Episode 73	Season 7 Number 3	In with the New	Arliss works to make an NBA client's dream come true, while Stanley mentors a student project.
	7-Jul-2002	Episode 74	Season 7 Number 4	There's No I in Team	Arliss hires a protégé, to the dismay of Kirby. Rita is attracted to the chef at Stanley's new restaurant.
	21-Jul-2002	Episode 75	Season 7 Number 5	Playing It Safe	Arliss tries to realize his gold record dreams while helping a baseball player through a tough decision.
	28-Jul-2002	Episode 76	Season 7 Number 6	Moments to Remember	Kirby dates a female body builder, while Arliss motivates a traumatized NFL client.
	4-Aug-2002	Episode 77	Season 7 Number 7	It's All in the Game	Arliss and Kirby support an ex-client's political rise while Rita seeks a spokesmodel for a specialty clothing item.
	11-Aug-2002	Episode 78	Season 7 Number 8	Standards and Practices	Stanley advises his sought-after football-star nephew on choosing the right college, while Arliss helps a female football reporter negotiate with network executives who see her as too old for the job.
	18-Aug-2002	Episode 79	Season 7 Number 9	End Game	Arliss and Stanley try to persuade a reclusive former chess champion to get back into the game, and Rita is wooed by a former lover.
	1-Sep-2002	Episode 80	Season 7 Number 10	Profiles in Agenting	Stanley and Kirby try to persuade boxer Roy Jones Jr. to endorse an innovative cooking product, while Arliss is smitten with Rita's sports photographer friend.
	8-Sep-2002	Episode 81	Season 7 Number 11	All That Glitters	Stunned by the sudden death of a good friend, Arliss goes off on a road trip of soul searching, leaving Rita, Kirby and Stanley to manage AMM on their own.