Living With Ed

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First Aired:January 1, 2007

Seasons:3 seasons

Episodes:32

Status:Ended

Living With Ed is an American reality television show. It was originally shown on HGTV in 2007. In 2009 a new version began showing on the new Planet Green channel. The show follows actor Ed Begley, Jr. in his quest to live his life with a small carbon footprint. The series records the conflicts between him and his less zealous wife Rachelle Carson who many times suffers due to her husband's uncompromising beliefs. One of the most frequent capers Begley engages in is making his home environmentally more friendly, which he competes with his best friend Bill Nye. Other celebrities have appeared on the show including Jay Leno, Jackson Browne and Jack McGee. Commenting in 2006 on the appeal of the show, Begley said: "In the format of the show, everyone who watches—even people who have never thought about living a low-impact, environmentally conscious life—will be able to relate. They’ll come away with a raised awareness, but they’ll also enjoy seeing the differences between the Rachelle and me." In July 2009 Planet Green announced that it had produced 13 new episodes of the series that would begin airing on October 21, 2009.

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Cast

Ed Begley Jr.

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Bill Nye

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Cheryl Tiegs

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Rachelle Carson-Begley

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Seasons & Episodes

E1Meet The Begleys

Jan 1, 2007

Meet Ed Begley and his wife Rachelle. Ed might be the most eco-friendly man in Hollywood. Green living comes easy for Ed but that isn't always the case for Rachelle.

E2Beauty And The Barrel

Jan 7, 2007

Rachelle puts her foot down about adding extremely hideous rain barrels to their backyard. Ed squeezes another contraption into the backyard. After putting himself up on the auction block in the name of charity. Rachelle can't believe people pay to hang out with Ed.

E3Jay And The Big House

Jan 14, 2007

Ed takes an interesting assignment and speaks to muscle car fans about the future of electric cars. He then stops by Jay Leno's garage. Rachelle checks out a spacious new, and not solar-powered, house for sale.

E4Point/Counterpoint

Jan 21, 2007

Rachelle has found the perfect home renovation that even Ed will approve of. While the construction turns the house upside down, Ed and Rachelle end up doing dishes in the most unlikely of places.

E5Ed's Perfect Birthday

Jan 28, 2007

It's Ed's birthday, and Ed wants to forgo eating out at a fancy restaurant to cook his own birthday dinner. He plans a vegetarian feast, which he cooks in solar ovens. While the birthday boy is busy in the kitchen, Rachelle gets new air purifiers installed and plans her surprise gift for Ed.

E6Sundancing As Fast As I Can

Feb 14, 2007

Ed and Rachelle have been invited to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. Ed insists on driving the hybrid, but Rachelle wants to arrive in style on a plane.

E1A Model's Model Home

Aug 26, 2007

The second season opens as Ed and Rachelle meet with Cheryl Tiegs to investigate the environmental friendliness of her Bel Air, Cal., home.

E2Living With Larry Hagman

Aug 27, 2007

Larry Hagman gives Ed and Rachelle a tour of his solar-powered home.

E3Jay Leno's in Hot Water

Jul 16, 2008

E4Mr. Green And Mr. Browne

Jul 23, 2008

Ed and Rachelle explore Jackson Browne's environmentally conscious ranch.

E5I Spy Bill Nye

Jul 30, 2008

E6West Wing Actor Sees Green

Aug 6, 2008

E7Bruce Butterflies the Begleys

Aug 13, 2008

E8Bill and Mario's Makeovers

Aug 20, 2008

E9Sharon Lawrence Shares Green Ideas

Aug 27, 2008

E10On The Hunt For Lower Electric Bills

Sep 3, 2008

E11Ed's Eco Advice

Sep 10, 2008

E12Sound Advice

Sep 17, 2008

E13The Perfect Present

Sep 24, 2008

E1Game On

Oct 21, 2009

E2Water and the Wardrobe

Rachelle hunts for a fully organic gown for an awards show; Ed looks into a new water filtration system for his home.

E3For Better or Worse

Ed and Rachelle go on a romantic getaway; Ed cleans out his storage unit and plans to remodel his garage.

E4Unplugged

Nov 11, 2009

The Begleys decide to get away from it all and go on a family camping trip.

E5Look into the Future

Nov 18, 2009

Ed and Rachelle have very different ideas about what type of energy audit the Begley household needs. Rachelle is having the psychic energy flow assessed, while Ed is measuring the energy efficiency of the Begley home.

E6Gambling On Green

Nov 25, 2009

Roadtrip to Las Vegas; Ed and Rachelle renew their vows at the chapel where they originally wed.

E7Veto Power

Dec 2, 2009

Since Rachelle won't heed his calls to conserve water, Ed decides to curb water usage at the Begley household by installing a gray water system, which filters sink and shower water for reuse in his garden.

E8Ed's Big Birthday Bash

Dec 9, 2009

Rachelle and Hayden plan a surprise party to celebrate Ed's 60th birthday. Will it be green enough for Ed, but fun enough for the planners (and attendees)?

E9Author, Author

Jan 6, 2010

Now that Ed has finished his second book, he and Rachelle get set to take a bite out of "the big organic apple," aka New York City, for a promotional book tour.

E10Manners

Jan 13, 2010

Rachelle and her friend decide to teach table manners to Hayden and Ed

E11Love, Peace and Perry

Jan 20, 2010

Ed goes to the Water Woman Festival to give a speech and ends up communing with some hippies in the desert for a couple days. Meanwhile, Rachelle is stuck at home with Perry, a visiting overzealous entrepreneur who is pitching a lot of green product ideas that aren’t quite catching on.

E12Off the Grid, On the Hook

Jan 27, 2010

Ed visits Three Rivers, an off-the-grid community in Oregon, and decided he wants to retire in that area. But Rachael does not want to move that far away from civilization.

E13Staycation

Feb 3, 2010

Ed's stay-at-home vacation turns into an ever expanding series of public appearances to help the community, leaving Rachel with the "honey do" chore list that Ed was supposed to do himself during his time off.