amos ' ▁co - st ars ▁in ▁the ▁show ▁are ▁Na omi ▁( W end ie ▁Mal ick ), ▁J ake ' s ▁b oss ▁at ▁the ▁Mag num ▁PR ▁Agency ; ▁Ad rian ▁( I an ▁G ome z ), ▁J ake ' s ▁best ▁friend ; ▁and ▁Patrick ▁( R ick ▁Hoff man ), ▁the ▁performance ▁artist ▁who ▁always ▁appears ▁at ▁the ▁most ▁in o pport une ▁times . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁John ▁St amos ▁as ▁J ake ▁Phill ips ▁ ▁Wend ie ▁Mal ick ▁as ▁Na omi ▁Clark ▁ ▁Rick ▁Hoff man ▁as ▁Patrick ▁Van ▁D orn ▁ ▁Ian ▁G ome z ▁as ▁Ad rian ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁show ▁aver aged ▁ 5 . 5 ▁million ▁view ers ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁season ▁and ▁was ▁initially ▁can ce led . ▁However , ▁the ▁network ▁revers ed ▁course ▁and ▁announced ▁the ▁show ▁would ▁return ▁as ▁the ▁lead - out ▁from ▁a ▁highly ▁anticip ated ▁series , ▁Em ily ' s ▁Re asons ▁Why ▁Not . ▁The ▁J ake ▁character ▁was ▁soft ened ▁somewhat ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁series ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁make ▁him ▁more ▁rel atable . ▁The ▁first ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁sit com ▁pair ing ▁f ared ▁poor ly ▁in ▁the ▁ratings ; ▁after ▁one ▁week , ▁ABC ▁immediately ▁scheduled ▁a ▁r er un ▁of ▁The ▁Bach elor ▁during ▁the ▁one - hour ▁block ▁for ▁the ▁following ▁week , ▁putting ▁both ▁shows ▁on ▁in defin ite ▁hi atus . ▁ABC ▁confirmed ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 3 ▁that ▁J ake ▁had