Once and Again is an American television series that initially aired on ABC from 1999 to 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the same team that created Thirtysomething and produced My So-Called Life.

One of the show's more unique aspects were the "interview" sequences filmed in black and white and interspersed throughout each episode, where the characters would reveal their most innermost thoughts and memories to the camera.

Rick is a divorced father-of-two who meets Lily, a newly-separated mother-of-two. They begin a relationship, which has a significant impact not only on their lives but on those of their children and ex-spouses, as well. Written by Phil Fernando

Set in Chicago, Rick Sammler is a divorced architect who meets Lily Manning, an about-to-be divorced on-line salesperson whom both find a lot of comfort with each other and they soon begin a romantic courtship, always compounded and hammpered by their personal lives. Rick deals with his spitefull ex-wife, Karen, whom unfairly blames him for their divorce as well as his two teenage children, the tough but soft-hearted hunk Eli, and the troubled Jessie. Lily deals with her estranged, selfish, restaurateur husband Jake and her daughters whom include the insecure teenager Grace, and the young, troubled Zoe. Written by Matt Patay