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Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series) season 1

season of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ56279663 ↗
Source-derived summary

The first season of the American television series Whose Line Is It Anyway? premiered on ABC on August 5, 1998, and concluded on March 24, 1999.

Cast

Main

Drew Carey

Ryan Stiles

Colin Mochrie

Recurring

Wayne Brady (sixteen episodes)

Brad Sherwood (eight episodes)

Greg Proops (seven episodes)

Denny Siegel (five episodes)

Karen Maruyama (one episode)

Kathy Kinney (one episode)

Ian Gomez (one episode)

Stephen Colbert (one episode)

Episodes

The "winner(s)" of each episode – as chosen by host Drew Carey – are highlighted in italics. The winner would take his or her seat and call a sketch for Drew to perform (often with the help of the rest).

References

External links

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S.) (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

Mark's guide to Whose Line is it Anyway?

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“Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series) season 1” enters the record as season of Whose Line Is It Anyway. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Whose, Line and Anyway can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series) season 1” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.