All's Fair
All's Fair | |
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Created by | Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf Rod Parker |
Developed by | Norman Lear |
Starring | Richard Crenna Bernadette Peters Michael Keaton |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production locations | Metromedia Square, Los Angeles, California |
Running time | approx. 0:30 (per episode) |
Production company | T.A.T. Communications Company |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 20, 1976 April 30, 1977 | –
All's Fair is an American television
Plot
In Washington, D.C., an older (49) conservative columnist Richard C. Barrington (Richard Crenna) and a young (23) liberal photographer Charlotte (Charley) Drake (Bernadette Peters) become romantically involved. The complications of their politics and the age difference provide the story lines. They are "separated by politics, generation gap, manners and living styles".[1]
Barrington is a gourmet cook who lives in a luxurious Washington townhouse, and Drake is a vegetarian. Barrington has a girl friend, a literary agent (Salome Jens), when he first meets Drake.[2] The style of the show is "almost constant hysteria, the rapid pacing set to the sounds of argumentative shouting."[1]
Cast and crew
- Cast
Source: Nostalgia Central[3]
- Richard C. Barrington – Richard Crenna
- Charlotte (Charley) Drake – Bernadette Peters
- Lucy Daniels, Al's girlfriend and a reporter – Lee Chamberlin
- Allen Brooks, Richard's assistant – J.A. Preston
- Ginger Livingston, Charley's roommate – Judith Kahan
- Senator Wayne Joplin, a liberal Senator and friend of Richard – Jack Dodson
- Lanny Wolf (1976), aide to President Carter – Michael Keaton
- Crew
- Norman Lear – Production Supervisor
- Michael Elias – Producer
- Rod Parker – Executive Producer
- Bob Claver – Director
- Hal Cooper – Director
- Bob Schiller – Writer and Producer
- Bob Weiskopf – Writer and Producer
- Ben Stein – Consultant and writer[4][5]
Episodes
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Tape date |
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1 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Hal Cooper | Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf and Rod Parker | September 20, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
2 | "Jealousy" | Bob Claver | Albert E. Lewin | September 27, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
3 | "A Perfect Evening" | Bob Claver | Gy Waldron | October 4, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
4 | "Living Together" | Bob Claver | Sybil Adelman | October 18, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
5 | "Discovery Day" | Bob Claver | Michael Loman, Bob Schiller, & Bob Weiskopf | October 25, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
6 | "Election Eve" | Bob Claver | Bud Wiser | November 1, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
7 | "The Gang Leader" | Bob Claver | Karen Bachar (s), Dixie Brown Grossman, Ron Friedman | November 8, 1976 | 112 | November 1, 1976 |
8 | "Happy Anniversary: Part 1" | Bob Claver | Michael Loman | November 15, 1976 | 109 | October 12, 1976 |
9 | "Happy Anniversary: Part 2" | Bob Claver | Unknown | November 22, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
10 | "The Weekend" | Unknown | Bob Van Scoyk | November 29, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
11 | "The Leak" | Bob Claver | Don Hinkley, Peter Gallay | December 13, 1976 | TBA | TBA |
12 | "True Confessions" | Bob Claver | Sylvie Adelman (s), Bob Van Scoyk (s/t), Bud Wiser (s/t) | December 20, 1976 | 114 | December 7, 1976 |
13 | "Love and Marriage: Part 1" | Bob Claver | Bob Van Scoyk | January 3, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
14 | "Love and Marriage: Part 2" | J.D. Lobue | Bud Wiser | January 17, 1977 | 113 | November 10, 1976 |
15 | "Lucy's Job Offer" | Bob Claver | Howard Ostroff | February 7, 1977 | 116 | December 21, 1976 |
16 | "President Requests: Part 1" | Bob Claver | Tom Whedon | February 14, 1977 | 115 | December 14, 1976 |
17 | "President Requests: Part 2" | Bob Claver | Rod Parker | February 21, 1977 | 116 | December 14, 1976 |
18 | "In Name Only" | Bob Claver | Michael Elias and Bob Van Scoyk | February 28, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
19 | "Save the Yak" | Bob Claver | Howard Ostroff | March 7, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
20 | "Remembrance" | Bob Claver | Tom Whedon | March 14, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
21 | "The Dick and Vanessa Show" | Bob Claver | Tom Whedon | March 28, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
22 | "The Jailbirds: Part 1" | Unknown | Unknown | April 23, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
23 | "The Jailbirds: Part 2" | Bob Claver | Rod Parker | April 30, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
24 | "Charley's Father" | Bob Claver | Ron Friedman | May 30, 1977 | TBA | TBA |
Reception
The reviewer for Knight News Wire wrote that the show "looks like the best new comedy series of the year...The show looks sound in both writing and acting ... the characters spend a lot of time shouting. Lear seems to have decided ... that high-decibel dialogue is necessary to hold the attention of a large audience."[6]
The critic for The New York Times wrote that "The casting is first-rate and the finger-snapping pace of the show leaves just about everything looking easy and undemanding.[2]
The reviewer for
Awards and nominations
- Golden Globe, 1977, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Bernadette Peters (nominated)[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b O'Connor, John J. "TV View. Competition Makes Networks Go Rigid", The New York Times, September 26, 1976, page D29
- ^ a b O'Connor, John J. "TV: An Odd, Late Season That Is Full of Gaps: Few New Shows Promising, but Most Follow Formula Old Sitcom Series Return in Slightly Altered Guise", The New York Times , September 20, 1976, p. 46
- ^ " 'All's Fair'" Nostalgia Central
- ISBN 978-1-4019-0700-6, p.68
- ^ Sipos, Thomas M. "Ben Stein -- Portrait Of A Hollywood Republican" hollywoodinvestigator.com, September 28, 2003
- ^ Winfrey, Lee. " 'All's Fair' Hot New Show" Boca Raton News, Knight News Wire (news.google.com), September 20, 1976
- ^ Freeman, Don. "All's Fair' has Lear Touch" Beaver County Times (Copley News Service), news.google.com, October 7, 1976
- ^ "Bernadette Peters Golden Globe Wins and Nominations" Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, Goldenglobes.org, accessed April 15, 2012
External links
- All's Fair at IMDb
- All's Fair at epguides.com
- All's Fair at TV Guide