Katie Joplin
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Genre | Sitcom |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 (including 2 unaired) |
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Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
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Network | The WB |
Release | August 9 September 6, 1999 | –
Katie Joplin is an American sitcom created by Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser that aired for one season on
Katie Joplin received the lowest
Premise and characters
The series follows Katie Joplin (
Katie makes a positive first impression with WLBP-
During her six-hour overnight show, entitled The Katie Joplin Show, Katie gives advice on love to her listeners.[2][6] Program director Mitchell Tuit (Jim Rash) dislikes her as he opposes a talk show airing on his primarily rock and roll station. In an attempt to sabotage the program, he pairs her with the inexperienced producer Tiger French (Simon Rex).[1] The Malay Mail's Marina Abdul Ghani wrote that Katie quickly becomes popular with listeners because she can get "right to the heart of the matter".[3]
Glen has a teenage daughter, Sara Shotz (
Production and broadcast history
Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser created Katie Joplin and were its
Katie Joplin premiered on August 9, 1999, and the final episode aired on September 6, 1999.
Overall learned The WB canceled Katie Joplin while promoting the sitcom Ladies Man; she said: "I think that's pretty rude. Honey, they didn't even call me to tell me they were canceling it!" According to Overall, The WB decided to cancel the series months before it aired as they did not believe it could attract a young demographic.[24] Rob Owen, while writing for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, said Katie Joplin was scheduled for a "short run",[25] and Times Leader's Norma Cavazos described it as a "summer series".[26] de Moraes considered it an example of burning off, a practice in which a television network airs an already-canceled show as filler.[23]
Episodes
No. | Title [7] | Directed by [7] | Written by [7] | Original air date [7] | US viewers (millions) | Rating/share (households) [a] | |
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1 | "I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia" | Steve Zuckerman | Norm Gunzenhauser and Tom Seeley | August 9, 1999 | 2.1[28] | 1.6/3[28] | |
After following her husband to Philadelphia, Katie Joplin receives a job as a radio show host after impressing the station's general manager Glen Shotz. The station's program director Mitchell Tuit attempts to sabotage Katie by having her work with the inexperienced producer Tiger French. Katie abandons her plan to reunite with her husband after realizing he will continue to be unfaithful to her.[7] | |||||||
2 | "Charcoaled Gray" | Steve Zuckerman | Amy and Wendy Engelberg | August 16, 1999 | 1.87[29] | 1.5/2[30] | |
Katie's son Greg gets detention after refusing a burnt sandwich from the cafeteria. When Katie shares his story on her radio show, Greg is bullied by two students. Meanwhile, Tiger helps Katie steal Mitchell's leather office chair.[7] | |||||||
3 | "Promotion Commotion" | Steve Zuckerman | Bill Kunstler | August 23, 1999 | 1.49[31] | 1.1/2[32] | |
Katie's radio show receives a city-wide promotional campaign. While Katie is distracted with work, Greg faces peer pressure from his new friend and gets caught breaking an abandoned building's windows. Because of this, Katie asks Glen to cut back on her busy campaign schedule. At the station, Tiger is uncomfortable with romantic advances from Glen's 16-year-old daughter Sara.[7][b] | |||||||
4 | "Parent Trap" | Howard Murray | Marc Flanagan | August 30, 1999 | 2.15[33] | 1.7/3[34] | |
Glen spoils Sara with presents and a job at the radio station, and Katie is angry when he refuses to discipline her. After getting Katie's advice, Glenn talks to Sara, and she decides to live with him. Meanwhile, Katie has trouble with her finances after her husband uses their joint credit cards for a shopping spree.[7] | |||||||
5 | "Kill the Messenger" | Howard Murray | Michael Bornhorst | September 6, 1999 | 1.78[35] | 1.3/2[36] | |
Katie discovers Tiger has been secretly dating Sara and encourages him to tell Glen. However, Tiger decides to break up with Sara instead, but Glen still finds out about their relationship. They later discover Sara has begun dating an intern from the station's Bar Mitzvah, Greg turns to Katie's niece Liz Berlin for advice.[7] | |||||||
6 | "We're Not in Tennessee Anymore, Toto" | James Hampton | Marc Flanagan | Unaired | — | — | |
Katie wants to spend more time with Greg, but worries about him after seeing his response to Liz's relationship with a male model. Liz becomes angry with Katie, who interrupts one of her business meetings, and Greg attempts to help the two reconcile. Meanwhile, Katie starts receiving her things from Tennessee and Greg is worried about seeing his father again.[7][c] | |||||||
7 | "Tiger's Choice" | Ed Driscoll | Unaired | — | — | ||
Tiger feels under-appreciated at his job, and asks for a better salary and more respect. Katie is uncomfortable with Glen's growing friendship with Greg.[7] |
Critical reception
Prior to its debut, Katie Joplin was recommended by critics from
Some reviewers commented on the delay with the show's airing.[40][41] David Bianculli, while writing for Fort Worth Star-Telegram, said both Katie Joplin and the CBS sitcom Thanks were not "deemed worthy of consideration for their respective networks' fall schedules".[40] A Dayton Daily News reviewer questioned The WB's decision, and wondered "perhaps they want us to decide for ourselves just why that might be". The writer highlighted Thomas's casting as the main reason for their "curiosity about what might have gone wrong here".[41]
Retrospective reviews of the series were negative. In 2000, Mediaweek's Marc Berman discussed how since the early 1990s, television networks became increasingly interested in summer programming. Berman identified Northern Exposure and Melrose Place as successful instances of shows premiering in the summer, and criticized Katie Joplin as a failure because of its short run.[42] The same year, journalist Josh Chetwynd cited it in USA Today while doing an overview of The WB and UPN on the fifth anniversary of their launches. He singled out Katie Joplin as one of The WB's "big bombs" based on its quick cancelation.[43] In a 2011 Radio World article, Stephen Winzenburg discussed it as a part of his larger question about why television shows about radio have limited success and longevity. He criticized the show's premise, believing it was unrealistic for a middle-aged woman to be hired as a radio host without any prior experience. Winzenburg also considered the featured radio station (87.5 FM) to be an unlikely dial position.[44]
References
Notes
- ^ "Rating" represents the percentage of American households with a television watching an episode during any given minute of its broadcast while "share" represents the percentage of American households with a television in use watching an episode during any given minute of its broadcast.[27]
- ^ Sara was supposed to be introduced in the show's fourth episode "Parent Trap". However, "Promotion Commotion" aired first, even though it was produced as the season's fifth episode.[7]
- ^ "We're Not in Tennessee Anymore, Toto" was the third episode produced for the series.[7]
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Book sources
- ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Archivedfrom the original on April 17, 2021.
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External links
- Katie Joplin at IMDb