Hope & Gloria
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Hope & Gloria | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
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Starring |
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Opening theme | "Thank God for a Friend Like You" performed by Wild Orchid |
Composer | Craig Safan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 35 |
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Producers |
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Production locations | Pittsburgh and Los Angeles |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | March 9, 1995 June 22, 1996 | –
Hope & Gloria is an American sitcom television series created by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, that aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996.[1] The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson as Hope, a high-strung television producer, and Jessica Lundy as Gloria, a tough-talking beautician, who become neighbors in an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local TV personality and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television.[2]
The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks.
Cast
[edit]- Cynthia Stevenson as Hope Davidson
- Jessica Lundy as Gloria Utz
- Enrico Colantoni as Louis Utz, Gloria's husband
- Robert Garrova as Sonny Utz, Gloria & Louis's son
- Alan Thicke as Dennis Dupree
- Taylor Negron as Gwillem Blatt (season 2)
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | March 9, 1995 | September 7, 1995 | |
2 | 22 | September 24, 1995 | June 22, 1996 |
Season 1 (1995)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Are We Having Fun Yet?" | Barnet Kellman | Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner | March 9, 1995 | 22.8[3] |
2 | 2 | "No Degrees of Separation" | Peter Bonerz | J.J. Paulsen | March 16, 1995 | 21.0[4] |
3 | 3 | "Salon, It's Been Good to Know You" | Steve Zuckerman | Jerry Perzigian | March 23, 1995 | 20.1[5] |
4 | 4 | "A Fine ROM-ance" | Steve Zuckerman | John Frink & Don Payne | March 30, 1995 | 22.2[6] |
5 | 5 | "Falling in Bed Again" | Peter Bonerz | Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman | April 6, 1995 | 19.4[7] |
6 | 6 | "I Never Sang for Our Father" | Peter Bonerz | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | April 13, 1995 | 16.2[8] |
7 | 7 | "My Mamma Done Told Me: Part 1" | Alan Rafkin | Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner | April 20, 1995 | 21.2[9] |
8 | 8 | "Who's Poppa?: Part 2" | Peter Baldwin | Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner | April 20, 1995 | 24.9[9] |
9 | 9 | "Love with an Improper Stranger" | Alan Rafkin | Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman | April 27, 1995 | 18.8[10] |
10 | 10 | "The Face with Two Men" | Alan Rafkin | Jerry Perzigian | May 4, 1995 | 19.2[11] |
11 | 11 | "Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me" | Steve Zuckerman | George McGrath | May 11, 1995 | 16.1[12] |
12 | 12 | "Don't Take Any Wooden Elephants" | Steve Zuckerman | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | August 10, 1995 | 13.9[13] |
13 | 13 | "A Midsummer Night's Trim" | Michael Lembeck | J.J. Paulsen | September 7, 1995 | 16.8[14] |
Season 2 (1995–96)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "An Embarrassment of Teapots" | Shelley Jensen | Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman | September 24, 1995 | 18.7[15] |
15 | 2 | "Dumb & Smarter" | Michael Lembeck | George McGrath | October 1, 1995 | 17.0[16] |
16 | 3 | "A Star is Reborn" | Shelley Jensen | Janis Hirsch | October 8, 1995 | 16.8[17] |
17 | 4 | "Love is the Afternoon" | Michael Lembeck | Jerry Perzigian | October 29, 1995 | 15.5[18] |
18 | 5 | "Manager and Woman" | Michael Lembeck | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | November 5, 1995 | 15.1[19] |
19 | 6 | "How to Get an Ed in Business" | Peter Baldwin | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | November 12, 1995 | 15.7[20] |
20 | 7 | "Listen, Sister" | Peter Baldwin | J.J. Paulsen | November 19, 1995 | 13.6[21] |
21 | 8 | "Money You Should Mention" | Michael Lembeck | J.J. Paulsen | December 3, 1995 | 13.9[22] |
22 | 9 | "Consenting Adults" | Michael Lembeck | Janis Hirsch | December 10, 1995 | 12.1[23] |
23 | 10 | "The Dupree Family Christmas" | Joanna Kerns | George McGrath | December 17, 1995 | 12.9[24] |
24 | 11 | "Enemies: A Love Story" | Alan Rafkin | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | January 6, 1996 | 7.3[25] |
25 | 12 | "The Man Upstairs" | Michael Lembeck | Jerry Perzigian | January 13, 1996 | 7.1[26] |
26 | 13 | "Danny, Oh Boy" | Alan Rafkin | J.J. Paulsen | January 20, 1996 | 7.5[27] |
27 | 14 | "A New York Story" | Alan Rafkin | George McGrath | February 3, 1996 | 7.2[28] |
28 | 15 | "Tainted Love" | Alan Rafkin | Janis Hirsch | February 10, 1996 | 5.8[29] |
29 | 16 | "One Sorry Mother" | Alan Rafkin | Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman | March 16, 1996 | 7.0[30] |
30 | 17 | "A Sentimental Education" | Pamela Fryman | Jerry Perzigian | March 23, 1996 | 6.2[31] |
31 | 18 | "The Art of the Deal" | John Bowab | Arnold Rudnick & Rich Hosek | March 30, 1996 | 6.4[32] |
32 | 19 | "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Funicular" | Michael Lembeck | Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman | April 6, 1996 | 6.2[33] |
33 | 20 | "Note to Self" | Alan Rafkin | Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel | April 13, 1996 | 5.9[34] |
34 | 21 | "Baby Love" | Alan Rafkin | Janis Hirsh | April 20, 1996 | 5.2[35] |
35 | 22 | "Come Back Lil' Tina" | Pamela Fryman | Marc Peterson | June 22, 1996 | 4.7[36] |
Notable guest stars
[edit]- Larry Poindexter as Jeffrey
- Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
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