''Great Scott!'' is an American

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starring

Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born 27 June 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for starring as Peter Parker (2002 film series character), Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man in film#Sam Raimi's trilogy, ''Spider-Man'' tr ...

and Kevin Connolly that premiered on

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on September 27, 1992, and aired from October 4, 1992, until it was abruptly cancelled on November 29 of the same year. It was created by Tom Gammill and Max Pross, and produced by

Castle Rock Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment is an American independent film and television production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick (September 8, 1947 – February 27, 2025) and Alan Horn. Histo ...

and Claverly One Productions. ''Great Scott!'' would come to serve as Maguire's first starring role in a TV series.

Premise

The show centered on 15-year-old Scott Melrod (Maguire), a freshman at Taft High School, and his vivid imagination. The main gimmick of the show is the audience experiencing Scott's imagination in different situations he is put in. This is shown multiple times in all known episodes.

Cast

as Scott Melrod *

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as Beverly Melrod * Ray Baker as Walter Melrod *Sarah Koskoff as Nina Melrod * Kevin Connolly as Larry O'Donnell *

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as Carolyn

Episodes

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and

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guest starred in the unaired episode "Book Crook".

Cancellation

''Great Scott!'' was cancelled due to its poor ratings, ranking 136th out of 139 television shows that ran ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox during the 1992 to 1993 television season. It was rated a 4.2, the highest on the list being rated a 21.9, and the lowest being a 4.0. Despite its cancellation in the states, all 13 produced episodes are known to have aired on German Television station

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, though the status of these German variants are unknown. The German version of ''Great Scott!'' is known as ''Super Scott!''.

References

External links

* * {{Epguides, GreatScott
TV Guide

An archive of the only aired episodes
1992 American television series debuts 1992 American television series endings 1990s American high school television series 1990s American single-camera sitcoms 1990s American teen sitcoms Television series by Castle Rock Entertainment American English-language television shows Television series about families American television series about teenagers Fox Broadcasting Company sitcoms Television shows scored by Mark Mothersbaugh