''Kelly Kelly'' is an American television

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created by David Kendall, starring

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and Robert Hays, that aired on

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from April 20 to June 7, 1998.

Plot

Kelly Novak is an

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professor who meets widowed fire chief Doug Kelly. The two get married and she becomes Kelly Kelly. They live together in his

Secaucus, New Jersey Secaucus ( ) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 16,264,Shelley Long Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Long portrayed Diane Chambers on the hit sitcom ''Cheers'' and received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Serie ...

as English professor Kelly Novak. * Robert Hays as widowed firefighter Doug Kelly. * Ashley Johnson as 13-year-old Maureen Kelly. * Will Estes as 17-year-old Sean Kelly. * Bug Hall as middle son Brian Kelly. *Gemini Barnett as 6-year-old Casey Kelly.

Production

Columbia TriStar Television had originally developed the series, and produced a pilot, before handing over production of the show to Warner Bros. Television. During filming of the first episode, Shelley Long broke a finger while catching a football.

Episodes

After airing two episodes to low ratings,

moved the series from Mondays to Sundays. Seven episodes are registered with the

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Reception

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of the ''

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'' called the series "routine sitcomdom" with "some occasional bright dialogue". John Carman of the ''

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'' was also unimpressed, and thought the show was "almost an exact copy of '' It Had to Be You''", which lasted a month. Matthew Gilbert of ''

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'' said the series was "neither horrible nor promising, just kind of generic and bland". David Bianculli of the '' Daily News'' rated the series one and a half stars, and called the scripts "painfully predictable and not even sporadically amusing". Kevin D. Thompson of ''

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'' also rated the series one and a half stars saying that the show is "a bland family comedy we've seen too many times before". Elaine Liner of the ''

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'' gave the series no stars, as well as grading it "an F as a two-alarm failure".

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly Kelly (Tv Series) 1990s American sitcoms 1998 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings English-language television shows Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios The WB original programming Television shows set in New Jersey