sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
television series starring
Patricia Heaton
Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work on sitcoms, having played Debra Barone on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005) as well as Frances "Frankie" Heck on '' The Middl ...
and
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin (born October 15, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom '' Alice'' and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway.
After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Co ...
that aired for two seasons on
ABC
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* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
from March 24, 1992 to July 6, 1993.
Overview
Patricia Heaton stars as Jill Kurland, an executive producer of a
New York City
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television show called ''Wake Up, New York''. The show focused on Jill's relationship with her mother Edie (Linda Lavin) from
Ohio
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, who joined Jill's show as a result of her humorous and misplaced opinions and criticisms.
Cast
*
Patricia Heaton
Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work on sitcoms, having played Debra Barone on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005) as well as Frances "Frankie" Heck on '' The Middl ...
as Jill Kurland
*
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin (born October 15, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom '' Alice'' and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway.
After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Co ...
as Edie Kurland
*
Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz (born December 10, 1941) is an American actor.
Early life and education
Goetz was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Esther L. and Irving A. Goetz, a construction engineer.Paula Kelly as Diahnn Boudreaud
*Bess Meyer as Naomi Dylan
*
Andrew Prine
Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022) was an American film, stage, and television actor.
Early life and career
Prine was born in Jennings, Florida. After graduation from Miami Jackson High School in Miami, Prine attended ...
as Reid Ellis
*
John Putch
John Putch (born July 27, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1970s sitcom '' One Day at a Time'' and as Sean Brody in the film ''Jaws 3-D''.
Life and career
Putch was born in C ...
as Matt Draughon
*
Jeff Yagher
Jeffrey Brian Yagher (born January 18, 1961) is an American actor.
Personal life
Born in Lawrence, Kansas, he graduated from Ohio State University and then attended the Yale School of Drama, where he appeared in productions of ''The Vultures'', ...
as Keith Wyman
Episode list
Season 1 (1992)
Season 2 (1992–93)
See also
Great News
''Great News'' is an American sitcom television series created and written by Tracey Wigfield, and executive produced by Wigfield alongside Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, and David Miner for 3 Arts Entertainment, Little Stranger and Universal Televis ...
, a later two season sitcom, featuring a very similar premise of a daughter working as a television producer, whose mother ends up working on the same show, and interfering with both her work and love life.
DVD releases
There are currently no DVD releases planned by
Warner Bros.
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, who owns the rights. However, the second episode was included in a commemorative DVD released by Warner Bros. during their 50th anniversary, along with the pilot of ''
My Sister Sam
''My Sister Sam'' is an American television sitcom starring Pam Dawber and Rebecca Schaeffer that aired on CBS from October 6, 1986, to April 12, 1988.
Synopsis
The sitcom follows the lives of a 29-year-old San Francisco freelance photographer n ...