''We've Got Each Other'' is an American television

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that aired on

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from October 1, 1977, to January 7, 1978.

Premise

The television series follows the lives of the Hibbard couple dealing with neighbors, work, and life in general. In this show, the roles of domestic housewife and working business man are reversed. Judy is the bread winner of the small family. Stuart Hibbard (

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), who works from home and writes for a mail order catalogue ("Herman Gutman Mail Order Catalogs") is married to Judy Hibbard (

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) who works as an office manager for forgetful photographer Damon Jerome (

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). Both Judy and Stuart had a nemesis in their daily lives: self-centered model, Dee Dee Baldwin (

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) was Judy's, and their next door neighbor, Ken Redford ( Martin Kove) was Stuart's.

Cast

as Stuart Hibbard *

as Judy Hibbard *

as Damon Jerome *

as Dee Dee *

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as Donna * Martin Kove as Ken

Production

The show was created by

Tom Patchett Tom Patchett is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer who is best known as the co-creator of '' ALF''. He co-wrote the films ''Up the Academy'', ''The Great Muppet Caper'', ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'', and '' Project ALF' ...

and

Jay Tarses Michael Jay Tarses (born July 3, 1939) is an American screenwriter, producer, actor. He created and produced ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' and ''The Slap Maxwell Story'', co-created ''Buffalo Bill'' (with Tom Patchett), and was an exec ...

for MTM Enterprises and CBS, it aired Saturdays following

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(also produced by

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), replacing

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. The show did not garner critical or commercial success, with cancellation coming after just 13 episodes. At the time, Tarses was quoted in ''

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'' as saying he wouldn’t have watched it if he’d been a viewer: “I have better things to do with my time.”

Episodes

Show Clips

1977 CBS promosOpening Credits

References

External links

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''We've Got Each Other'' opening credits on YouTube1977 CBS promo for ''We've Got Each Other'' on YouTube
{{MTM Enterprises 1977 American television series debuts 1978 American television series endings 1970s American sitcoms English-language television shows CBS original programming Television shows set in Los Angeles Television series about marriage Television series by MTM Enterprises Television series created by Tom Patchett