''First Time Out'' is an American

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television series that aired on

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. Originally holding the working title ''Girlfriends'' and described as a "Latino ''

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''", the series premiered on September 10, 1995, and last aired an original episode on December 17, 1995, after which time it was put on hiatus by The WB, leaving four episodes unaired.

Plot

The sitcom followed energetic, ambitious, chubby Jackie (Jackie Guerra), a

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graduate who now has a trendy hair salon in

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, attends law-school classes at night, and longs to find a man. She shares an apartment with her friends Dominique ( Leah Remini), a cynical assistant at ''Ventura Records'', and Susan (Mia Cottet), who's about to get her psychotherapist license and is neurotic herself. She's good friends with her co-workers at the salon, Rosa (Tracy Vilar) and Freddy (Harry Van Gorkum), an obnoxious, womanizing English hairstylist. Rounding out the cast are Madeline (

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), a yuppie executive who lives across the hall, and Nathan (

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), Jackie's klutzy, sex-obsessed childhood friend. The WB network called Jackie Guerra "the first Latina to star in her own series".

Cast

* Jackie Guerra – Jackie * Leah Remini – Dominique Constellano *

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– Rosa *

– Madeline * Mia Cottet – Susan *

– Nathan * Harry Van Gorkum – Freddy

Episodes

Only 12 episodes of ''First Time Out'' aired on The WB. 4 episodes were still unaired.

References

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* * 1990s American multi-camera sitcoms 1995 American television series debuts 1995 American television series endings Television shows set in Los Angeles Television series by Sony Pictures Television American English-language television shows Hispanic and Latino American sitcoms The WB sitcoms {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub