''Great Scott!'' is an American

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 ...

starring

Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the title character from Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), a role he later reprised in '' Spider-Man: No Way Hom ...

and Kevin Connolly that premiered on Fox on September 27th, 1992, and aired from October 4th, 1992 until it was abruptly cancelled on November 29th of the same year. It was created by

Tom Gammill and Max Pross Tom Gammill and Max Pross are an American comedy writing team. Together they have written episodes for such successful shows as ''Seinfeld'', '' The Critic'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', and ''Monk''. They have also wo ...

, and produced by

Castle Rock Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick and Alan Horn. It is a label of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself a subsidia ...

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 *

Nancy Lenehan Nancy Lenehan (born April 26, 1953) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1980s. She is best known for Audrey in ''Grace Under Fire'' (1993-1998), Kay Hickey in ''My Name Is Earl'' (2005-2008), and Angela in ' ...

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

Vinessa Shaw Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actor, and had her breakout role in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film '' Hocus Pocus''. Shaw also appeared in '' Ladyb ...

as Carolyn

Episodes

Cancellation

''Great Scott!'' was most likely cancelled due to its poor ratings, ranking 136th lowest rated out of 138 television shows that ran from 1992-1993. 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

RTL Zwei RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by ''RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG''. RTL2 is a private television broadcaster with a full program ''(Vollprogramm)'' ...

, though the status of these German variants are unknown.

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 English-language television shows Fox Broadcasting Company original programming Television series about families Television series about teenagers