Jump to content

Ann Jillian (TV series): Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Reverted 1 edit by 76.210.151.74 (talk) identified as vandalism to last revision by 96.253.197.59. (TW)
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
5,404,119 edits
Altered pages. Formatted dashes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Spinixster | Category:NBC sitcoms | #UCB_Category 211/368
 
(96 intermediate revisions by 57 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox Television
{{Infobox television
|show_name = Ann Jillian
| image = Ann jillian tv series premiere print ad.jpg
|image =
| caption = Series premiere print advertisement
|caption =
| genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
|genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
| creator = {{Plainlist|
* Deidre Fay
|writer =
* Stuart Wolpert
|director =
}}
|starring = [[Ann Jillian]] <br>[[Lisa Rieffel]]<br>Amy Lynne<br>Zachary Rosencrantz<br>[[Noble Willingham]]<br>Chantal Rivera-Batisse<br>[[Cynthia Harris]]
|composer =
| writer =
|country = United States
| director =
|language = English
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ann Jillian]]
|num_seasons = 1
* [[Lisa Rieffel]]
|num_episodes = 11
* Amy Lynne
|list_episodes =
* Zachary Rosencrantz
|executive_producer =
* [[Noble Willingham]]
|producer =
* Chantal Rivera-Batisse
|co-producer =
* [[Cynthia Harris]]
|runtime = 22 minutes
}}
|channel = [[NBC]]
|audio_format =
| composer = [[Ray Colcord]]
|first_aired = November 30, 1989
| country = United States
| camera = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
|last_aired = September 1, 1990
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13 (3 unaired)
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| network = [[NBC]]
| company = {{Plainlist|
* 9-J Inc. Productions
* [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|1989|11|30}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1990|08|19}}
}}
}}


'''''Ann Jillian''''' is an American [[sitcom]] television series created by Deidre Fay and Stuart Wolpert, starring [[Ann Jillian]] that aired on [[NBC]] from November 30, 1989, to August 19, 1990.<ref name="B&M">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Ann+Jillian+Situation+Comedy%22&pg=PA68 |first1=Tim |last1=Brooks |author-link1=Tim Brooks (historian) |first2=Earle |last2=Marsh |year=2007 |edition=9 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |section=Ann Jillian (Situation Comedy) |pages=68–69 |location=New York |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |access-date=2024-07-16 }}</ref>
'''''Ann Jillian''''' was a short-lived television show on [[NBC]]. The show starred [[Ann Jillian]] as Ann McNeil, a widower who moves from New York to California with her teenage daughter.


==Summary==
==Plot==
After the death of her firefighter husband, Ann McNeil and her teenage daughter, Lucy move from New York to the northern California village of Marvel, where Ann and her husband went for their honeymoon. Lucy is reluctant to her new surroundings in a new town, but she begins to adjust and makes new friends. Ann is also learning to adjust as well as she starts a new job at a gift shop run by Mrs. Hufnagel. The teens that Lucy hangs out with were Kaz, Melissa, and Robin. Kaz's well-meaning grandfather, Duke helped Ann and Lucy in their new surroundings.
After the death of her firefighter husband, Ann McNeil, an ex-Radio City Music Hall Rockette, and her 14-year-old daughter Lucy, move from New York to a small northern California village named Marvel, where Ann and her husband went for their honeymoon. Lucy is apprehensive of her new surroundings in a new town and at first misses the fast-paced atmosphere of [[New York City]], but she begins to adjust and makes new friends. Ann is also learning to adjust as well as she starts a new job at a gift shop run by Mrs. Hufnagel. The teens that Lucy hangs out with are Kaz, Melissa, and Robin. Kaz's well-meaning grandfather, Duke, helps Ann and Lucy in their new surroundings.<ref>{{cite web |author=Vernon Scott |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-27-ca-286-story.html |title=New, Improved and Funnier Ann Jillian Launches TV Assault |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |date=November 27, 1989 |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

==Cast and characters==
*[[Ann Jillian]] as Ann McNeil
*[[Lisa Rieffel]] as Lucy McNeil
*[[Noble Willingham]] as Duke Howard
*[[Cynthia Harris]] as Sheila Hufnagel
*Zachary Rosencrantz as Kaz Sumner
*Chantal Rivera-Batisse as Melissa Santos
*Amy Lynne as Robin Winkle

==Production==
The pilot for the series was produced in early 1989, when it was called ''The Ann Jillian Show''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Diane Haithman |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-24-ca-293-story.html |title=TV Pilots Ready for an Air War |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 24, 1989 |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> Retitled ''Ann Jillian'', it premiered as a series on NBC on November 30, 1989, running for 7 episodes before it was put on hiatus in January. The series returned briefly in August 1990, running three additional episodes before being cancelled after a final broadcast on August 19. Three further episodes had been produced, but never aired.

At the time the pilot for the series was produced, Castle Rock Entertainment, which produced the show, also had another pilot produced for NBC named ''[[The Seinfeld Chronicles]]'' starring stand-up comedian [[Jerry Seinfeld]]. When it tested poorly, and ''Ann Jillian'' tested more positively, Castle Rock committed to Jillian's series, which was picked up for a full season order. However, the show would only last one season, whereas the subsequently re-titled ''[[Seinfeld]]'' lasted for nine seasons, ending in 1998, becoming among the most successful sitcoms in television history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/seinfeld-finale-at-20-hidden-tales-vault-a-comedians-bizarro-world-1111377 |title='Seinfeld' Finale at 20: Hidden Tales From the Vault of a Comedian's Bizarro World |last=Freeman|first=Marc |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |date=May 13, 2018 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=May 16, 2018 |quote=Castle Rock, which owned the series, had two pilots at NBC that year: Seinfeld and one with Ann Jillian. Whereas Seinfeld tested poorly, Ann Jillian tested through the roof and earned a 13-episode commitment. Castle Rock decided to focus on that.}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{Episode table
|total_width=
|overall=
|title=
|titleR=<ref name="U.S.C.O." />
|director=
|directorR=<ref name="U.S.C.O." />
|writer=
|writerR=<ref>{{cite web | url=https://directories.wga.org/project/195433/ann-jillian/ | title=Ann Jillian - WGA Directory }}</ref>
|airdate=
|prodcode=
|prodcodeR=<ref name="U.S.C.O.">From the United States Copyright Office catalog: {{cite web |url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |title=Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Ann Jillian"]". |publisher=United States Copyright Office |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
|episodes=

{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=California Dreamin'
|DirectedBy=[[John Bowab]]
|WrittenBy=Deidre Fay & Stuart Wolpert
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|11|30}}
|ProdCode=03-0101
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=Interrupted Melody
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Deidre Fay & Stuart Wolpert
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|03}}
|ProdCode=03-0102
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Love-15
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Efrem Seeger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|10}}
|ProdCode=03-0105
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Since I Don't Have You
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Lyla Oliver & Patrick Cleary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|17}}
|ProdCode=03-0108
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Buddy System
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Stephen Neigher
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|31}}
|ProdCode=03-0103
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Career Week
|AltTitle=Shoots and Ladders
|RAltTitle={{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Barbara Hall
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|01|07}}
|ProdCode=03-0107
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=The Crush
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Dick Bensfield & [[Jack Elinson]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|01|20}}
|ProdCode=03-0109
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title=Run for the Roses
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Lyla Oliver & Patrick Cleary|t=Lyla Oliver & Patrick Cleary and David S. Cohen & Roger Schulman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|08|05}}
|ProdCode=03-0111
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title=Old Friends
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Shelly Zellman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|08|12}}
|ProdCode=03-0112
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title=It's a Mall World After All
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Tom Straw
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|08|19}}
|ProdCode=03-0113
|ShortSummary=''Note'': This episode, the last produced, effectively served as a "pilot" to a rebooted version of the series – from this episode forward, the focus of the series would have shifted to Ann McNeil's new job as the activities director of the local Marvel shopping mall and the characters she worked with there.<ref name="Pilots">{{cite book |author=Vincent Terrace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxTx1xK-q14C&q=%22Ann+Jillian%22+August+19%2C+1990&pg=PA14 |date=February 12, 2013 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937–2012 |section=The Ann Jillian Show |page=184 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-476-60249-3}}</ref>
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title=Good Citizen
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Stephen Hattman & Stuart Wolpert
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|ProdCode=03-0104
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title=A Housewarming
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Deidre Fay & Stuart Wolpert
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|ProdCode=03-0106
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title=The Anniversary
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=Lyla Oliver
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|ProdCode=03-0110
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
}}


==Cancellation==
==Reception==
Howard Rosenberg of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reviewed the comedy negatively, quipping that the series "has more Anns than laughs."<ref>{{cite web |author=Howard Rosenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-30-ca-26-story.html |title=TV REVIEWS : More Anns, Fewer Laughs in NBC's 'Ann Jillian' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 30, 1989 |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
The show was canceled on August 19, 1990, with the last episode airing on September 1, 1990.


==Cast==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Ann Jillian]]: Ann McNeil
*[[Lisa Rieffel]]: Lucy McNeil
*[[Noble Willingham]]: Duke Howard
*[[Cynthia Harris]]: Sheila Hufnagel
*Zachary Rosencraft: Kaz Sumner
*Chantal Rivera-Batisse: Melissa Santos
*Amy Lynne: Robin Winkle


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0096533|title=Ann Jillian}}
*{{IMDb title|96533}}


[[Category:1980s American television series]]
[[Category:1980s American multi-camera sitcoms]]
[[Category:1990s American television series]]
[[Category:1990s American multi-camera sitcoms]]
[[Category:1989 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1989 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1990 American television series endings]]
[[Category:1990 American television series endings]]
[[Category:American television sitcoms]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
[[Category:English-language television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios]]
[[Category:NBC network shows]]
[[Category:Television series by Castle Rock Entertainment]]
[[Category:Television shows set in California]]
[[Category:NBC sitcoms]]

Latest revision as of 10:10, 1 December 2024

Ann Jillian
Series premiere print advertisement
GenreSitcom
Created by
  • Deidre Fay
  • Stuart Wolpert
Starring
ComposerRay Colcord
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (3 unaired)
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseNovember 30, 1989 (1989-11-30) –
August 19, 1990 (1990-08-19)

Ann Jillian is an American sitcom television series created by Deidre Fay and Stuart Wolpert, starring Ann Jillian that aired on NBC from November 30, 1989, to August 19, 1990.[1]

Plot

[edit]

After the death of her firefighter husband, Ann McNeil, an ex-Radio City Music Hall Rockette, and her 14-year-old daughter Lucy, move from New York to a small northern California village named Marvel, where Ann and her husband went for their honeymoon. Lucy is apprehensive of her new surroundings in a new town and at first misses the fast-paced atmosphere of New York City, but she begins to adjust and makes new friends. Ann is also learning to adjust as well as she starts a new job at a gift shop run by Mrs. Hufnagel. The teens that Lucy hangs out with are Kaz, Melissa, and Robin. Kaz's well-meaning grandfather, Duke, helps Ann and Lucy in their new surroundings.[2]

Cast and characters

[edit]

Production

[edit]

The pilot for the series was produced in early 1989, when it was called The Ann Jillian Show.[3] Retitled Ann Jillian, it premiered as a series on NBC on November 30, 1989, running for 7 episodes before it was put on hiatus in January. The series returned briefly in August 1990, running three additional episodes before being cancelled after a final broadcast on August 19. Three further episodes had been produced, but never aired.

At the time the pilot for the series was produced, Castle Rock Entertainment, which produced the show, also had another pilot produced for NBC named The Seinfeld Chronicles starring stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld. When it tested poorly, and Ann Jillian tested more positively, Castle Rock committed to Jillian's series, which was picked up for a full season order. However, the show would only last one season, whereas the subsequently re-titled Seinfeld lasted for nine seasons, ending in 1998, becoming among the most successful sitcoms in television history.[4]

Episodes

[edit]
No.Title [5]Directed by [5]Written by [6]Original air dateProd.
code [5]
1"California Dreamin'"John BowabDeidre Fay & Stuart WolpertNovember 30, 1989 (1989-11-30)03-0101
2"Interrupted Melody"John BowabDeidre Fay & Stuart WolpertDecember 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)03-0102
3"Love-15"John BowabEfrem SeegerDecember 10, 1989 (1989-12-10)03-0105
4"Since I Don't Have You"John BowabLyla Oliver & Patrick ClearyDecember 17, 1989 (1989-12-17)03-0108
5"Buddy System"John BowabStephen NeigherDecember 31, 1989 (1989-12-31)03-0103
6"Career Week"
"Shoots and Ladders"[citation needed]		John BowabBarbara HallJanuary 7, 1990 (1990-01-07)03-0107
7"The Crush"John BowabDick Bensfield & Jack ElinsonJanuary 20, 1990 (1990-01-20)03-0109
8"Run for the Roses"John BowabStory by : Lyla Oliver & Patrick Cleary
Teleplay by : Lyla Oliver & Patrick Cleary and David S. Cohen & Roger Schulman		August 5, 1990 (1990-08-05)03-0111
9"Old Friends"John BowabShelly ZellmanAugust 12, 1990 (1990-08-12)03-0112
10"It's a Mall World After All"John BowabTom StrawAugust 19, 1990 (1990-08-19)03-0113
Note: This episode, the last produced, effectively served as a "pilot" to a rebooted version of the series – from this episode forward, the focus of the series would have shifted to Ann McNeil's new job as the activities director of the local Marvel shopping mall and the characters she worked with there.[7]
11"Good Citizen"John BowabStephen Hattman & Stuart WolpertUnaired03-0104
12"A Housewarming"John BowabDeidre Fay & Stuart WolpertUnaired03-0106
13"The Anniversary"John BowabLyla OliverUnaired03-0110

Reception

[edit]

Howard Rosenberg of Los Angeles Times reviewed the comedy negatively, quipping that the series "has more Anns than laughs."[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). "Ann Jillian (Situation Comedy)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  2. ^ Vernon Scott (November 27, 1989). "New, Improved and Funnier Ann Jillian Launches TV Assault". Los Angeles Times. United Press International. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. ^ Diane Haithman (March 24, 1989). "TV Pilots Ready for an Air War". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ^ Freeman, Marc (May 13, 2018). "'Seinfeld' Finale at 20: Hidden Tales From the Vault of a Comedian's Bizarro World". Encyclopedia of Things. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 16, 2018. Castle Rock, which owned the series, had two pilots at NBC that year: Seinfeld and one with Ann Jillian. Whereas Seinfeld tested poorly, Ann Jillian tested through the roof and earned a 13-episode commitment. Castle Rock decided to focus on that.
  5. ^ a b c From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Ann Jillian"]"". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. ^ "Ann Jillian - WGA Directory".
  7. ^ Vincent Terrace (February 12, 2013). "The Ann Jillian Show". Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937–2012. McFarland. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-476-60249-3.
  8. ^ Howard Rosenberg (November 30, 1989). "TV REVIEWS : More Anns, Fewer Laughs in NBC's 'Ann Jillian'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Ann_Jillian_(TV_series)&oldid=1260543897"