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'''''Going Places''''' was a [[situation comedy]] aired by the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television network]] as part of its [[1990-91 United States network television schedule|1990-91 prime time schedule]]. |
'''''Going Places''''' was a [[situation comedy]] aired by the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television network]] as part of its [[1990-91 United States network television schedule|1990-91 prime time schedule]]. The show was created by Howard Adler and Robert Griffard. Going Places was developed by [[Robert L. Boyett]] and [[Thomas L. Miller]] of [[Miller Boyett]], the production company that also created the ABC Sitcoms ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'' and ''[[Family Matters (TV series)|Family Matters]]'' among others. And it, like the other Miller/Boyett sitcoms, was heavily inspired by a previous ABC sitcom, in this case ''[[Bosom Buddies]]''. |
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==Original premise== |
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''Going Places'' has been described as American television's ultimate expression of navel-gazing, as it was a program written by young television comedy writers about the lives of young television comedy writers. |
''Going Places'' has been described as American television's ultimate expression of navel-gazing, as it was a program written by young television comedy writers about the lives of young television comedy writers. The show's original premise was that four young writers, Charlie Davis ([[Alan Ruck]]), his brother Jack ([[Jerry Levine]]), Alex Burton ([[Heather Locklear]]), and Kate Griffin ([[Hallie Todd]]) were the writing staff of ''Here's Looking at You'', a ''[[Candid Camera]]''-type program featuring real people caught in their unawares. Their professional lives were essentially indistinguishable from their personal ones as all lived together in a [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] beach house. Kate's eight-year old nephew Nick was also a resident in the beach house. |
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==Seccond premise== |
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The producers and ABC apparently had a lot of confidence in this program. |
The producers and ABC apparently had a lot of confidence in this program. The original concept failed to garner much of an audience, but rather than cancelling the show, the fictional ''Here's Looking at You'' was cancelled instead and the four went to work as the production team for a manic [[talk show]] host, Dick Roberts (Steve Vinovich). Only when this format also failed to find an audience was ''Going Places'' cancelled. |
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==After cancellation== |
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Interestingly, two supporting cast members of ''Going Places'' remained employed by Miller-Boyett as the show was cancelled. Staci Keanan, who had played the gang's teenage neighbor the whole season, was cast as Suzanne Somers' daughter Dana Foster on ''[[Step by Step]]'', the ultimately more successful Miller-Boyett sitcom that premiered in September 1991 (although not in ''Going Places''' old time slot). [[Christopher Castile]], who joined ''Going Places'' mid-season as talk-show host Dick Roberts' son Nick, also ended up on ''Step by Step'' playing Keanan's brother Mark. |
Interestingly, two supporting cast members of ''Going Places'' remained employed by Miller-Boyett as the show was cancelled. Staci Keanan, who had played the gang's teenage neighbor the whole season, was cast as Suzanne Somers' daughter Dana Foster on ''[[Step by Step]]'', the ultimately more successful Miller-Boyett sitcom that premiered in September 1991 (although not in ''Going Places''' old time slot). [[Christopher Castile]], who joined ''Going Places'' mid-season as talk-show host Dick Roberts' son Nick, also ended up on ''Step by Step'' playing Keanan's brother Mark. |
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==References== |
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==Going Places (PBS TV travel series)== |
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This is also the title of a PBS travel series, ''[http://www.thirteen.org/cgi-bin/goingplaces1.cgi Going Places]'' (1997-1999) produced by Thirteen/[[WNET]] New York. It was hosted by [[Al Roker]] in its first season and by actor [[James L. Avery, Sr.|James Avery]] in its second and third seasons. |
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==Reference== |
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Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows]]'' |
Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows]]'' |
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Revision as of 06:34, 22 March 2007
Going Places was a situation comedy aired by the ABC television network as part of its 1990-91 prime time schedule. The show was created by Howard Adler and Robert Griffard. Going Places was developed by Robert L. Boyett and Thomas L. Miller of Miller Boyett, the production company that also created the ABC Sitcoms Full House, Perfect Strangers and Family Matters among others. And it, like the other Miller/Boyett sitcoms, was heavily inspired by a previous ABC sitcom, in this case Bosom Buddies.
Original premise
Going Places has been described as American television's ultimate expression of navel-gazing, as it was a program written by young television comedy writers about the lives of young television comedy writers. The show's original premise was that four young writers, Charlie Davis (Alan Ruck), his brother Jack (Jerry Levine), Alex Burton (Heather Locklear), and Kate Griffin (Hallie Todd) were the writing staff of Here's Looking at You, a Candid Camera-type program featuring real people caught in their unawares. Their professional lives were essentially indistinguishable from their personal ones as all lived together in a Los Angeles beach house. Kate's eight-year old nephew Nick was also a resident in the beach house.
Seccond premise
The producers and ABC apparently had a lot of confidence in this program. The original concept failed to garner much of an audience, but rather than cancelling the show, the fictional Here's Looking at You was cancelled instead and the four went to work as the production team for a manic talk show host, Dick Roberts (Steve Vinovich). Only when this format also failed to find an audience was Going Places cancelled.
After cancellation
Interestingly, two supporting cast members of Going Places remained employed by Miller-Boyett as the show was cancelled. Staci Keanan, who had played the gang's teenage neighbor the whole season, was cast as Suzanne Somers' daughter Dana Foster on Step by Step, the ultimately more successful Miller-Boyett sitcom that premiered in September 1991 (although not in Going Places' old time slot). Christopher Castile, who joined Going Places mid-season as talk-show host Dick Roberts' son Nick, also ended up on Step by Step playing Keanan's brother Mark.
References
Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
External links
- Going Places at IMDb
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