Brothers and Sisters (1979 TV series)
| Brothers and Sisters | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by | Paul Diamond Jeff Franklin Allen Goldstein Bernie Kahn David Lerner Brian Levant Jerry Mayer Andy Ruben Roy Teicher |
| Directed by | Nick Abdo John Bowab Lowell Ganz Will Mackenzie Dick Martin Tony Mordente Dennis Steinmetz George Tyne |
| Starring | William Windom Chris Lemmon Jon Cutler Randy Brooks |
| Composer(s) | Ken Heller Mark Snow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bob Brunner Arthur Silver |
| Producer(s) | Nick Abdo Hy Averback Jerry Mayer |
| Running time | 24 mins |
| Production company(s) | Paramount Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | January 21, 1979 – April 6, 1979 |
Brothers and Sisters is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from January to April 1979. The series attempted to capitalize on the success of the 1978 motion picture National Lampoon's Animal House. It was the second of three frat-house comedy series to air in early 1979 (the others were ABC's Delta House and CBS' Co-Ed Fever).
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[edit] Synopsis
Brothers and Sisters takes place on the campus of Crandall College, with William Windom starring as Dean Larry Crandall. Chris Lemmon (Milos "Checko" Sabolcik), Jon Cutler (Larry Zipper), and Randy Brooks (Ronald Holmes III) play three students who live in the basement of Pi Nu fraternity, nicknamed "Le Dump". Rather than attend class, the three cellar-dwellers create havoc with the more straight-laced members of the fraternity, and interact with the Gamma Iota sorority sisters that live nearby.
On January 21, NBC debuted Brothers and Sisters as a follow-up to their telecast of Super Bowl XIII, three days after ABC aired the first episode of its Animal House-inspired series (which was, in fact, the official series in everything but name). Two weeks later (February 4), Co-Ed Fever made its debut on CBS after a broadcast of the motion picture Rocky, but all three "frat-house" series were off the air by the end of April (with Co-Ed Fever having only one episode broadcast). Brothers and Sisters made its last appearance on April 6, 1979; Delta House followed suit on April 21, 1979.
The show's lack of success became apparent when series regular Mary Crosby turned up as a celebrity on NBC's Hollywood Squares for a week in March 1979; host Peter Marshall mentioned Brothers and Sisters as airing "on another network", only to be informed by Crosby that they were, in fact, on the same network.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Chris Lemmon | Milos "Checko" Sabolcik |
| William Windom | Larry Crandall |
| Mary Crosby | Suzy Cooper |
| Randy Brooks | Ronald Holmes III |
| Larry Anderson | Harlan Ramsey |
| Jon Cutler | Stanley Zipper |
| Roy Teicher | Seymour |
| Amy Johnston | Mary Lee |
[edit] Episodes
| № | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | 1979 January 21 |
| 2 | "High Times" | 1979 January 26 |
| 3 | "Man in Chains" | 1979 February 2 |
| 4 | "Mirror Image" | 1979 February 9 |
| 5 | "Made in Japan" | 1979 February 16 |
| 6 | "A Wrenching Problem" | 1979 February 23 |
| 7 | "Lucky Me" | 1979 March 9 |
| 8 | "Love and Marriage" | 1979 March 16 |
| 9 | "Spring Vacation" | 1979 March 23 |
| 10 | "Save the Monkey" | 1979 March 28 |
| 11 | "Main Event" | 1979 March 30 |
| 12 | "Truth or Consequences" | 1979 April 6 |
[edit] References
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present ISBN 0-345-45542-8
- TV Guide Guide to TV (2006) ISBN 0-7607-7572-9
[edit] External links
| Preceded by All in the Family 1978 |
Brothers and Sisters Super Bowl lead-out program 1979 |
Succeeded by 60 Minutes 1980 |
