Fay (TV series)

Fay
Lee Grant in Fay, 1975
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Susan Harris
Directed by	Alan Arkin James Burrows
Starring	Lee Grant Joe Silver Audra Lindley Margaret Willock Stewart Moss Bill Gerber Norman Alden Lillian Lehman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Paul Junger Witt Tony Thomas
Producer	Jerry Mayer
Running time	22 mins.
Production companies	Witt-Thomas Productions, in association with Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 4, 1975 (1975-09-04) – June 2, 1976 (1976-06-02)

Fay is an American sitcom starring Lee Grant as the title character. The series aired on NBC from September 1975 to June 1976.

Synopsis

Grant stars as Fay Stewart, a divorced woman in her 40s who after 25 years of marriage to attorney Jack Stewart starts a new job and begins dating.

The show first aired on September 4, 1975 and was pulled after the October 23 airing. It returned for 2 more episodes on May 12 and June 2, 1976. 10 episodes were produced. Four of them ("Jack Remarries", "Mr. Wonderful", "Danny Falls In Love", and "Not Another Mother's Day") were eventually re-edited into an overseas theatrical feature, Man Trouble, later included in a syndicated package of other MCA/Universal "movies" stitched together from their various short-lived TV series.

Grant was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series after the series was cancelled.

Episodes

Nº	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Air date
1	"Fay"	Alan Arkin	Susan Harris	September 4, 1975 (1975-09-04)
Series pilot: Fay admits to having an affair.
2	"Jack Remarries"	Alan Arkin	Susan Harris	September 11, 1975 (1975-09-11)
Fay's ex-husband Jack is marrying a young stewardess.
3	"Mom's Realization"	Richard Kinon	Gail Parent	September 18, 1975 (1975-09-18)
Fay's mother wants to bring her and Jack back together.
4	"Mr. Wonderful"	*	*	September 25, 1975 (1975-09-25)
Fay's childhood friend (Renée Taylor) is getting married, but her intended begins making passes at Fay.
5	"Jack's Heart Attack"	*	*	October 2, 1975 (1975-10-02)
Thinking he's dying of a heart attack, Jack confesses to Fay about his cheating ways.
6	"Not with My Husband You Don't"	James Burrows	Jerry Mayer	October 9, 1975 (1975-10-09)
Fay is ecstatic at the prospect of accompanying one of her firm's attorneys to Washington, D.C.
7	"Lillian's Separation"	James Burrows	Story: Dennis Klein; Teleplay: Susan Harris & Sybil Adelman	October 16, 1975 (1975-10-16)
Lillian walks out on her husband (Norman Fell) and moves into Fay's apartment, where she does some unwanted redecorating.
8	"Danny Falls in Love"	*	*	October 23, 1975 (1975-10-23)
Fay's lovelorn boss (Bill Gerber) comes to her apartment for some motherly comfort.
9	"Fay and the Doctor"	Richard Kinon	Susan Harris	May 12, 1976 (1976-05-12)
Fay falls in love with a doctor; the only problem is he is married with children.
10	"Not Another Mother's Day"	Joan Darling	Jerry Mayer	June 2, 1976 (1976-06-02)
Linda wants to wait until she graduates from college to have a second child, but her husband doesn't want to wait that long.

* Unknown

External links

• Fay at epguides.com
• Fay at IMDb
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