Good Morning, Miami

Good Morning, Miami
Original cast
Format	Sitcom
Created by	David Kohan Max Mutchnick
Starring	Mark Feuerstein Suzanne Pleshette Ashley Williams Matt Letscher Jere Burns Constance Zimmer
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	40
Production
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 26, 2002 (2002-09-26) – December 18, 2003 (2003-12-18)

Good Morning, Miami is a sitcom which ran from 2002 to 2004 on NBC. Created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the show focused on the personal and professional life of Jake, the executive producer of the lowest-rated morning show in the country, based in Miami.

Though unsuccessful and unacclaimed, the show lasted in the coveted Thursday "Must See TV" lineup for an entire season.

After nine episodes were aired during the second season in the United States, the show was canceled and didn't get to finish airing the rest of the 18 episodes that were ordered for the season. However, all episodes of the second season were shown on TG4 in Ireland.

The theme song, entitled "Once in a Lifetime", is played by John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls .

Synopsis

Jake decides to accept the risky job when he first sets eyes on the show's beautiful, down-to-earth hairdresser, Dylan, who wows him like nobody before after only coming to visit his Fun, Potty Mouthed Grandma Claire (Suzanne Pleshette) and presents a romantic challenge like nobody before. Meanwhile, the carnival of clowns at the station includes pompous host Gavin; Jake's wise-cracking assistant, Penny; and highly insecure station manager, Frank. After a while, Jake's ambition changed as he and Penny had a brief relationship.

Early in the first season, the cast was rounded out with Tessie Santiago as Lucia (Gavin's co-host), and Brooke Dillman, who played the station's weather-nun, Sister Brenda. They were written out of the series by the producers who were still searching for the "center" of their program.

During the second season, Jake and Dylan began their relationship, almost even deciding on a relocation to New York together. Victoria Hill, a new station boss, took over the show to get higher ratings, and Gavin struggled to warm up to her. A new weather girl, Joni, was also introduced.

For the second season, exterior footage of NBC affiliate WPTV-TV's studio complex in West Palm Beach, Florida was used to portray the exteriors of the fictional Good Morning, Miami studios.

Although only some of the second season was shown in the USA, it was fully shown on TG4 in Ireland several times in daily morning time slot. The series ended with Jake and Dylan cosidering to go their separate ways (though they may reunite), Gavin and Penny deciding to start a real relationship and Frank marrying Gavin's mother. It was also implied that Penny may still have feelings for Jake.

Cast and characters

• Mark Feuerstein - Jake Silver
• Ashley Williams - Dylan Messinger
• Matt Letscher - Gavin Stone
• Jere Burns - Frank Alfano
• Tessie Santiago - Lucia Rojas-Klein (2002) (11 episodes)
• Constance Zimmer - Penelope "Penny" Barnes Barrington
• Brooke Dillman - Sister Brenda Trogman (2002)
• Suzanne Pleshette - Claire Arnold (2002–2003)
• Tiffani Thiessen - Victoria Hill (2003–2004)

The show contained numerous references to Feuerstein's earlier work. In one scene, he scolds Gavin in front of the audience and Penny remarks, "That's one fired-up little yuppie!" (a reference to his role on the short-lived sitcom Fired Up); in a second, he drinks hard liquor and his voice gets hoarse (he did the same thing after eating food that was too spicy in Woman on Top). In another scene, he remarks that the highlights in his hair are natural (which he also did in What Women Want).

Episode list

Episodes of the series, with original airdates, include the following:

1. Pilot 9/26/2002
2. "Power Failure" 10/03/2002
3. "The Way to Dylan's Heart" 10/10/2002
4. "Swan Jake" 10/17/2002
5. "It Didn't Happen One Night"
6. "The Heart is a Lonely Apartment Hunter" 10/24/2002
7. "Kiss Of The Spiderman" 10/31/2002
8. "Penny Wise, Jake Foolish" 11/14/2002
9. "If It's Not One Thing, It's a Mother" 12/05/2002
10. "I'm With Stupid" 12/12/2002
11. "High, My Name Is Jake" 1/2/2003
12. "Jake's Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire" 1/9/2003
13. "Mee So Torny" 1/16/2002
14. "Take a Penny, Leave a Penny" 1/23/2003
15. "Mutt and Jake" 2/27/2003
16. "The Big Leap" 3/6/2003
17. "Fear and Loathing in Miami" 3/13/2003
18. "About a Ploy" 3/20/2003
19. "Three Weeks Notice" 3/27/2003
20. "Someone to Watch Over Gavin" 4/3/2003
21. "The Slow and the Furious" 4/10/2003
22. "One Flu Over the Cuckold's Nest" 4/17/2003

The show aired its final episode in the U.S. on Thursday, December 18, 2003.

External links

• Good Morning, Miami at the Internet Movie Database
• Good Morning, Miami at TV.com