The Governor & J.J.

The Governor & J.J.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Leonard Stern Arne Sultan
Starring	Dan Dailey Julie Sommars James T. Callahan Neva Patterson Nora Marlowe
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	39
Production
Location(s)	Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Talent Associates-Norton Simon
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	23 September 1969 – 6 January 1971
Chronology
Followed by	All in the Family

The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from 1969 to 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Television Distribution now owns the distribution rights to the program.

Trivia

The series won three Golden Globe Awards in 1970 for Best Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV series for Sommars and Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical TV Series for Dailey.

Francis De Sales guest starred as Senator Loomis in the 1970 episode "Charley's Back in Town".

In real life Sommars has long been involved in politics, mostly behind the scenes with the Republican Party, even though her son Michael worked with Vice President Albert Gore's 2000 Presidential campaign.

When the program was canceled by CBS, it was replaced in its timeslot by All in the Family.

External links

• The Governor & J.J. at the Internet Movie Database