Room for Two (American TV series)
| Room for Two | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Rick Kellard Wendy Goldman |
| Directed by | Will Mackenzie Peter Bonerz Peter Baldwin |
| Starring | Patricia Heaton Linda Lavin Peter Michael Goetz Paula Kelly Bess Meyer Andrew Prine John Putch Jeff Yagher |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (2 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Wendy Goldman |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Big Deal, Inc. Phantom Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 24, 1992 – July 6, 1993 |
Room for Two is an American sitcom television series starring Patricia Heaton and Linda Lavin that aired for two seasons on ABC from March 24, 1992 to July 6, 1993. The series marked Linda Lavin's return to a series after her popular CBS sitcom Alice ended back in 1985.
Overview
Patricia Heaton stars as Jill Kurland, an executive producer of a New York City television show called Wake Up, New York. The show focused on Jill's relationship with her mother Edie (Linda Lavin) from Ohio, who joined Jill's show as a result of her humorous and misplaced opinions and criticisms.[1]
Cast
- Patricia Heaton as Jill Kurland
- Linda Lavin as Edie Kurland
- Peter Michael Goetz as Ken Kazurinsky
- Paula Kelly as Diahnn Boudreaud
- Bess Meyer as Naomi Dylan
- Andrew Prine as Reid Ellis
- John Putch as Matt Draughon
- Jeff Yagher as Keith Wyman
Episode list
Season 1 (1992)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Will Mackenzie | Rick Kellard & Wendy Goldman | March 24, 1992 |
| 2 | 2 | "Not Quite... Room for Two" | Will Mackenzie | Rick Kellard & Wendy Goldman | March 31, 1992 |
| 3 | 3 | "Whose Mouth Is It Anyway?" | Will Mackenzie | Russ Woody | April 7, 1992 |
| 4 | 4 | "Help" | Will Mackenzie | Rick Kellard & Wendy Goldman | April 14, 1992 |
| 5 | 5 | "Private Parts" | Peter Bonerz | Dana Coen | April 15, 1992 |
| 6 | 6 | "Psyched!" | Peter Bonerz | Lisa Loomer | April 22, 1992 |
| 7 | 7 | "Winners and Other Losers" | Peter Bonerz | Russ Woody | April 29, 1992 |
Season 2 (1992–93)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "A Couch with a View" | Peter Bonerz | Lisa Loomer | September 3, 1992 |
| 9 | 2 | "Little White Lies" | Peter Bonerz | Russ Woody | September 10, 1992 |
| 10 | 3 | "A Couple of Couples" | Peter Bonerz | Wendy Goldman & Rick Kellard | September 17, 1992 |
| 11 | 4 | "My Right Foot" | Will Mackenzie | Wendy Goldman & Rick Kellard | September 24, 1992 |
| 12 | 5 | "If It's Saturday, It Must Be Meat Loaf" | Will Mackenzie | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | October 1, 1992 |
| 13 | 6 | "A Night with the Jetsons" | Will Mackenzie | Wendy Goldman & Rick Kellard | October 8, 1992 |
| 14 | 7 | "Ken, We Hardly Knew Ye... Much" | Will Mackenzie | Russ Woody | October 15, 1992 |
| 15 | 8 | "And Now, a Pause for Menopause" | Will Mackenzie | Wendy Goldman & Rick Kellard | October 29, 1992 |
| 16 | 9 | "The Night of the Living Lou" | Will Mackenzie | Becky Hartman Edwards | November 12, 1992 |
| 17 | 10 | "Dog Day Afternoons" | Peter Bonerz | Emily Levine | November 26, 1992 |
| 18 | 11 | "All Men Are Created Equal, Bummer" | Will Mackenzie | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | December 3, 1992 |
| 19 | 12 | "All Edie's Children" | Will Mackenzie | Kathy Slevin | December 17, 1992 |
| 20 | 13 | "Sex, Rugs and Rock 'n' Roll" | Will Mackenzie | Russ Woody | June 8, 1993 |
| 21 | 14 | "To Book or Not to Book" | Will Mackenzie | Russ Woody | June 15, 1993 |
| 22 | 15 | "Moving On" | Will Mackenzie | Kathy Slevin | June 22, 1993 |
| 23 | 16 | "Big Noise from Mendota" | Will Mackenzie | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | June 29, 1993 |
| 24 | 17 | "M Is for the Many Things" | Will Mackenzie | Wendy Goldman & Rick Kellard | July 6, 1993 |
| 25 | 18 | "Look Ma, Four Hands" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
| 26 | 19 | "A Home, a Loan" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
See also
Great News, a later two season sitcom, featuring a very similar premise of a daughter working as a television producer, whose mother ends up working on the same show, and interfering with both her work and love life.
DVD releases
There are currently no DVD releases planned by Warner Bros., who owns the rights. However, the second episode was included in a commemorative DVD released by Warner Bros. during their 50th anniversary, along with the pilot of My Sister Sam.
References
- ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1010. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
External links
- Room for Two at IMDb