American Dreamer (TV series)

American Dreamer
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Susan Seeger
Starring	Robert Urich Chay Lentin Johnny Galecki Jeffrey Tambor Carol Kane
Composer	Peter Leinheiser
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17
Production
Executive producer	Gary David Goldberg
Producer	Linda Nieber
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Ubu Productions Paramount Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20) – June 22, 1991 (1991-06-22)

American Dreamer is an American sitcom television series created by Susan Seeger, which aired on NBC from September 20, 1990, until June 22, 1991, as part of its 1990-91 lineup.

American Dreamer stars Robert Urich as fictional character Tom Nash, formerly a high-powered network correspondent who was forced to reassess his priorities following the death of his wife. He decided to give up his career in order to spend more time with his children. To do this, he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he supported his family by contributing a column about "real people" to a Chicago newspaper. His editor, Joe Baines (Jeffrey Tambor), felt Tom was completely wasting his talents and drove out from Chicago weekly (a huge sacrifice, from his viewpoint) to attempt to convince Tom to return the world of "hard news". Other characters included Tom's zany secretary, Lillian Abernathy (Carol Kane), and a friendly waitress at Tom's favorite local diner, Holly Baker (Margaret Welsh).

This program was considered low-key. Tom sometimes "broke the fourth wall" to address the viewers directly about his thoughts regarding the situations he encountered. This philosophizing gained only a small audience and the program was cancelled at midseason, although selected episodes were rerun the following summer.

It is not related to the film of the same name.

Cast

• Robert Urich as Tom Nash
• Margaret Welsh as Holly Baker
• Jeffrey Tambor as Joe Baines
• Carol Kane as Lillian Abernathy
• Chay Lentin as Rachel Nash
• Johnny Galecki as Danny Nash

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Unknown	Unknown	September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20)
2	"Guys Just Wanna Have Fun"	Unknown	Unknown	September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22)
3	"Flight of the Dodo"	Unknown	Unknown	September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)
4	"All God's Children Go to Wisconsin"	Unknown	Unknown	October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)
5	"Corvette Man"	Unknown	Unknown	October 13, 1990 (1990-10-13)
6	"Over the Hill?"	Unknown	Unknown	October 20, 1990 (1990-10-20)
7	"Mr. Wizard"	Unknown	Unknown	October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27)
8	"Divorce, American Dreamer Style"	Unknown	Unknown	November 3, 1990 (1990-11-03)
9	"In from the Cold: Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)
10	"In from the Cold: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	November 24, 1990 (1990-11-24)
11	"The Fabulous Baker Girls"	Unknown	Unknown	December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)
12	"A Face in the Cloud"	Unknown	Unknown	December 8, 1990 (1990-12-08)
13	"Don't Drink the Water"	Unknown	Unknown	May 25, 1991 (1991-05-25)
14	"Mother Knows Best"	Unknown	Unknown	June 1, 1991 (1991-06-01)
15	"Papa Joe"	Unknown	Unknown	June 8, 1991 (1991-06-08)
16	"Heartbreak Diner"	Unknown	Unknown	June 15, 1991 (1991-06-15)
17	"They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?"	Unknown	Unknown	June 22, 1991 (1991-06-22)

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• American Dreamer at IMDb