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The McLean Stevenson Show
GenreSitcom
Created byNorman Barasch
Carroll Moore
Directed byAlan Myerson
StarringMcLean Stevenson
Barbara Stuart
Theme music composerPaul Williams[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producerMonty Hall
ProducersArnold Margolin
Don Van Atta
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesMcLean Stevenson Enterprises, Inc.
Monty Hall Enterprises, Inc.
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 1, 1976 (1976-12-01) –
March 3, 1977 (1977-03-03)

The McLean Stevenson Show is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Wednesday nights from December 1, 1976 to March 3, 1977.[2]

Premise

The series centered on Mac Ferguson, the owner of a hardware store in Evanston, Illinois (McLean Stevenson's birth state). Mac lived with his wife Peggy and two grown children, divorced daughter Janet, and son Chris. Also living in the household were Janet's two children, David and Jason, and Mac's mother-in-law.

Cast

Theme music

The theme music was composed and performed by Paul Williams.[3]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Who Do You Trust?"Alan MyersonTeleplay by: Lloyd Garver
Story by: Mark Evanier & Dennis Palumbo
December 1, 1976 (1976-12-01)
2"Oldie But Goodie"UnknownUnknownDecember 8, 1976 (1976-12-08)
3"Going My Way"UnknownUnknownDecember 22, 1976 (1976-12-22)
4"Mac's Fatal Charm"UnknownUnknownDecember 29, 1976 (1976-12-29)
5"The Great Rift"UnknownUnknownJanuary 19, 1977 (1977-01-19)
6"Janet Leaves Home"UnknownUnknownJanuary 26, 1977 (1977-01-26)
7"Mac and Big Mac"UnknownUnknownFebruary 9, 1977 (1977-02-09)
8"What Makes Mac Run?"UnknownUnknownFebruary 16, 1977 (1977-02-16)
9"Grandma's Secret"UnknownUnknownFebruary 23, 1977 (1977-02-23)
10"Money Troubles"UnknownUnknownMarch 2, 1977 (1977-03-02)
11"Strangers in the Night"TBDTBDUnaired
12"Say It Isn't So"TBDTBDUnaired

Ratings

It was hoped that Stevenson's popularity on M*A*S*H would draw viewers in, but the actor's first starring vehicle failed to find an audience and was cancelled after three months, with only ten of its twelve produced episodes airing. The series would be the first of a string of shows Stevenson would star in that would be canceled after short runs (followed by In the Beginning, Hello, Larry, his stint as a panelist on the final season of Match Game, Condo, and the TV adaptation of Dirty Dancing).

Stevenson would later remark of this show's failure, along with the failure of several of his other shows: "I made the mistake of believing that people were enamored of McLean Stevenson when the person they were enamored of was Henry Blake. So if you go and do The McLean Stevenson Show, nobody cares about McLean Stevenson."[4]

References

  1. ^ metv.com
  2. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 760. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  3. ^ http://www.metv.com/stories/which-mclean-stevenson-sitcom-deserved-a-better-chance
  4. ^ Oliver, Myrna (February 17, 1996). "McLean Stevenson; Played Lt. Col. Blake in Early MASH". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

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