Mr. President (TV series)

Mr. President
Carlin Glynn and George C.Scott
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ed. Weinberger Johnny Carson
Written by	David Lloyd Johnny Carson Gene Reynolds Ed. Weinberger
Directed by	Marc Daniels
Starring	George C. Scott
Theme music composer	Patrick Williams
Composer	Bill Maxwell
Country of origin	USA
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producer	Gene Reynolds
Running time	30 min.
Production company	Carson Productions
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	May 3, 1987 (1987-05-03) – February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13)

Mr. President is an American sitcom created by Johnny Carson's company, Carson Productions, that starred George C. Scott and premiered on May 3, 1987. It was part of the Fox Broadcasting Company's premiere season of prime time entertainment, alongside Married... with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Duet.

Plot

The series centered around newly elected President Samuel Arthur Tresch, the former governor of Wisconsin. Others in the cast were Meg Tresch, Samuel's wife, who left him at the start of the second season, and Samuel's children, 16-year-old Cynthia and 12-year-old Nick. Charlie Ross was the Chief of Staff.

Cast

• George C. Scott ... President Samuel Arthur Tresch
• Conrad Bain ... Charlie Ross, the President's Chief of Staff
• Carlin Glynn ... First Lady Meg Tresch; she leaves the President at the beginning of the second season
• Maddie Corman ... Cynthia Tresch, the President's youngest daughter
• Susan Wheeler Duff ... Jennifer, the President's eldest daughter (married)
• Andre Gower ... Nick Tresch, the President's son
• Madeline Kahn ... Lois Gullickson, the President's sister-in-law; after the President's wife leaves him, she moves into the White House to help care for the children
• Earl Boen ... Dave
• Allen Williams ... Daniel Cummings

Episode list

Season 1 (1987)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Unknown	Unknown	May 3, 1987 (1987-05-03)
2	2	"The Magnetic Presidency"	Unknown	Unknown	May 10, 1987 (1987-05-10)
3	3	"Cabin Fever"	Unknown	Unknown	May 17, 1987 (1987-05-17)
4	4	"Freedom of Speech"	Unknown	Unknown	May 31, 1987 (1987-05-31)
5	5	"Meet the People"	Unknown	Unknown	June 7, 1987 (1987-06-07)
6	6	"Private Moments"	Unknown	Unknown	June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21)
7	7	"The First Son-in-Law"	Unknown	Unknown	June 28, 1987 (1987-06-28)
8	8	"Uncle Sam"	Unknown	Unknown	July 12, 1987 (1987-07-12)
9	9	"Strange Bedfellows"	Unknown	Unknown	July 19, 1987 (1987-07-19)
10	10	"Love's Labor Last"	Unknown	Unknown	July 26, 1987 (1987-07-26)

Season 2 (1987–1988)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
11	1	"Dear Sam: Part 1"	Greg Antonacci	Peter Noah	September 27, 1987 (1987-09-27)
12	2	"Dear Sam: Part 2"	Greg Antonacci	Peter Noah	October 4, 1987 (1987-10-04)
13	3	"Armageddon Kinda Sore"	Marc Daniels	David Cohen & Roger S.H. Schulman	October 11, 1987 (1987-10-11)
14	4	"He'll Have to Go"	Unknown	Unknown	October 18, 1987 (1987-10-18)
15	5	"The Language Barrier"	Marc Daniels	David Lloyd	October 24, 1987 (1987-10-24)
16	6	"Loisgate"	Unknown	Unknown	October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31)
17	7	"Yes, Mr. President"	Marc Daniels	Christian Williams	November 7, 1987 (1987-11-07)
18	8	"Lois Gets Lucky"	Unknown	Unknown	November 14, 1987 (1987-11-14)
19	9	"The President's Brother"	Unknown	Unknown	November 21, 1987 (1987-11-21)
20	10	"The Christmas Story"	Unknown	Unknown	December 26, 1987 (1987-12-26)
21	11	"Insecurity"	Unknown	Unknown	January 2, 1988 (1988-01-02)
22	12	"A Royal Send Off"	Unknown	Unknown	January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16)
23	13	"All About Jean"	Unknown	Unknown	February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06)
24	14	"Get a Job"	Unknown	Unknown	February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13)

External links

• Mr. President at IMDb
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