Coming of Age (1988 TV series)

Coming of Age
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Emily Marshall
Written by	Miriam Trogdon Michael Zinberg
Directed by	James Gardner
Starring	Paul Dooley Phyllis Newman Alan Young Glynis Johns
Theme music composer	Louis Prima
Opening theme	"Sing, Sing, Sing" performed by Doc Severinsen
Composer	Tim Truman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	15 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Barry Kemp
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Bungalow 78 Productions Universal Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 15, 1988 – July 27, 1989

Coming of Age is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in the United States for two seasons from 1988 to 1989.

Coming of Age features Paul Dooley and Phyllis Newman as Dick and Ginny Hale, who lived in a retirement community in Arizona. Dick resented his retirement – a former airline pilot, he had been forced to retire by a Federal Aviation Administration rule that requires all U.S. commercial pilots to retire by age 60. Dick hated almost everything about his retirement, including his surroundings. He was appalled by the hot climate, the thin walls separating the Hale's apartment from that of their neighbors (Alan Young and Glynis Johns), and mostly by the contented attitude of the other residents including Pauline Spencer (Ruta Lee).

This program was first aired as a midseason replacement in March 1988. It was not well received and was pulled from the schedule after only three episodes were aired. Nevertheless, it was added to the CBS 1988 fall lineup. It failed again, and was quickly pulled from the schedule. The airing of more episodes in June and July 1989 was a "burn-off", an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment in the show by using it as filler during the traditionally low-rated summer months.

Cast

• Paul Dooley as Dick Hale
• Phyllis Newman as Ginny Hale
• Alan Young as Ed Pepper
• Glynis Johns as Trudie Pepper
• Ruta Lee as Pauline Spencer

Episodes

Season 1 (1988)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Unknown	Unknown	March 15, 1988 (1988-03-15)
2	2	"The Sopwith Pup"	Unknown	Unknown	March 22, 1988 (1988-03-22)
3	3	"The Kids Are Coming, The Kids Are Coming"	Unknown	Unknown	March 29, 1988 (1988-03-29)

Season 2 (1988–89)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
4	1	"All I Wanted Was a New Car: Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	October 24, 1988 (1988-10-24)
5	2	"All I Wanted Was a New Car: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	October 31, 1988 (1988-10-31)
6	3	"Hale to the Chief"	Unknown	Unknown	November 14, 1988 (1988-11-14)
7	4	"Cindy Flies the Coop"	Unknown	Unknown	November 21, 1988 (1988-11-21)
8	5	"Todd is My Co-Pilot"	Unknown	Unknown	June 29, 1989 (1989-06-29)
9	6	"A Wife in the Theatre"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 1989 (1989-07-06)
10	7	"Pauline et Rouge"	Unknown	Unknown	July 20, 1989 (1989-07-20)
11	8	"Boy Meets Girl"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 1989 (1989-07-27)
12	9	"Fever"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
13	10	"Christmas at the Dunes"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
14	11	"Daddy's Girl"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
15	12	"Dick's Back"	TBD	TBD	Unaired

References

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

External links

• Coming of Age at IMDb
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