| Caroline in the City | |
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| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | Fred Barron Dottie Dartland Marco Pennette |
| Starring | Lea Thompson Eric Lutes Malcolm Gets Amy Pietz Andy Lauer |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. Fred Barron is an American television producer and writer who has created shows such as the popular BBC Sitcom My Family. Marco Pennette (born 15 March 1960) is an American Television producer and Screenwriter. Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31 1961 is a People's Choice Award winning American actress and director. Eric Lutes (born August 19, 1962 in Charlestown Rhode Island) is an American actor best known for his role of Del Cassidy on Caroline in Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets (born December 28 1963) is an American actor Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American film and television actress. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 97 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Fred Barron Dottie Dartland Marco Pennette |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 21, 1995 – May 11, 1999 |
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| IMDb profile | |
Caroline in the City is an American sitcom that ran from September 21, 1995, to May 11, 1999, on the NBC television network. Fred Barron is an American television producer and writer who has created shows such as the popular BBC Sitcom My Family. Marco Pennette (born 15 March 1960) is an American Television producer and Screenwriter. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31 1961 is a People's Choice Award winning American actress and director. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends. Friends was an
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Premise
Caroline Duffy is a cartoonist living in a Manhattan loft. A Manhattan loft is a one room residence in a formerly commercial building She spends many episodes searching for a husband and meddling in the lives of those around her.
Richard, her colorist, develops feelings for her towards the end of the first season. He writes her a love note and leaves it in a pile of invitations. In it he tells her to meet him at Remo's, an Italian restaurant which appears in most episodes, if she loves him. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest She shows up, and Richard kisses her, but doesn't explain himself, prompting Richard to leave Manhattan and start a new life in Paris. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city It turns out that Caroline had never even read the note, resulting in a cliffhanger.
Richard fails to sell enough paintings to stay in Paris, and moves back to Manhattan. The box of invitations with his love letter ends up at one of Caroline's friend's apartment as they plan a wedding. Annie finds the love note, and uses it to torture Richard.
Richard was married to an Italian woman for a time, prompting a bitter love triangle between the three.
Towards the end of the series, Caroline and Richard do start dating. However, the show ended on a cliffhanger note -- as Caroline was about to get married to another man, Richard (who had broken up with Caroline over not wanting children, once he discovered he'd fathered a child with his former Italian fiancee) is shown at the wedding. Since the program was cancelled after that episode aired, the cliffhanger was never resolved.
Characters
Caroline Duffy
Played by Lea Thompson. Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31 1961 is a People's Choice Award winning American actress and director. She was a cartoonist (author of the eponymous comic strip). A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist She is from Peshtigo, Wisconsin and often tries to make everyone like her. Peshtigo is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States She also has serious trouble not meddling in the lives of everyone around her. She was engaged to Del during the first season, but the marriage never took place and their friendship remained intact. She develops a contemporary attraction to Richard, however she does not develop it as early as him during the series. Continuing a trend in 1990s NBC sitcom broadcasting, she spends almost no time working. She was temporarily dating a veterinarian for a few episodes.
Del Cassidy
Caroline's sometimes boyfriend, played by Eric Lutes. Eric Lutes (born August 19, 1962 in Charlestown Rhode Island) is an American actor best known for his role of Del Cassidy on Caroline in They were engaged to be married during the first season, but broke it off in the season finale. A season finale ( British English " last in the series " Australian English "season final" Del worked at his father's greeting card company, but after he was fired he had to build his own business later in the series. Caroline becomes one of his only suppliers at this company, Eagle Greeting Cards.
Richard Karinsky
The colorist for the Caroline in the City comic strip, played by Malcolm Gets. Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets (born December 28 1963) is an American actor He was in love with Caroline. Caroline and Richard did end up having a relationship. There was no love lost between him and Del because of Del's relationship with Caroline and Del's lack of intelligence.
Richard is highly sarcastic, especially to Annie. He is a struggling artist who usually lives in slummy parts of New York. A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
Annie Spadaro
Caroline's across the hall neighbor and friend, played by Amy Pietz. Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American film and television actress. Annie was a dancer in the Broadway production of Cats. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T She is somewhat promiscuous and wears unusual styles. Her mother was a recurring character on the show.
After Richard writes Caroline a love letter which he later regrets, Annie manages to get her hands on it and makes several copies. She uses the copies to blackmail him in a couple of episodes. Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public a family member or associates unless a demand made upon the
Supporting characters
Supporting characters included Del's rollerblading goofball sidekick Charlie, (Andy Lauer), Italian restauranteur Remo (Tom La Grua), veterinarian — and Caroline's love interest — Dr. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging A veterinarian ( American English) or a Veterinary surgeon ( British English) often shortened to vet, is a Physician Joe DeStefano (Mark Feuerstein) and Richard's wife Julia Mazzone Karinsky (Sofia Milos). Mark Feuerstein (born June 8, 1971) is an American actor Biography Career Feuerstein got his break-through on television Sofia Milos (born 27 September 1965 is an Italian Actress. Milos was born in Zurich, Switzerland, (some sources list 1965 as the date of
Ratings
- 1995-1996: #4
- 1996-1997: #25
Notable guest appearances
Thompson appeared as Caroline in the 2 November 1995 Friends episode "The One with the Baby on the Bus" soon after Caroline in the City debuted. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The following is a list of episodes of the Emmy Award -winning United States Situation comedy Friends. [1]
Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce from the sitcom Frasier guest-starred as their characters Daphne Moon and Niles Crane in the 1995 episode "Caroline and the Bad Back;" Hyde Pierce appeared on the series again in 1996's "Caroline and the Cat Dancer" as a man hoping to win a role alongside Caroline's best friend Annie Spadaro in Broadway's Cats. Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961) is a Screen Actors Guild Award winning English actress best known for her work as Daphne Moon David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American Actor, best known for his role as Psychiatrist Dr Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Daphne Moon Crane (born 1961 is a Fictional character on the American television Sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. Dr Niles Crane (born 1957) is a fictional character on the American Sitcom Frasier, a Spin-off of the popular show Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T [2] [3]
The Dick Van Dyke Show alumni Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam appeared as an elderly married couple in the 1996 episode "Caroline and the Watch. The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television Situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to Rose Marie (born August 15, 1923) is an American actress who had a successful singing career as Baby Rose Marie, but is perhaps best known Morey Amsterdam ( December 14, 1908 – October 27, 1996) was a veteran American television actor and comedian renowned for his large " Amsterdam died later that year, making the episode his last television appearance; Marie later reprised her role in the 1997 episode "Caroline and the Kept Man. "[4] [5]
Matthew Perry also made a guest appearance on the show, playing his original character from Friends; Chandler Bing. Matthew Perry may refer to Matthew C Perry (1794&ndash1858 American naval officer led the effort to open Japan to trade with the West Matthew Chandler Muriel Bing (born April 8 1968 is a Fictional character on the popular US television Sitcom Friends (1994–2004
Trivia
- For a time, the show aired at Tuesdays at 9:30 p. m. , opposite the ABC sitcom Spin City, which starred Michael J. Fox, who played Thompson's son in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990). The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Spin City is an American Sitcom Television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC, and was created by Michael J Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox; June 9 1961 is a Canadian / American Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg. A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for
- While shooting the 1997-1998 season finale, Malcolm Gets was injured when running from a group of bulls on the studio's main lot, in a setting which had the main characters vacationing in Spain during the annual Running of the Bulls. Hugh Malcolm Gerard Gets (born December 28 1963) is an American actor Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Running of the Bulls (in Spanish encierro, from the verb encerrar, to shut in to lock up is a practice that involves running in front of bulls In the storyline, Richard was caught on a street corner with a bunch of locals when the bulls entered the streets, with Caroline and the others alerting him to get out of their way. Richard tried valiantly, but as he ended up being the final one running through the streets, the camera gave the illusion that Richard was attacked from behind by a bull. In real life, Gets was in the middle of this chase scene when he ran down a grassy hill and was knocked flying by a stray bull, sustaining injuries to his head and limbs, but he soon recovered. This was a very unusual case, since most actors have stunt doubles to handle these scenes; Gets however, insisted on doing this himself.
- The show was parodied on the cartoon Family Guy in one of its many off-topic scenes, in which Peter Griffin watches the show to "fool people into thinking he's gay. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Peter Griffin is a Fictional character and the Protagonist of the animated television series In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. "
- MadTV also parodied the show, portraying Caroline as dense and unaware of how to act out scenes, or that her co-star was gay. MADtv, is an American Sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine Mad.
Timeslots
- September 1995 to July 1996 - Thursdays, 9:30 PM
- August 1996 to July 1997 - Tuesdays, 9:30 PM
- June 1997 to July 1998 - Mondays, 9:00 PM
- June 1998 to April 1999 - Mondays, 8:30 PM
DVD release
The first season of Caroline in the City will be released on Region 1 DVD on August 12, 2008. Each season is already available on Region 2 DVD.
References
External links
- Caroline in the City at the Internet Movie Database
- Caroline in the City official site
- Timeslots Source
- Caroline in the City - JumptheShark.com
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