| Living Dolls | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ross Brown |
| Written by | Ross Brown Eric Gilliland |
| Directed by | John Sgueglia |
| Starring | Michael Learned Leah Remini Deborah Tucker Alison Elliott Halle Berry |
| Theme music composer | John Beasley John Vester |
| Opening theme | "Living Dolls" |
| Composer(s) | Jonathan Wolff |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ross Brown Martin Cohan Phyllis Glick Blake Hunter |
| Producer(s) | R.J. Colleary Martha Williamson |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 26, 1989 – December 30, 1989 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Who's the Boss? |
Living Dolls is a short-lived situation comedy featured on the fall 1989 schedule of ABC. It was a spin-off created by a writer from Who's the Boss? and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show.[1] Both Who's the Boss? and Living Dolls were produced by Columbia Pictures Television and ABC.
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Synopsis
The show featured Charlie Briscoe (Leah Remini),a friend of Samantha Micelli (the Who's the Boss? character played by Alyssa Milano). Samantha is dabbling in a modeling career and Charlie,a friend from Samantha's old Brooklyn neighborhood comes to visit. While doing some test shots for a dog food commercial, it is discovered that Charlie is very photogenic. Charlie was then befriended by the owner, Trish Carlin (Michael Learned),of a modeling agency for teenaged girls.
Living Dolls was almost universally derided by critics; it was the only series to earn an "F" by People magazine in their 1989 fall preview issue.
Cast
- Michael Learned as Miss Patricia "Trish" Carlin
- Leah Remini as Charlene "Charlie" Briscoe
- Deborah Tucker as Caroline Weldon
- Melissa Willis as Caroline Weldon (in pilot episode)
- Alison Elliott as Martha Lambert
- Halle Berry as Emily Franklin
- Vivica A. Fox as Emily Franklin (in pilot episode)
- David Moscow as Eric "Rick" Carlin
- Jonathan Ward as Eric "Rick" Carlin (in pilot episode)
Production
There were actually two pilots made for the series. The one described above, in which Berry, Moscow, and Tucker did not appear[1][2], was produced to introduce Living Dolls as a spin-off. Their roles were portrayed by other people.shown in Season 5 where Charlie was already living with Trish and featuring the other characters. Another pilot was shown directly before the Living Dolls premiere, which illustrates the reasons why Charlie moved in with Trish in the first place.[3]
DVD Release
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment currently has no plans to release the show on DVD at this time.
References
- ^ a b "Living Dolls" episode of Who's the Boss?, a TV.com summary
- ^ IMDb trivia from its biography of Vivica A. Fox
- ^ "Life's a Ditch"
External links
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