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SEASON 1 – TBS

Created by Betsy Thomas

Theme composed by Ed Alton

• 001. Pilot – 11/28/2006
  • Penelope “P.J.” Franklin (Jordana Spiro) is a tomboyish sportswriter working for the Chicago Sun-Times, living in Chicago and covering the Cubs. She narrates the story and relates most of the things going on in her life to sports, especially baseball. P.J. mostly hangs out with her henpecked brother Andy (Jim Gaffigan), along with a group of their other male friends, including Brendan “Brando” Dorff (Reid Scott), a rock and roller working as a radio DJ who is on and off with his girlfriend Wendy, and who used to roommates in college with P.J., Mike Callahan (Jamie Kaler), a ladies’ man who works for the Cubs, and Kenny Bunin (Michael Bunin), a sports memorabilia store owner who struggles with getting dates. P.J. does have one close female friend, Stephanie Layne (Kellee Stewart), who constantly offering advice on dating men. A sportswriter named Bobby Newman (Kyle Howard) from the rival newspaper the Chicago Tribune when he begins covering the Cubs as well. They instantly have a crush on each other, and he begins playing on their softball team. She is thrilled when accepts an invite to play poker with P.J. and the guys at her house, although none of the guys seem to understand why P.J. is going to great lengths to look good, wear makeup, and make appetizers. The other guys keep frustrating her as well, as they pull him away after the game, before she can have any alone time with him. Nevertheless, he waits outside her place and the asks if they can have a drink together. She invites him upstairs, and she quickly gets him into the bedroom. Bobby seems more intent on slowing things down, and is rather turned off by how fast she is moving. He leaves before they sleep together, leaving P.J. rather distraught and confused as to the status of their relationship. Meanwhile, Brando, has again broken up with by his girlfriend Wendy and is forced to move in with P.J, but he gets called back to go to see her for an ’emotional booty call’, and act that will keep him tethered to her, much to P.J.’s concern about his well being. 1/16/22

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SEASON 1 – CBS

Created by David Davis and Lorenzo Music

Opening theme: “Home to Emily” by Lorenzo Music and Henrietta Music

• 001. Fly the Unfriendly Skies – 9/16/1972
  • Dr. Robert Hartley (Bob Newhart) is a psychologist living in a high-rise apartment in Chicago, Illinois with his with his wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette). Bob is hosting a fear-of-flying workshop and is getting ready to take the group – which includes neurotic Elliot Carlin (Jack Riley), angry Victor Gianelli (Noam Pitlik), and flighty Lillian Bakerman (Florida Friebus) – on a flight to New York. When he asks Emily to join him, Bob finds out that Emily too is afraid of flying. Their next door neighbor Howard Borden (Bill Daily) offers no reassurance. Emily joins the group and attends a meeting where Howard comes to speak but reveals his fear of public speaking. When they finally get on the airplane, Emily ends up chickening out and having the plane turned around. After Bob returns from the trip, Emily breaks down in tears…only to find out that her crying makes Bob laugh. She is forgiven and pleased that Bob is laughing rather than yelling at her. Marcia Wallace is the office receptionist Carol Kester. Peter Bonerz is orthodontist Jerry Robinson, who has his office on the same floor as Bob and has become a friend of Bob’s. Patricia Smith is Emily’s friend Margaret Hoover. Penny Marshall appears as the flight attendant. 1/16/15

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SEASON 1 – CBS

Created by Bernard Slade

Theme song: “Love Is Crazy” by Jerry Fielding (music) and Diane Hildebrand (lyrics)

• 001. Bridget Loves Bernie – 9/16/1972
  • Jewish New York cab driver Bernie Steinberg (David Birney) and rich Catholic teacher Bridget Fitzgerald (Meredith Baxter) are in love, despite the obstacle of their religions. Knowing this, they visit Bridget’s brother Mike (Robert Sampson), a priest, for advice. He can only offer his understanding, but warns of their parents’ reactions. The couple visit Bernie’s family – his father Sam (Harold J. Stone), mother Sophie (Bibi Osterwald), and uncle Moe Plotnik (Ned Glass), and Bridget ends up sick from the Jewish food. Then they visit Bridget’s family – her father Walter (David Doyle) and mother Amy (Audra Lindley). After mistakenly thinking that Bernie’s black friend Otis Foster (William Elliot) is Bernie, they are relieved to find out that he is only Jewish. Still the diner is uncomfortable as they try to appease him by serving him something other than ham. Bernie almost breaks it off due to all the potential problems, but Bridget talks him into eloping. When the couple do not come home, their worried families all get together and eventually find them both in bed. They are somewhat relieved to find that they are married, and all hold a reception with their new in-laws. Uncle Moe hides the Fitzgeralds’ hub caps for fear that their German car would be robbed in the Jewish neighborhood. Ivor Barry plays the Fitzgeralds’ butler Charles. 1/14/14 Read the rest of this entry »

SEASON 1 – FOX

Theme song: “The Simpsons Theme” by Alf Clausen

NOTE: This series began life as a series of bumpers and short subjects as seen in the variety series “The Tracey Ullman Show” between 1987-1989

• 001. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire – 12/17/1989
  • The Simpson family – Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Lisa (Yeardley Smith), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), and Maggie – are preparing for Christmas by attending Lisa’s school Christmas pageant and putting up decorations. Homer works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and their boss Mr. Montgomery Burns (Harry Shear) announces that the workers will not be getting a Christmas bonus this year. Marge has saved a jar of Christmas money but has to spend it to have a tattoo removed from Bart. Homer is crestfallen that he will not be able to provide a good Christmas for his family, so after visiting Moe’s, a bar run by Moe Szyslak (Hank Azaria), he decides to train to be a department store Santa. Bart ends up unmasking him, and Homer confides in his bonus situation. The pair take his $13 Santa money and go to the dog track and bet it all on a long-shot dog named Santa’s Little Helper. He loses, but when the dog’s owner kicks him out into the street, Homer and Bart bring him home, and the family considers it to be a great Christmas gift, despite Marge’s two sisters Patty and Selma’s (both voiced by Julie Kavner) constant bashing of Homer. The family sings Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer with the standard and not-so standard interjections from Bart and Lisa. Pamela Hayden is the voice of Todd Flanders and Milhouse Van Houten. Dan Castellaneta is Barney Gumble and Grampa Abraham Simpson. Harry Shearer voices Principal Seymour Skinner.  1/14/14

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SEASON 1 – Starz

Created by John Enborn, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, and Paul Rudd

Theme music by Josh Kramon

• 001. Willow Canyon Homeowners Annual Party – 3/20/2009
  • The Los Angeles-based Party Down catering company is working a homeowners annual party in Willow Canyon. The team is led by the ambitious team leader Ron Wayne Donald (Ken Marino). The others on the team include aspiring comedian Casey Klein (Lizzy Caplan), saccharine screenwriter Roman DeBeers (Martin Starr), aspiring actor Kyle Bradway (Ryan Hansen), and former actress Constance Carmell (Jane Lynch). Coming back to work on this particular day after an absence of working as an actor is Henry Pollard (Adam Scott). The party is hosted by Gordon (Enrico Colantoni) and Liddy McSpadden (Rebecca Creskoff). Ron briefs his team on sensitivity training, not eating the guest’s food, and putting out the trip jar, and then introduces Henry to the others. Casey shows up late while bickering on the phone with her husband Mike Klein (Wes Armstrong), causing Ron to give her a final warning. The host Gordon is drastically underdressed and unenthusiastic about the party, much to the irritation of his wife. Many of the guests start to recognize Henry, but he won’t reveal what has made him famous. Casey is worried that her husband Mike will show up and cause a scene since they are in an argument. She asks Henry to look out for him and warn her if he shows up, and then realizes that she recognizes him as ‘that guy’. Roman messes with Kyle by calling and leaving a message for him, telling him that he is being considered for a role. When Ron has an accident while juggling a bottle for some kids, he tries to go clean it up in the bathroom. Kyle and the hosts’ teenage daughter Monica (Eden Sher) are making out in the bedroom nearby, and she thinks that Ron is masturbating. Ron gives her an impassioned speech to her about not saying anything or he will destroy her. Gordon shares with Henry how miserable he is with his lifestyle. Kyle finally recognizes Henry from his beer commercial, and recalls his famous line “Are we having fun yet?” Once he mentions it in front of the party, the floodgates open for everyone quoting it to him and asking him to say it. When Mike shows up at the party, Henry tries to stop him and have him wait outside, but Mike pushes him into the pool. Gordon takes this as his cue to get completely naked and jump into the pool, but no one will join him in the pool. Kyle gets the message about the part being offered to him, which mentions that the character now has cancer. Roman encourages him to shave all of the hair off of his body. Casey thanks Henry for trying to stop Mike, but she winds up getting fired by Ron, who then puts her back on ‘final warning’ when she threatens to sue. Casey tells Henry that her husband got a job offer in Vermont, so they will likely be moving there. When Casey sees Kyle shaving off his eyebrows, she tells him that it was Roman who left the message. Ron tries to fill out the comment card for Party Down, but Liddy tells him that she wants to do it herself. Each of the Party Down employees gets $14 in tips, but Henry gets $13.36. However, he gets a hand job in the car from one of the female guests named Heidi (Jackie Debatin) who recognizes him from the commercial. Cantrell Harris is the black party guest Mike. Andrea Lwin is the Asian guest. Dan Sachoff is the guest who notes they lost. Andy Siegel is the boring fat guest. 1/13/24

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