Carol & Company is a comedy

Comedy

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 program airing on NBC

NBC

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-TV in the United States

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 during 1990 and 1991.

Carol & Company applied an unusual repertory approach to television comedy. Every week, Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

Carol Creighton Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut...

 and her fellow players performed a different half-hour comedy playlet. Only the performers remained the same from week to week; there were no ongoing characters or plots, although there were guest stars from time to time.

Carol & Company began as a midseason replacement in January 1990, but was subsequently picked up for a full season and ran until July 1991.

In 1990 Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress. She began her career in theater during the 1970s and shortly thereafter began a career in television, garnering ten nominations and winning one Emmy Award. Her most famous television project was her role on the 1990s NBC drama Sisters...

 won an Emmy for her appearance in the episode tilled Reunion.