Getting Together was a musical situation comedy

Situation comedy

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, which aired on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 television network during the 1971-72 season

1971-72 United States network television schedule

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. It starred Bobby Sherman

Bobby Sherman

Robert Cabot "Bobby" Sherman, Jr. , is an American singer, actor and occasional songwriter, who became a popular teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s.He graduated in 1961 from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California...

 and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo. The pilot for the series had aired the previous spring the first season finale episode of The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...

named "A Knight in Shining Armor", where Lionel and Bobby were introduced to each other by the Partridges.

Sherman and Stern's characters were reportedly based on the real-life songwriting team of Boyce and Hart

Boyce and Hart

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were a prolific songwriting duo, best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees.-Early years:Hart's father was a church minister and he himself served in the Army after leaving high school, Upon discharge,...

, who had written hits for The Monkees

The Monkees

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 ("Last Train to Clarksville

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", "Valleri

Valleri

"Valleri" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart for The Monkees, who had a #3 on Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Cash Box with it in early 1968...

"), Jay and the Americans

Jay and the Americans

Jay and the Americans was a pop music group popular in the 1960s. Their initial lineup consisted of John "Jay" Traynor, Howard Kane , Kenny Vance and Sandy Deanne , though their greatest success on the charts came after Traynor had been replaced as lead singer by Jay Black.-Early years:They were...

 ("Come a Little Bit Closer

Come A Little Bit Closer

"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a popular song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans that reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, making it the band's highest ranking single ever . It also peaked at #4 on the Cashbox chart and at #1 on RPM's singles chart...

"), and others. New music of course was a staple of the series, provided by much of the same team that created the Partridge Family songs and records. Most of these songs were from two Bobby Sherman albums -- Getting Together and Just For You.

Airing in the same time slot as breakout CBS-TV hit All in the Family

All in the Family

All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...

, the show never gained the ratings hoped for, and quit the air at midseason after 14 episodes. While in the same "universe" as The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...

, the series is not included on that show's DVD collections.

Episode list

№	Title	Airdate
1	"Jenny, Jenny"	1971 Sep 18
2	"Cathy's Clown"	1971 Sep 25
3	"All Shook Up"	1971 Oct 02
4	"Where Are You, Little Star?"	1971 Oct 09
5	"Singing the Blues"	1971 Oct 16
6	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"	1971 Oct 23
7	"Beep, Beep"	1971 Oct 30
8	"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"	1971 Nov 13
9	"Memories Are Made of This"	1971 Dec 04
10	"Those Oldies But Goodies Remind Me of You"	1971 Dec 11
11	"Blue Christmas"	1971 Dec 18
12	"The Great Pretender"	1971 Dec 25
13	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	1972 Jan 01
14	"Broken-Hearted Melody"	1972 Jan 08