Working It Out
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Working It Out is an American situation comedy
broadcast by NBC
as part of its 1990 fall lineup
. The series was created and executive produced by Bill Persky
.
) and David Stuart (Stephen Collins
), who had never seriously contemplated remarriage until they met each other. Given their past histories, both had considerable trepidation, and this was reinforced by their friends' attitudes.
Working It Out did not fare well in the Nielsen ratings
and was cancelled in December 1990.
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
broadcast by NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
as part of its 1990 fall lineup
1990-91 United States network television schedule
This was the television schedule on all four networks for the fall season beginning in September 1990. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.New series are highlighted in bold....
. The series was created and executive produced by Bill Persky
Bill Persky
Bill Persky is an American Emmy Award-winning director, screenwriter, producer, and actor for television. With his long time late collaborator Sam Denoff he wrote and created the television show "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas.-External links:...
.
Synopsis
Working It Out is the story of two single parents, Sarah Marshall (Jane CurtinJane Curtin
Jane Therese Curtin is an American actress and comedienne. She is commonly referred to as Queen of the Deadpan.First coming to prominence as an original cast member on Saturday Night Live in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s...
) and David Stuart (Stephen Collins
Stephen Collins
Stephen Weaver Collins is an American actor, writer, and singer. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Eric Camden on the long running television series 7th Heaven and more recently as Dr. Dayton King on the ABC TV series No Ordinary Family.-Early life:Collins was born in Des Moines,...
), who had never seriously contemplated remarriage until they met each other. Given their past histories, both had considerable trepidation, and this was reinforced by their friends' attitudes.
Working It Out did not fare well in the Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
and was cancelled in December 1990.
Cast
- Jane Curtin as Sarah Marshall
- Stephen Collins as David Stuart
- David GarrisonDavid GarrisonDavid Gene Garrison is an American actor. His primary venue is live theatre, but he may be more widely known for his numerous television roles, particularly that of Steve Rhoades on Married... with Children...
as Stan - Mary Beth HurtMary Beth HurtMary Beth Hurt is an American actress of stage and screen.-Personal life:Hurt was born Mary Supinger in 1946 in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Delores Lenore and Forrest Clayton Supinger. Her childhood babysitter was actress Jean Seberg, also a Marshalltown native...
as Andy - Kyndra Joy Casper as Molly Stuart
- Chevi ColtonChevi ColtonChevi Colton was an American stage, film and television actress.In November 1968 she appeared onstage in Cabaret on Broadway in New York City. In December 1978 she appeared in The Grand Tour at the Palace Theatre on Broadway. She appeared as one-half of a lesbian couple on a "very special" episode...
as Sophie
Episodes
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | Pilot | August 22, 1990 |
| 1-2 | "And Now, My Non-Love" | September 22, 1990 |
| 1-3 | "Who Asks First" | September 29, 1990 |
| 1-4 | "First Date From Hell" | October 6, 1990 |
| 1-5 | "What Next, My Love?" | October 13, 1990 |
| 1-6 | "Old Boyfriends" | October 20, 1990 |
| 1-7 | "Ageless Love" | October 27, 1990 |
| 1-8 | "It Almost Happened One Night" | November 3, 1990 |
| 1-9 | "Instructions" | November 10, 1990 |
| 1-10 | "Take My Girlfriend..." | November 28, 1990 |
| 1-11 | "Molly and David" | December 12, 1990 |
| 1-12 | "Surprise! I Hate Your Friend!" | Never aired |
| 1-13 | "Foxhole" | Never aired |