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TV Show Feature: The Wonder Years

Monday, November 30, 2009 | Labels: | 0 comments |

The Wonder Years is an American television dramedy created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC, from 1988 through 1993. The series revolved around Kevin (Fred Savage) as he dealt with the ups and downs of growing up.

After only six episodes aired, the tv show won an Emmy for best comedy series in 1988. It achieved a spot in the Nielsen Top Ten for two of its six seasons. TV Guide also named it as one of the 1980s' 20 best shows. And Savage, at the age of 13, gained the honor of being the youngest actor ever nominated Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series.

In 1989, The Wonder Years was given a Peabody Award for achieving two seemingly contradictory effects - first for evoking a traditional family sitcom while pushing boundaries, and second for using new modes of storytelling. In total, the series won 22 awards, and was nominated for a further 54 more. The show's theme was a cover of The Beatles' song "With a Little Help from My Friends".

TV Show Feature: Dharma & Greg

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | Labels: | 0 comments |

Dharma and Greg tv showDharma & Greg is an American television situation comedy about a couple who married instantly on their first date despite being complete opposites. The tv series was aired from 1997 to 2002 and Created and executive-produced by Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre.

The tv show starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery. Dharma was extremely peppy, ditzy, and eccentric while Greg was upright, uptight, and decent, making them a very odd couple. In addition, Dharma was homeschooled by her parents, thus she had a limited understanding of Western culture and was very naïve when it comes to trusting strangers. Greg, on the other hand, was a lawyer and an alumnus of the famous Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University, and Stanford Law School. Though their relationship had been rocky at times, the couple had never been shown to regret their marriage.

Dharma & Greg was a top-20 fixture in the US during its first three seasons. The comedy incorporated in the show took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. It earned Elfman a Golden Globe for Best Actress, out of a total of eight nominations, and moreover garnered six Emmy and Satellite Awards nominations respectively.

TV Show Feature: Mad About You

Friday, August 28, 2009 | Labels: | 0 comments |

Mad About You tv showMad About You is an American sitcom which starred Paul Reiser (Paul Buchman) and Helen Hunt (Jamie Stemple Buchman) as a newly married couple in New York City. Paul was a documentary film maker and Jamie was a public relations specialist. Near the end of the tv show's run, the couple had a baby daughter, whom they named Mabel.

The series focused on the newlyweds as they dealt with everything from their humorous daily minutiae to major struggles. The show was compared to Seinfeld, another NBC comedy about thirty-somethings in New York City, because of its willingness to find comedy in realistic situations and observational dialogue.

Mad About You was aired on NBC from 1992 to 1999. And with their contracts calling for them to be paid equally, Hunt and Reiser were paid $1 million per show for the last season.