The Bonnie Hunt Show, A.K.A. Bonnie aired from September 1995 until April 1996 on CBS.
Terminally nice, relentlessly naive, Bonnie Kelly ( Bonnie Hunt), had recently moved to Chicago from her native Wisconsin, to take her dream job as a human interest reporter for WBDR-TV. The fast-pace and competitive pressure at the Chicago station took some getting used to. Her best friend from high school, chatterbox Holly (Holly Wortell), lived in Bonnie's apartment building and worked as a makeup artist and hairstylist at WBDR. Among Bonnie's other co-workers were Bill ( Mark Derwin), the always-in-a-rush news director;Diane (Janet Carroll), Bill's bossy deceitful assistant who had it in for Bonnie; Joe ( Richard Gant), the news department's tough assignment editor; Andrew ( Eamonn roche), the spaced-out videotape editor; Tom ( Tom Virtue), the cameraman who usually teamed with her; Sammy ( Brian Howe), the coffee guy; and Keith ( Don Lake), a limo driver who lived in her apartment building Each episode included a charming segment in which Bonnie and Tom went on location and interviewed real people on the streets of Chicago in unscript encounters.
This was the 2nd failed star vehicle for Ms. Hunt and her fellow Second City alumni Wortell, Virtue, and Lake. As with the first, 1993's The Building, Ms. Hunt was one of the show's writers, and along with her good friend David Letterman, executive producers. Pulled from the fall schedule after 6 episodes had aired, the series returned the following March with it's title shortened to Bonnie; after 5 more weeks, it was gone for good.
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On CBS's "Bonnie Hunt Show" (Fridays at 8:30 P.M.) Bonnie Hunt plays Bonnie Kelly, a television reporter who leaves Wisconsin -- is anybody left in that state? -- for a job with a big station in Chicago. The executive producers are Ms. Hunt, Rob Burnett and David Letterman. Ms. Hunt and Mr. Letterman's production company also collaborated on the short-lived series "The Building." Maybe this time.
The thing about this Bonnie is that she is not only charmingly funny but also very nice. Going for a job interview, she wears what she calls a conservative, Catholic outfit. Bombarded with phone calls from her fretting mother, she is unfailingly patient, at one point asking Mom, "Could you say a prayer for me?" Bonnie is surrounded, mostly at work, with the typical collection of friends that apparently constitutes a family in today's noncommittal world. The show's nifty gimmick: when Bonnie goes out on a story, the interviews are with real people and are not scripted. Chatting with schoolchildren, for instance, Ms. Hunt warmly comes into her own.
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