The Geena Davis Show aired from October 2000 until July 2001 on ABC.
A high-powered Manhattan executive became an instant suburban mom in this manic, rather trite comedy. Teddie( Geena Davis), was a tall, fashionable (i.e. short skirts), event planner whose harried life consisted of Starbucks coffee in the morning and take-out Chinese at night. Judy and Hillary( Kim Coles, Mimi Rogers), were her wisecracking best friends and Alan ( Harland Williams), her whiny co-worker. Everything changed when Teddie met Max( Peter Horton), an easygoing writer and widower whose 2 kids, he thought needed a mom. The kids weren't so sure, as Teddie found out when she and Max were engaged and she moved into their sprawling suburban home. Though she tried, in her own bumbling, hysterical way , she had no idea how to relate to nutty , curly -haired Carter( John Francis Daley), and emotionally uncertain ( " I love you, I hate you"), kindegartener Eliza ( Mackenzie Vega). Gladys ( Esther Scott), was the standoffish , black housekeeper. There were lots of sex jokes( Teddie's attempt to bake a cake in the shape of a baseball bat for Carter's bake sale was dubbed " The Penis Cake"), pratfalls, mugging and misunderstandings. Finally in an episode aired in June 2001, Teddie and Max were married in a chaotic city hall ceremony, but the series had by then been canceled.
A Review from The New York Times
TELEVISION REVIEW; By CARYN JAMES
Published: October 10, 2000
THE GEENA DAVIS SHOW
ABC, tonight at 9:30
(Channel 7 in New York)
As the stupidest stepmom in the world, Geena Davis glides around her new sitcom with a huge grin that says, ''Aren't I cute?'' That attitude is not likely to endear her to the stepchildren or television viewers. The message she ought to be sending is: ''Help! I'm an Oscar-winning movie star trapped in a pathetic, cliched series.''
Ms. Davis plays a sophisticated woman from Manhattan named Teddie who owns a public relations company. In little more than a month (a brief opening flashback tonight) she falls for a widower with two children and finds herself living in the suburbs. In real life he would have been divorced; the series has cut out the pesky ex-wife, but otherwise the idea of ''Sex and the City'' moving to the burbs has possibilities.
But the inane writing makes Teddie a throwback to the birdbrained housewife character, even if she does have a career. Suddenly she turns so idiotic she forgets it's a good idea to wear pants when there's a teenage boy in the house. Next week she bakes a cake; a risque punch line does not make that tired premise any funnier. No one around Teddie has developed a personality either, including Peter Horton as the man who, inexplicably, is charmed by her routine.
A Review from The Baltimore Sun
`Geena Davis Show' lacks any originality
Preview: The actress' ABC comedy is a weak attempt that's part `Sex in the City' and all bad.'
October 10, 2000|By David Zurawik | David Zurawik,SUN TELEVISION CRITIC
Between the see-through dress she wore to the Emmy Awards telecast and her new sitcom, "The Geena Davis Show," you have to wonder where Davis is getting her advice these days.
What an awful series, and I'm not sure whether to blame her as executive producer and star or ABC for its hell-bent commitment to putting only Disney-produced-and-owned series like this one on its air.
Davis plays Teddie Cochrane, who the press material describes as a "glamorous career woman." Her career involves running a "non-profit company that pairs celebrities with worthy political causes." (Is that politically correct or what?)
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One day, she meets a handsome widower with two kids (Peter Horton), and suddenly she's engaged to be married and balancing her career with suburban motherhood.
She's conflicted and not very good at the mommy part. What an original concept!
Davis clearly seems to enjoy the scenes that put Teddie with her two best friends (Mimi Rogers and Kim Coles) in Manhattan drinking cocktails and dishing. Think a very watered-down, network-lame version of HBO's "Sex and the City." But Disney-ABC clearly wants her centered in suburbia with hubby-to-be and the kids. What a meshuga mess - and I mean that in the worst sense of the word.
But even worse than the concept is Davis' performance. She's way past playing look-at-my-dimple-ingenue-cute. It's kind of pathetic that she doesn't trust her talent enough to think people will like a more mature Geena Davis on screen.
`Geena Davis'
When: Tonight at 9:30.
Where: WMAR (Channel 2).
In brief: Geena Davis in a sitcom worse than the dress she wore to the Emmys telecast.
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