The Tom Show aired from September 1997 until March 1998 on the WB.
Tom Amross( Tom Arnold) was a gregarious TV producer who moved back to his home town of St. Paul, Minnesota , with his two daughters after a messy divorce in which his ex-wife, talk show star Maggie ( Shannon Tweed), got the Hollywood mansion and most of the money. He got a job working with his old buddy Charlie ( Ed McMahon), trying to boost the ratings of the latter's long-running local morning talk show, Breakfast With Charlie, on station KOGD. Tom's plan was to pair traditionalist Charlie with radical Madison ( Shawnee Smith), a young woman with a strong social conscience. The two of them got along like oil and water-he wanted to talk sports and food while she tried to discuss politics, the environment, cybersex and body piercing. Tonya ( Tasha Smith) was the resentful former producer of Charlie's show who had recently been promoted to station manager. Other women in Tom's life included his agreeable younger daughter, Elissa ( Mika Boorem), and teenage Kenlon ( Lisa Wilhoit), who found him over-protective and unwilling to accept her becoming a young woman. Others seen were Jonathan ( Michael Rosenbaum); Mrs. Thompson ( Angela Paton), the girls' babysiter; Brownie ( Danton Stone), Tom's buddy who owned a local bar where he hung out; and Billy ( John Caponera), a cop who also spent time at the bar. Madison disappeared from the cast-without explanation-early in 1998 but was back in an episode that aired on March 1.
A Review from The New York Times
'The Tom Show'
WB, Sunday night at 9
By CARYN JAMES
Published: September 5, 1997
Another WB comedy also comes with a familiar central character and links to a monster sitcom, but less promise. On ''The Tom Show,'' Tom Arnold continues to try to invent a career outside Roseanne's formidable shadow, but he does it by playing off his real-life story.
His character, Tom Amross, was once a Hollywood producer, married to the country's most powerful talk-show hostess. After a divorce that broke his bank account and his career more than his heart, Tom and his two young daughters return to his hometown, St. Paul, where he produces a morning talk show, ''Breakfast With Charlie.'' Charlie, a cranky old chauvinist, is played good-naturedly by Ed McMahon. The former wife, played by Shannon Tweed, is thin and blond (apparently demonstrating that some of this is fiction).
In movies like ''True Lies,'' Mr. Arnold has shown that he can be a solid comic sidekick, but ''The Tom Show'' is floundering for a tone. More of an edge would help. If Mr. Arnold is going to play off his past, he should just go for it.
The best scenes in this otherwise flat sitcom are those in which he mocks his high-profile days in Hollywood. When his daughters get a message from their mother, broadcast on her show, he tells them not to worry. ''That's how I found out we were getting a divorce,'' he explains. ''I was just sitting in rehab watching television, and . . . .'' He goes on to sing the theme from ''Entertainment Tonight.'' That acid manner suits Tom Arnold better than the persona of the sincere hometown boy.
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