View Full Version : Short-Lived Sitcom Potpourri (XVII)


TMC
03-29-2023, 11:31 PM
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Thoughts: Jean Smart (https://poptrashmuseum.com/blog/get-smart-the-short-lived-sitcoms-of-jean-smart) took (https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1998-01-11-3191312-story.html) another crack at the sitcom genre with this ensemble (https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/01/16/cbs-feels-heat-from-martha-stewart/) workplace (https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/jan/05/style-brings-martha-to-mind/) comedy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_%26_Substance) led by a Martha Stewart (https://sites.google.com/site/cultoddities/home/television/style-substance)-like (https://www.deseret.com/1998/1/22/19359107/stewart-gives-thumbs-down-to-tv-s-style-substance) boss (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-01-04-9801061060-story.html) and her new manager, the responsible but naïve daughter she never had (Nancy McKeon (https://variety.com/1998/tv/reviews/style-substance-3-1200452753/)) — a sort of Mary Tyler Moore Show for the ‘90s, and the first (https://www.csmonitor.com/1998/0115/011598.feat.tv.1.html) of two 1998 (https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/jan/14/people-in-the-news-for-january-14-1998/) CBS (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-05-ca-5100-story.html) sitcoms (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/01/07/donaldson-to-return-to-white-house-beat/9960ebe9-4d02-414d-8cc9-291550a32128/) to spoof the famous homemaker (https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Can-Martha-fix-this-3111449.php).