Does anybody remember this show?

[Jude The Obscure]

I remember WGN playing reruns in the late '80s.

Wayne Rogers today is a very very successful real estate mogul.

[OH Nuts!]

Of course I do! And I have the movie with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson.

HC was a charming show! Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave were wonderful on it! It's a real shame when shows like this just seem to disappear. I remember it vividly and enjoyed it very much.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by rich p

Of course I do! And I have the movie with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson.

HC was a charming show! Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave were wonderful on it! It's a real shame when shows like this just seem to disappear. I remember it vividly and enjoyed it very much.

I've never seen it on in reruns anywhere. I enjoyed the show too....well until Lynn Redgrave left it.

[James28]

Lynn Redgrave actually left House Calls in the middle of the third season. Sharon Gless's first episode "Fun With Doc and Jane" actually aired in the beginning of 1982. Should the show have continued for at least a fourth season if Redgrave hadn't left or if fans took a liking to Gless's character (Jane Jeffries)?

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by TJ

Reposted from old board:

Posted by luvinjuan1980:

Isn't it weird how Wayne Rogers was Trapper John on Mash, Then when Trapper John, MD. came out, they got Pernell Roberts to play Trapper and Wayne Rogers went on to play Charlie Michaels on House Calls.

Posted by TV Guy:

Definitely strange. When you think about it Charley Michaels is a lot closer to Trapper John from "M*A*S*H" than "Trapper John, M.D." is. Trap always had a good sense of humor, and Pernell Roberts portrays him as completely humorless.

I agree. Even though Trapper John, M.D. is technically a spinoff of M*A*S*H, I've never considered it one. I'm lucky if I've seen more than two episodes in its entirety.

It premiered on September 23, 1979. Nearly three months later, House Calls premiered on December 17, 1979. I do remember watching this show during its network run. In fact, the irony is that I saw Wayne Rogers playing Charley Michaels before I saw him on M*A*S*H, as I didn't start watching M*A*S*H until 1981 in reruns.

Another irony is that the humorless Trapper John, M.D. outlived House Calls by four seasons. The change from Lynn Redgrave to Sharon Gless did change the show a bit.

However, if House Calls hadn't been cancelled, Sharon Gless wouldn't have been able to replace Meg Foster as Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey in the fall of 1982.

Gless was hesitant to replace another actress after what happened on House Calls, but it proved to be a good move because she is remembered most for playing Chris Cagney.

And there's another connection to M*A*S*H -- Loretta Swit was the first actress to play Christine Cagney in the original Cagney & Lacey TV movie.

What were we talking about again?

[LuLu Rogers]

I REALLY want this show on DVD!!!!!!!!

[OH Nuts!]

Originally Posted by LuLu Rogers

I REALLY want this show on DVD!!!!!!!!

From your mouth to God’s ears! I’d buy it in a minute! Lynn and Wayne had such great chemistry! A charmer of a show.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

LOL..never heard of this & I was a kid back then!

[OH Nuts!]

Yes = from early 80s & I loved it. Lynn Redgrave was fantastic in it.

[Schmo]

According to Wikipedia, Lynn Redgrave was fired.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Calls_(TV_series)

[Edward216]

Yes I remember it (I was almost 11 when it premiered) and I liked it. I might be one of the few people who liked it with Lynn Redgrave and also liked it when Sharon Gless replaced her. It was a very funny show and it's a shame it didn't last longer.

Ed.

[80s Dude]

It followed MASH while at the same time there was a show called Trapper John MD, which was the character Wayne Rogers played on MASH.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Edward216

Yes I remember it (I was almost 11 when it premiered) and I liked it. I might be one of the few people who liked it with Lynn Redgrave and also liked it when Sharon Gless replaced her. It was a very funny show and it's a shame it didn't last longer.

Ed.

The Time Sharon Gless and Lynn Redgrave Staged a Shouting Match

Back to her being a contract player (before Cagney and Lacey). There was a show called House Calls that starred Lynn Redgrave. After a few seasons, she asked for the same salary as her co-star Wayne Rogers and to be allowed to breast feed on the set. In response, she was fired. Horrific. Sharon, still under contract for Universal, had to replace her, and did the show for a year. In the book, she writes about her not enjoying working with Wayne Rogers. Well, at the end of the series, she writes that she had a party for the cast (not Wayne). She decided to invite Lynn Redgrave, whom she had never met! I told her I thought that was so cool of her, and she said that Lynne was even cooler…she said yes! Lynn then asked Sharon if she wanted to mess with the cast and stage a fight. Sharon loved the idea and said YES. So, a few hours into the party, Sharon saw a car pull into the driveway. She muttered out loud, "Who could that be?" and went outside. She and Lynn quietly introduced themselves and then started a loud, fake argument. Lynn yelled “You stole my job!” Sharon yelled “You lost it because you can’t act for sh*t!” Finally it ended with Lynn yelling, “F*ck you!” followed by Sharon standing at her door yelling, "F*** me? F*** you!!!!!" Sharon said she turned around and the cast was standing there with their mouths hanging open. Sharon "apologized" to everyone…and then, of course, invited Lynn inside. Brava!!

[Schmo]

John Clark, a former British actor and Lynn’s ex-husband, had a blog about 20 years ago in which he discussed his and Lynn’s ultimately unsuccessful lawsuit following her dismissal from the series. Clark claims there was a massive conspiracy to deny them justice. But I wouldn’t accept his word as the whole truth, since he and Lynn had a bitter divorce and he put the all the blame on her, even though he was the one who had an affair and fathered a child out of wedlock. In fact, Clark blames everyone else for his problems. It is possible he was the one who prevented a favorable outcome in the lawsuit.

[TMC]

Wayne Rogers' MASH Follow-Up House Calls Was A Ratings Hit

Like MASH, House Calls was a movie spinoff



The intro screen for House Calls sitcom starring Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave

Easily Rogers' highest profile series outside of MASH was House Calls, another medical sitcom. This was based on the 1978 comedy movie House Calls starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, with the TV version casting Rogers as a surgeon who falls for Lynn Redgrave's hospital administrator. The show quickly became a success after it debuted in 1979, managing to capture the spirit of the original film while Rogers and Redgrave shared great chemistry.

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