Married People

Married People
Genre Sitcom
Created by Prudence Fraser
Robert Sternin
Written by Prudence Fraser
Robert Rabinowitz
Robert Sternin
Directed by Asaad Kelada
Starring Ray Aranha
Bess Armstrong
Megan Gallivan
Barbara Montgomery
Jay Thomas
Chris Young
Composer(s) Bob Boykin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 18
Production
Executive producer(s) Prudence Fraser
Robert Sternin
Producer(s) Asaad Kelada
Kathy Landsberg
Jan Siegelman
Cinematography Mark J. Levin
Editor(s) Marco Zappia
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc.
Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18) – March 16, 1991 (1991-03-16)

Married People is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC as part of its 1990–91 schedule. Jay Thomas and Bess Armstrong led the ensemble cast.

Synopsis

The series follows three couples in different stages of their relationships who lived in the same building in New York City. Newlyweds Allen and Cindy Campbell (Chris Young and Megan Gallivan) were occupants of the third floor; he attended Columbia University while she supported them as a waitress. On the second floor were the Meyers, Russell (Jay Thomas) and Elizabeth (Bess Armstrong). Elizabeth was a lawyer while Russell was a free-lance writer and househusband, particularly after the birth of their son, Max. Living on the ground floor were Nick and Olivia Williams (Ray Aranha and Barbara Montgomery), an older couple who were the building's owners (the building was in a gentrified area of Harlem, but often referred to by the street name "Central Park North"). Nick was an irascible traditionalist who constantly wondered why Russell didn't go out and get a "real" job and found Allen to be "too white" ("even for a white boy"), but was basically a good, decent man.

Married People was critically acclaimed but garnered low ratings, particularly after the outbreak of the Persian Gulf War, news coverage of which caused the show to be frequently pre-empted. The series was cancelled in March 1991, but rerun in August and September of that year just prior to the beginning of the 1991–92 schedule.

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Married People"Asaad KeladaRobert Sternin & Prudence FraserSeptember 18, 1990 (1990-09-18)
2"The Truth, the Whole Truth..."Asaad KeladaTBASeptember 19, 1990 (1990-09-19)
3"First Impression"Asaad KeladaTBASeptember 26, 1990 (1990-09-26)
4"Once More, With Passion"Asaad KeladaTBAOctober 3, 1990 (1990-10-03)
5"Money Changes Everything"Asaad KeladaTBAOctober 10, 1990 (1990-10-10)
6"Live and Let Go"Asaad KeladaTBAOctober 17, 1990 (1990-10-17)
7"Room for One More"Asaad KeladaTBAOctober 24, 1990 (1990-10-24)
8TBAAsaad KeladaTBAOctober 31, 1990 (1990-10-31)
9"Term Paper"Asaad KeladaTBANovember 7, 1990 (1990-11-07)
10"The Baby Cometh"Asaad KeladaTBANovember 14, 1990 (1990-11-14)
11"Four Neighbors and a Baby"Asaad KeladaTBANovember 28, 1990 (1990-11-28)
12"Partners"Asaad KeladaTBADecember 5, 1990 (1990-12-05)
13"Compromise"Will MackenzieTBADecember 19, 1990 (1990-12-19)
14"To Live and Drive in New York"Will MackenzieTBADecember 26, 1990 (1990-12-26)
15"The Nanny"Will MackenzieTBAJanuary 9, 1991 (1991-01-09)
16"Mommy and Me"Will MackenzieTBAJanuary 23, 1991 (1991-01-23)
17"Dance Ten, Friends Zero"Will MackenzieTBAJanuary 30, 1991 (1991-01-30)
18"You Were Right and I Was..."Will MackenzieTBAMarch 16, 1991 (1991-03-16)

Awards

Year Award Result Category Recipient
1991Emmy AwardWonOutstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a SeriesMarty Brown, Dave Owen, Rich Rose, Marvin Shearer, Mark Warshaw, and Jerry Weiss
For episode "Dance Ten, Friends Zero"

References

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