Reggie (TV series)

Reggie is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from August 2 until September 1, 1983; it was based on the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.^[1]

Reggie
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs
Developed by	Dinah Kirgo Julie Kirgo
Starring	Richard Mulligan Dianne Kay Jean Smart
Opening theme	"The Real Me" performed by Richard Mulligan[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Bernie Kukoff Dinah Kirgo Julie Kirgo Andrew J. Selig
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Fox-Unicorn Can't Sing Can't Dance Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	August 2 (1983-08-02) – September 1, 1983 (1983-09-01)

Premise

Middle-aged Reggie Potter worries about work and home life, while having sexy fantasies about his co-worker.^[2]

Cast

• Richard Mulligan as Reggie Potter
• Barbara Barrie as Elizabeth Potter
• Timothy Busfield as Mark Potter
• Dianne Kay as Linda Potter Lockett
• Timothy Stack as Tom Lockett
• Chip Zien as C.J. Wilcox
• Jean Smart as Joan Reynolds

Episodes

All episodes aired on the ABC network. The first episode aired at 9:30 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 1983. All subsequent episodes aired on Thursday nights at 9:00 pm.^[1]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Mark's Girlfriend"	John Bowab	Julie Kirgo and Dinah Kirgo	August 2, 1983 (1983-08-02)
Reggie has fantasies about his son's new girlfriend.
2	"The Seduction of Reggie"	Ellen Gittelsohn	David Landsberg and Lorin Dreyfuss	August 4, 1983 (1983-08-04)
Reggie tries to make some of his fantasies about his secretary into reality.
3	"That's Life"	Chris Parnell	John Bowab	August 11, 1983 (1983-08-11)
Reggie meets an old high school buddy.
4	"Reggie's Warning"	Unknown	Unknown	August 18, 1983 (1983-08-18)
Reggie tries to come up with a new ad campaign for ice cream.
5	"It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To"	Unknown	Unknown	August 25, 1983 (1983-08-25)
Reggie tries to entertain a Japanese business client.
6	"Once a Father"	Unknown	Unknown	September 1, 1983 (1983-09-01)
Reggie's daughter is hired by Funtime Desserts as Miss Double Dipper.

Reception

John Corry, writing in The New York Times, had a mixed response to the series. Corry stated that the series "ha[s] its moments", writing that the topic of male midlife crisis "isn't a bad idea for a comedy series". He noted that Mulligan portrayed Reggie with much the same persona as that of his character in Soap: "He dithers, he does double takes, he mugs. If you think this is funny, you'll think Reggie is funny." Writing about the opening episode, Corry noted that the sexual fantasies within the first episode were not risqué, writing that the series "pretends to be naughty, but like so many soap-opera comedies it really isn't". He noted that the writers "go in for antic humor, and much of the time they find it. But the parts don't add up to a whole, and Reggie is only another series about a klutz".^[1]