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We Got It Made
1983 American TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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We Got It Made is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 8, 1983, to March 10, 1984, and in first-run syndication from September 11, 1987, to March 30, 1988. It starred Teri Copley as a woman who works as a maid for two bachelors in New York City, played by Tom Villard and Matt McCoy, who was replaced by John Hillner for the syndicated version. The series was created by Gordon Farr and Lynne Farr Brao (credited as simply Lynne Farr during the 1987–88 season). The executive producer was Fred Silverman.
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1983 NBC version
The show focuses on Mickey Mackenzie (Teri Copley), a woman in her early 20s who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan. Her employers are two bachelors who share the two-bedroom apartment — conservative attorney David Tucker (Matt McCoy) and goofy, idealistic salesman Jay Bostwick (Tom Villard). Mickey is the first — and only — applicant for the job; in fact, both Jay and David are so taken by her beauty that they immediately hire her.
Both David and Jay had girlfriends - David's was attorney Claudia Jones (Stepfanie Kramer, who was no longer on the show after episode #19 and went on to co-star in the hit NBC crime drama Hunter - Villard and Copley would also later appear as guest stars), while Jay dated kindergarten teacher Beth Sorensen (Bonnie Urseth). Both Claudia and Beth were skeptical about their boyfriends having such an attractive maid working and living with them, but they eventually grew to accept Mickey as a friend.
When it first premiered, We Got It Made was successful, winning its time slot early in its run.[1] Before long, ratings for the series began to drop and the show also largely received negative reviews from critics.[citation needed] NBC moved the series from its original Thursday night slot to Saturday nights in January 1984, but the change did little to improve the ratings. In March 1984, We Got It Made was cancelled.
1987 syndicated version
After being cancelled in 1984, We Got It Made was revived three years later, for first-run syndication, for the 1987–1988 season as part of NBC's "Prime Time Begins at 7:30" campaign. With this campaign, the network's owned-and-operated stations ran first-run sitcoms in the 7:30–8:00 pm ET/PT (6:30–7:00 pm CT) time slot to counterprogram competing stations' game shows, sitcom reruns, and other offerings. The sitcom was picked up by some non-NBC stations as well, and while available in many markets, the sitcom was not available in all large or medium markets for syndication.
Teri Copley and Tom Villard were the two returning cast members. The characters of Jay and Beth were no longer a couple as Bonnie Urseth was not in the syndicated version. The character of David was now played by actor John Hillner. Mickey, Jay, and David had new neighbors as well —policeman Max Papavasiolios Sr. (Ron Karabatsos) and his son, Max Jr. (Lance Wilson-White).[2] Mickey seemed to allow greater physical attention — and affection - from the now-single Jay and David, but at the same time, she doted on them as if they were her young sons. She also had a special relationship with teenaged Max, who frequently came to her for romantic advice, although he would have also preferred putting that advice to use on Mickey.
As they had with the NBC run, critics lambasted the series and due to low ratings, We Got It Made lasted only one season in syndication.[1] The series' final original episode was released on March 30, 1988, with reruns airing until the week of September 3, 1988, in many markets.
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Cast
- Teri Copley as Mickey Mackenzie
- Tom Villard as Jay Bostwick
- Matt McCoy as David Tucker (1983–1984)
- Bonnie Urseth as Beth Sorensen (1983–1984)
- Stepfanie Kramer as Claudia Jones (1983–1984)
- John Hillner as David Tucker (1987–1988)
- Ron Karabatsos as Max Papavasilios Sr. (1987–1988)
- Lance Wilson-White as Max Papavasilios Jr. (1987–1988)
Notable guest stars included Elaine Joyce (as Mickey's mother), Edie McClurg, Julie Brown, Scatman Crothers, Alice Ghostley, Richard Paul, Billie Bird, Joel Brooks, Jack Bannon, Peggy Pope, and Jean Kasem.
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Episode list
Season 1: 1983–84
Season 2: 1987–88
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