The Tammy Grimes Show
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Genre | Situation comedy |
Created by | George Axelrod |
Directed by | Don Taylor |
Starring | Tammy Grimes Hiram Sherman Dick Sargent Maudie Prickett |
Theme music composer | John Williams |
Composer(s) | John Williams Warren Barker |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 (2 unaired) |
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Executive producer(s) | William Dozier |
Producer(s) | Richard Whorf Alex Gottlieb |
Cinematography | Ralph Woolsey |
Running time | 22–26 minutes |
Production company(s) | Greenway Productions Tamworth Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributor | 20th Television (current) |
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Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | September 8 September 29, 1966 |
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The Tammy Grimes Show is an American situation comedy starring Broadway actress Tammy Grimes that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The Tammy Grimes Show was one of the few prime time series canceled after four episodes.
Overview
Grimes portrayed the role of Tammy Ward, a spendthrift heiress under the financial thumb of her uncle Simon (Hiram Sherman). The series also stars Dick Sargent as Tammy's uptight twin brother Terrance with whom she works at their Uncle Simon's bank. Maudie Prickett appeared as Tammy's nosy housekeeper.[1]
Reception
Upon its September 8, 1966 premiere, the series received generally negative reviews and failed to find an audience. In an unusual move for a major television network at the time, ABC opted to cancel the series after just four episodes.[2][3][4] The Tammy Grimes Show is one of the few prime time series of the era that was canceled after one month as major networks, at the time, generally allowed a series to run a full thirteen weeks.[4]
In a 1967 interview, executive producer William Dozier called the series an "organized disaster". He added, "It was the wrong idea for the wrong person at the wrong time. Movies were not for Mary Martin; television was not for Tammy Grimes."[5]
Production notes
The Tammy Grimes Show was created by George Axelrod and executive produced by William Dozier. The series was produced by Richard Whorf and Alex Gottlieb and filmed at 20th Century Fox Studios in Century City, Los Angeles.[6]
The theme was written by composer John Williams (credited as "Johnny Williams"), with Lionel Newman. Williams also wrote the incidental music, except for the first episode which was scored by Warren Barker.[7]
Episode list
ABC aired four episodes of the series. The original pilot episode, written by Axelrod (in which Tammy posed as a "Texas millionaire" in order to apply for the bank's credit card, sparking a spending spree), was never shown; scenes from it were presented during ABC's "fall preview" presentation at their annual affiliate meeting in the summer of 1966. A fifth episode entitled "The Great Charge Account War" was scheduled to air on October 6, 1966 but ABC pulled the episode from its lineup after it canceled the series in late September 1966. Scripts for nine additional episodes were written but were never produced.[8]
Episode # | Episode title | Writer | Original airdate[8] | Synopsis | Guest actors |
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1 | "Officer's Mess" | Ralph Goodman | September 8, 1966 | Tammy gets stuck on a naval ship. | Henry Jones, Philip Ober |
2 | "How To Steal A Girl, Even If It's Only Me" | Roland Wolpert | September 15, 1966 | Tammy supposedly gets kidnapped. | Jesse White, Paul Mantee, Monroe Arnold, Richard Bakalyan, Damian O'Flynn |
3 | "Tammy Takes Las Vegas, Or Vice Versa" | September 22, 1966 | Tammy tries to win a bundle at the casinos. | Max Mellinger | |
4 | "Positively Made In Paris" | September 29, 1966 | In order to keep her from spending money on clothes, Tammy is exiled to a rural hamlet. | Philip Coolidge, Maurice Marsac, Harry Harvey Sr., Cherie Fister, Bryan O'Brynne | |
5 | "George Washington Didn't Sleep Here" | Jack Raymond, Sid Morse | Never aired | To help publicize a friend's hotel, Tammy spreads a rumor claiming the "Marchinoness of Mull" is to be an honored guest. More tedious tomfoolery. | |
6 | "The Great Charge Account War" | Bill O'Hallaren | Never produced |
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7 | "The Ski's The Limit" | Charles Marion, Irving Cummings | Never produced |
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8 | "Give Her Back To The Indians" | George F. Slavin, Stanley Adams | Never produced |
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9 | "How I Saved The Opera, Or Did I?" | Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons | Never produced |
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10 | "Send A Rich Girl To Camp This Summer" | Gene Thompson | Never produced |
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11 | "Tammy Plays Cupid" | Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill | Never produced |
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12 | "Diamonds Are A Bird's Best Friend" | John Barbour, Whitey Mitchell | Never produced |
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13 | "Tamantha Nightingale Rides Again" | Al Gordon, Hal Goldman | Never produced |
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14 | "A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Studio" | Bob Reitman, Don Garey | Never produced |
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References
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External links
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- 1960s American television series
- 1960s American comedy television series
- American television sitcoms
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- English-language television programming
- Television series by 20th Century Fox Television