13 Queens Boulevard
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| creator = Richard Baer
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| composer = Barry De Vorzon
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 9 (1 unaired)
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| camera = Multi-camera
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| company = TOY Productions
| network = ABC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|03|20}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1979|07|24}}
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13 Queens Boulevard is an American sitcom that aired from March 20 until July 24, 1979.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 831|edition=4th}}
Premise
The series was about the diverse residents of a Queens apartment complex.{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url= http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/13-queens-blvd/cast/199543 |title=13 Queens Blvd. Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2013-01-13}}
The major residents of the complex were Felicia and Steven Winters (Eileen Brennan and Jerry Van Dyke) who have been happily married for over 15 years. Also living in the complex were Elaine Dowling (Marcia Rodd), a divorcee who was Felicia's best friend; and the Capestros, which included Mildred (Helen Page Camp) and her daughters, Annie (Susan Elliott) and Jill (Louise Williams). Others in the complex included Camille (Karen Rushmore) and Lois (Frances Lee McCain).
Cast
- Eileen Brennan as Felicia Winters
- Jerry Van Dyke as Steven Winters
- Marcia Rodd as Elaine Dowling
- Helen Page Camp as Mildred Capestro
- Susan Elliot as Annie Capestro
- Louise Williams as Jill Capestro
- Karen Rushmore as Camille
- Frances Lee McCain as Lois
Production
Richard Baer created the program; Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub, and Bud Yorkin developed it. Peter Baldwin, Nancy Walker, Kim Friedman, and Will MacKenzie directed. Writers were Orenstein, Turteltaub, Baer, Linda Marsh, Martin Rips, and Mitzi McCall.{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020 |date=September 22, 2021 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8735-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXpIEAAAQBAJ&dq=%2213+Queens+Boulevard%22&pg=PA192 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |language=en}}
Episodes
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{{Episode list
|Title=For Better or Worse
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|03|20}}
|EpisodeNumber=1
|DirectedBy= Kim Friedman
|WrittenBy= Margie Peters,
Linda Marsh
|ShortSummary= On their 15th anniversary, Steven announces that he is transferring to Ohio.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Reunion
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|03|27}}
|EpisodeNumber=2
|DirectedBy= Kim Friedman
|WrittenBy= Martin Rips,
Joseph Staretski
|ShortSummary= Elaine doesn't want to go to her 20th high school reunion because she might run into her ex-husband.
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{{Episode list
|Title=No Room at the Top
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|03}}
|EpisodeNumber=3
|DirectedBy= Will Mackenzie
|WrittenBy= Margie Peters,
Martin Rips,
Joseph Staretski
|ShortSummary= Elaine gets a job that seemed perfect for Felicia's husband.
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Younger Man
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|10}}
|EpisodeNumber=4
|DirectedBy= Nancy Walker
|WrittenBy= Anne Convy,
Mitzi McCall
|ShortSummary= Elaine has an affair with a 23-year-old man.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Playing Around
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|17}}
|EpisodeNumber=5
|DirectedBy= Will Mackenzie
|WrittenBy= Saul Turteltaub,
Bernie Orenstein
|ShortSummary= Felicia's friends see Steven at a night club with a woman.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Thoroughly Modern Mildred
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|7|3}}
|EpisodeNumber=6
|DirectedBy= Peter Baldwin
|WrittenBy= Richard Baer
|ShortSummary= Mildred spends the night with a guy she met at a party.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Italian Holiday
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|07|17}}
|EpisodeNumber=7
|DirectedBy= Kim Friedman
|WrittenBy= Linda Marsh
|ShortSummary= Felicia wants to resume an affair with an Italian she met 20 years ago.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Like Mother, Like Son
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|07|24}}
|EpisodeNumber=8
|DirectedBy= Kim Friedman
|WrittenBy= Saul Turteltaub,
Bernie Orenstein
|ShortSummary= Lois' ex-husband wants custody of their son because he doesn't think the upbringing is macho enough.
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Lift
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=9
|DirectedBy= Nancy Walker
|WrittenBy= Martin Rips,
Joseph Staretski
|ShortSummary=
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}}
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0078557|13 Queens Boulevard}}
- {{TV Guide show|199543|13 Queens Boulevard}}
Category:1979 American television series debuts
Category:1979 American television series endings
Category:1970s American multi-camera sitcoms
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in Queens