Costello (TV series)
{{Short description|1998 American television sitcom}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| runtime = approx. 22 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Wind Dancer Productions
- Touchstone Television
}}
| genre = Sitcom
| creator = {{Plainlist|
- Sue Costello
- Cheryl Holliday
}}
| camera = Multi-camera
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Sue Costello
- Jenny O'Hara
- Dan Lauria
- Kerry O'Malley
- Chuck Walczak
- Timothy Pickering
}}
| producer = Gayle S. Maffeo
| composer = Dan Foliart
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = Fox
| first_aired = {{start date|1998|9|15}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1998|10|13}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 8 (4 unaired)
| list_episodes =
}}
Costello is an American television sitcom created by Sue Costello and Cheryl Holliday which aired on Fox from September 15 to October 13, 1998.
Premise
The series was about an Irish-American family in South Boston.{{cite web|author=TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/costello/ |title=Costello |publisher=TV.com |date=2006-03-15 |accessdate=2012-09-04}} The central character is Sue Murphy (Sue Costello), a barmaid who has broken up with her boyfriend and is trying to improve herself, despite the incomprehension of her blue-collar family.{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|title='Costello' Is a Blue-Collar Chip Off the 'Cheers' Block|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-08-ca-20455-story.html|access-date=10 January 2013|newspaper=LA Times|date=September 8, 1998}}
Cast
- Sue Costello as Sue Murphy
- Jenny O'Hara as Lottie Murphy
- Dan Lauria as Spud Murphy
- Kerry O'Malley as Trish Donnelly
- Chuck Walczak as Jimmy Murphy
- Timothy Pickering as Fingers
Critical response
The show wasn't popular with critics, who considered it vulgar and shouty.{{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Tim|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Random House|author2=Earle F. Marsh|page=248}} A review in The New York Times said, "There are entirely too many colorfully crude blue-collar characters".{{cite news|last=Gates|first=Angela|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; Serving Beer but Making Waves|url=http://travel2.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/television/index.html?query=COSTELLO,%20SUE&field=per&match=exact|accessdate=10 January 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 8, 1998}} The Los Angeles Times called it a more working-class Cheers and criticized Costello's acting ability.
Episodes
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{{Episode list
|Title=Pilot
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|9|15}}
|EpisodeNumber=1
|DirectedBy= John Whitesell
|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|t=Cheryl Holliday|s=Cheryl Holliday & Sue Costello}}
|ShortSummary= Sue breaks up with her boyfriend and moves back in with her parents.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Monkey Butt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|9|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=2
|DirectedBy= Lee Shallat Chemel
|WrittenBy= Gabe Sachs & Jeff Judah
|ShortSummary= Sue writes an essay for her college application. Lottie exposes her red panties in church and gets the nickname "monkey butt".
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Sue Drives, Ya Suck Bag
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|6}}
|EpisodeNumber=3
|DirectedBy= Lee Shallat Chemel
|WrittenBy= Cheryl Holliday
|ShortSummary= Sue asks her family for help with getting her drivers license.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Sue Dates a Freakin' Dentist
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|13}}
|EpisodeNumber=4
|DirectedBy= Ted Wass
|WrittenBy= Lester Lewis
|ShortSummary= Sue has a crush on her dentist.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Anniversary
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=5
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy=Alex Herschlag
|ShortSummary= Jimmy steals cable TV as a present for his parents wedding anniversary.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Garage
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=6
|DirectedBy= Lee Shallat Chemel
|WrittenBy= Bob Daily
|ShortSummary= Sue moves into the garage.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Double Date
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=7
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy=Mary Fitzgerald
|ShortSummary= Sue and Trish feel sad about their love lives.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Angie O'Plasty
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=8
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy=Jane O'Brien
|ShortSummary= Lottie has a heart attack on Halloween.
|LineColor=ff9999
}}
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|161137}}
- {{epguides|Costello}}
Category:1990s American multi-camera sitcoms
Category:1998 American television series debuts
Category:1998 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Irish-American mass media
Category:Television shows set in Boston