Encore! Encore!
{{Short description|American sitcom television series}}
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| genre = Sitcom
| creator = David Angell
Peter Casey
David Lee
Chuck Ranberg
Anne Flett-Giordano
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- John Augustine
Anne Flett-Giordano
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| narrated =
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| opentheme =
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| composer = Bruce Miller
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13 (2 unaired)
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| executive_producer = David Angell
Peter Casey
David Lee
Chuck Ranberg
Anne Flett-Giordano
| producer = Mary Fukuto
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| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = 22–24 minutes
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| network = NBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|09|22}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1999|01|27}}
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Encore! Encore! is an American sitcom television series created by David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee, Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano, starring Nathan Lane as an opera singer. On the verge of becoming "The Fourth Tenor", Lane's character injures his vocal cords and must move in with his family, who run a vineyard in Northern California. The series premiered on NBC on September 22, 1998 and ended on January 27, 1999.{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=364}}
Encore! Encore! struggled in the ratings from the start. After its fourth episode aired on October 27, 1998, NBC put the series on hiatus for almost two months. Thirteen episodes were ordered but the series was cancelled at midseason with two episodes left unaired. The final network episode aired on January 27, 1999. All 13 episodes later ran on Bravo.
Cast
- Nathan Lane as Joseph Pinoni
- Joan Plowright as Marie Pinoni
- Glenne Headly as Franceseca Pinoni
- Trevor Fehrman as Michael Pinoni
- Ernie Sabella as Leo Wodecki
- James Patrick Stuart as Claude Bertrand
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Episodes
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Pilot
|DirectedBy=David Lee
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee & Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano|t= Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|9|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=I Am Joe's Ego
|DirectedBy=Pamela Fryman
|WrittenBy=Charlie Hauck
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|9|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=The French Connection
|DirectedBy=Michael Lembeck
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Valerie Curtin & Jon Sherman|t= Jon Sherman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|20}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Master Class
|DirectedBy=Ken Levine
|WrittenBy=Jon Sherman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|27}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Sour Grapes
|DirectedBy=Sheldon Epps
|WrittenBy=Brown Mandell
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=The Diary
|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman
|WrittenBy=Christina Lynch
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Mr. Joe's Wild Ride
|DirectedBy=Michael Lembeck
|WrittenBy=Jon Sherman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title=I Know How Caged Bird Tastes
|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman
|WrittenBy=Charlie Hauck
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|6}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title=Crime and Punishment
|DirectedBy=Michael Lembeck
|WrittenBy=Christina Lynch
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|13}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title=To Soeur with Love
|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman
|WrittenBy=Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|20}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title=The Doubt of the Benefit
|DirectedBy=Ken Levine
|WrittenBy=John Augustine
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|27}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title=A Review to Remember
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy=David Isaacs
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title=Soul Food
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy= Charlie Hauck
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
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Critical reception
A New York Observer review described the show as "the 'Moose Murders' of sitcoms -- it won't be here past Halloween, but the recollection of its awfulness will give you untold delight for years to come."{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg |title=Hunting for a Sitcom Hit Among the Misses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/business/hunting-for-a-sitcom-hit-among-the-misses.html?pagewanted=2 |work=The New York Times |date=2003-09-21 |accessdate=2008-02-25}} For The Washington Post, Tom Shales described Lane's character as "a nagging fussbudget who makes unreasonable demands on all those around him".{{cite news|last=Shales|first=Tom|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19990219215923/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/tv/shales/previews0922.htm#encore|archive-date=February 19, 1999|title= 'Sports Night': A Homer in Its First At-Bat|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/tv/shales/previews0922.htm#encore|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 22, 1998|access-date=July 22, 2024|url-status=live}} TeeVee.org writer Chris Rywalt observed that Lane spoke with "one of those upper-crust anti-accent accents" on the show and added: "Once the show gets beyond the accents, it collapses humorlessly."{{cite web|last=Rywalt|first=Chris|url=http://www.teevee.org/1998/11/fall-98-accent-accent.html|title=Fall '98: Accent! Accent!|work=TeeVee.org|date=November 6, 1998|access-date=July 22, 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010628014636/http://www.teevee.org/archive/1998/11/06/index.html|archive-date=June 28, 2001|url-status=dead}} In contrast, The New York Times gave a very positive review to the show's debut, saying it possessed the "most accomplished, high-powered cast on television."{{cite news |first=Caryn |last=James |title=One Family's Regal Airs, Another's Upward Mobility |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/22/arts/television-review-new-season-one-family-s-regal-airs-another-s-upward-mobility.html?mcubz=0 |work=The New York Times |date=1998-09-22 |accessdate=2017-09-18}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0157223}}
- {{epguides|id=EncoreEncore}}
Category:1998 American television series debuts
Category:1999 American television series endings
Category:1990s American multi-camera sitcoms
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in California