Ladies' Man (1980 TV series)
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| genre = Sitcom
| creator =
| starring = {{ Plainlist|
- Lawrence Pressman
- Natasha Ryan
- Karen Morrow
- Simone Griffeth }}
| composer = Jack Elliott
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 16 (1 unaired)
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| executive_producer = Herbert B. Leonard
| producer = Michael Loman
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = {{ Plainlist|
- Herbert B. Leonard Productions
- 20th Century Fox Television }}
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|1980|10|27}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1981|2|21}}
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Ladies' Man is an American sitcom starring Lawrence Pressman as a divorced male working at a women's magazine. The series premiered October 27, 1980, on CBS.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6hUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6667,4256072&dq=ladies-man|title='Ladies Man' smells of stale cigar smoke; Flo is back|last=Flander|first=Judy|date=October 27, 1980|work=The Ledger|page=5B|accessdate=2009-11-06}} The program also stars Louise Sorel and her former husband, Herbert Edelman. The show was written by Anne Convy and Carmen Finestra. The series did not do well in the ratings and was canceled after one season.
Synopsis
Divorced Alan Thackeray (Pressman) was a single father of daughter Amy (Natasha Ryan) and was completely surrounded by women. At home, with good advice on how to raise Amy (and to provide her with a motherly figure in her life, in lieu of her real mother), was his cheerful and friendly next-door neighbor, Betty Brill (Karen Morrow).
At Women's Life magazine, the magazine he worked at as a feature writer, he was also surrounded by women. The staff included fellow columnists: serious minded researcher Gretchen (Simone Griffeth); Susan (Allison Argo), a militant feminist; and romantic minded reporter Andrea Gibbons (Betty Kennedy); and all were supervised by the magazine's hard-to-please and somewhat dominating editor, Elaine Holstein (Sorel). The only other male at Women's Life, aside from Alan, was the harried accountant, Reggie (Edelman).
Situations dealing with his homelife and work life, which was completely surrounded by women was the main premise of the series.
Cast
- Lawrence Pressman ... Alan Thackeray
- Natasha Ryan ... Amy Thackeray
- Karen Morrow ... Betty Brill
- Simone Griffeth ... Gretchen
- Allison Argo ... Susan
- Betty Kennedy ... Andrea Gibbons
- Herbert Edelman ... Reggie
- Louise Sorel ... Elaine Holstein
Episodes
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! style="background:#7B26CA; width:20px"| {{abbr|Nº|Episode number}} ! style="background:#7B26CA"| Title ! style="background:#7B26CA; width:135px"| Original air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Pilot | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|27}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Play It Again, Alan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|3}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Gretchen's Problem | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|10}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Amy's Fear | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|17}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = An Obtuse Triangle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|1}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Mugger | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|8}} | ShortSummary = Historical note: The west-coast feed of this episode was interrupted near its end by a CBS News bulletin which announced John Lennon had [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmHj4ux0mM0had been shot]. | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Holstein's Affair | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|10}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Alan's Infidelity Column | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|22}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Andrea's Crush | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|5}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Alan's Money Problem | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|12}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = Susan the Playwright | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|19}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = Think Young, Ladies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|26}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = Women Need Not Apply | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|7}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | Title = Games: Part 1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|14}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | Title = Games: Part 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|21}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 7B26CA }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | Title = The Committee | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981| |
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