Married People
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{{Infobox television
| image = Bess Armstrong ensemble Married People.jpg
| caption =
| genre = Sitcom
| creator = Prudence Fraser
Robert Sternin
| writer = Prudence Fraser
Robert Rabinowitz
Robert Sternin
| director = Asaad Kelada
| presenter =
| starring = Ray Aranha
Bess Armstrong
Megan Gallivan
Barbara Montgomery
Jay Thomas
Chris Young
| composer = Bob Boykin
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 18
| executive_producer = Prudence Fraser
Robert Sternin
| producer = Asaad Kelada
Kathy Landsberg
Jan Siegelman
| editor = Marco Zappia
| cinematography = Mark J. Levin
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc.
ELP Communications
Columbia Pictures Television
| channel = ABC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1990|09|18}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1991|03|16}}
}}
Married People is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC as part of its 1990–91 schedule. It was a production of Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc. in association with Columbia Pictures Television and aired between September 18, 1990 and March 16, 1991. Jay Thomas and Bess Armstrong led the ensemble cast.
Synopsis
The series follows three couples in different stages of their relationships who lived in the same building in New York City. Newlyweds Allen and Cindy Campbell (Chris Young and Megan Gallivan) were occupants of the third floor; he attended Columbia University while she supported them as a waitress. On the second floor were the Meyers, Russell (Jay Thomas) and Elizabeth (Bess Armstrong). Elizabeth was a lawyer while Russell was a free-lance writer and househusband, particularly after the birth of their son, Max. Living on the ground floor were Nick and Olivia Williams (Ray Aranha and Barbara Montgomery), an older couple who were the building's owners (the building was in a gentrified area of Harlem, but often referred to by the street name "Central Park North"). Nick was an irascible traditionalist who constantly wondered why Russell didn't go out and get a "real" job and found Allen to be "too white" ("even for a white boy"), but was basically a good, decent man.
Married People was critically acclaimed but garnered low ratings, particularly once it began being continually pre-empted by ABC News providing coverage of the Persian Gulf War. The series was cancelled in March 1991, but rerun in August and September of that year just prior to the beginning of the 1991–92 schedule.
Episodes
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Awards
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! Award ! Result ! Category ! Recipient | ||||
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| 1991 | Emmy Award | Won | Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series | Marty Brown, Dave Owen, Rich Rose, Marvin Shearer, Mark Warshaw, and Jerry Weiss For episode "Dance Ten, Friends Zero" |
References
- Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0098855}}
- {{epguides|id=MarriedPeople}}
Category:1990 American television series debuts
Category:1991 American television series endings
Category:1990s American sitcoms
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television