Off the Rack

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| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Richard Baer
Bob Randall
Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall

| developer =

| writer = Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Bob Randall
Lissa Levin
Timothy James
Larry Balmagia

| director = Jay Sandrich (pilot)
Noam Pitlik (series)

| creative_director =

| starring = Edward Asner
Eileen Brennan
Pamela Brull
Dennis Haysbert
Sandy Simpson
Claudia Wells
R. J. Williams
Cory Yothers

| theme_music_composer = Fred Karlin

| opentheme =

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| composer = Fred Karlin

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 6 (+1 Pilot Special)

| executive_producer = Marc Merson
Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall

| producer =

| location = ABC Television Center

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| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 30 minutes (with commercials)

| company = Brownstone and Mugwump Productions
Warner Bros. Television

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1984|12|07}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1985|04|19}}

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Off the Rack is an American sitcom television series set in the Los Angeles garment industry that aired on ABC{{cite news |last1=Shales |first1=Tom |title='Off the Rack' is ABC's best offering this year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102611868/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |work=El Paso Times |date=March 17, 1995}} from March 15 until April 19, 1985. The series stars Ed Asner{{cite news |last1=Deeb |first1=Gary |title=Ed Asner returns in 'Off the Rack' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102611949/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |work=Florida Today |date=March 15, 1985}} and Eileen Brennan and was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. Its taping location was the ABC Television Center in Hollywood.

It was canceled after six regular episodes and one half-hour pilot, which aired as a special on December 7, 1984 (in which the locale was originally New York; the network insisted the setting be changed to Los Angeles for the series). Off the Rack premiered as a regular series in the middle of the 1984–1985 television season as a mid-season replacement on ABC on the same day as Mr. Belvedere. Writer Lissa Levin and director Noam Pitlik would go on to work for that series, following Off the Rack's cancellation.

Cast

Episodes

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| Title = Pilot

| DirectedBy = Jay Sandrich

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Bob Randall & Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall|t= Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|12|7}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Partners

| DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik

| WrittenBy = Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|3|15}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = A Date with Kate

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| WrittenBy = Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|3|22}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Here Comes the Bribe

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| WrittenBy = Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|3|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Who Do You Trust?

| DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Marshall & Dan Guntzelman|t= Lissa Levin}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|5}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = The Letter

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = Timothy James

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|12}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Immigration Man

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|19}}

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