The Preston Episodes
{{short description|American sitcom}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = Red Meat Inc.
Jobsite Productions
20th Century Fox Television
| creator = Jace Richdale
| producer =
| executive_producer = David Alan Grier
Amy Howard
Jace Richdale
| camera = Multi-camera
| starring = David Alan Grier
Judith Scott
| composer = Bruce Miller
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = Fox
| first_aired = {{start date|1995|9|9}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1995|10|28}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 10 (2 unaired)
| list_episodes =
}}
The Preston Episodes is an American sitcom that aired from September 9 to October 28, 1995, on Fox.
Premise
A divorced English professor recently moved from New Jersey starts working as a caption writer for a gossip magazine{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url= http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-preston-episodes/203859|title=The Preston Episodes |publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2012-09-13}} called Stuff in Manhattan.{{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=954}}
Cast
- David Alan Grier as David Preston
- Judith Scott as Kelly Freeman
- Tommy Hinkley as Derek Clooney
- Matthew Walker as Adam Green
- Brent Hinkley as Harlow
- Clive Revill as Larry Dunhill
Episodes
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{{Episode list
|Title= Pilot
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|9|9}}
|EpisodeNumber=1
|DirectedBy= James Burrows
|WrittenBy= Jace Richdale
|ShortSummary= An English professor tries to get a job as a "serious writer", but ends up with a job at a gossip magazine.
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{{Episode list
|Title= The Adam Gets Promoted Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|9|16}}
|EpisodeNumber=2
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= Jon Sherman
|ShortSummary= David is pressured into altering a failing grade that Adam has on his transcript.
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{{Episode list
|Title= The Competition Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|9|23}}
|EpisodeNumber=3
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= David Babcock
|ShortSummary= David and Kelly competes about who will write the "Sunside Strangler" story.
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{{Episode list
|Title= David's First Date Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|9|30}}
|EpisodeNumber=4
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= Mike Martineau
|ShortSummary= David finds out that Marilyn only wants him for his mind, not his looks. Harlow has to dance with the boss' beefy wife.
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{{Episode list
|Title= The Divorce Ceremony Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|7}}
|EpisodeNumber=5
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hodes
|ShortSummary= David has a "divorce ceremony" in order to forget about his ex-wife.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title= The Dog Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|14}}
|EpisodeNumber=6
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= Jace Richdale
|ShortSummary= David gets a dog so he can meet more women, but ends up in a canine custody battle when the dog's former owners want him back.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title= The Harlow Quits Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|21}}
|EpisodeNumber=7
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= Neal Boushell, Sam O'Neal
|ShortSummary= Harlow quits his job when he is pushed too far by David, and David ends up filling in for him.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title= The Halloween Episode
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|28}}
|EpisodeNumber=8
|DirectedBy= Matthew Diamond
|WrittenBy= Mike Scully, Julie Thacker-Scully
|ShortSummary= David gets questioned by the FBI.
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{{Episode list
|Title= The Older Woman Episode
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=9
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy=
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{{Episode list
|Title= The David and Dunhill Episode
|OriginalAirDate=Unaired
|EpisodeNumber=10
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy=
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|112127}}
- {{TV Guide show|203859}}
- {{epguides|PrestonEpisodes}}
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Category:1995 American television series debuts
Category:1995 American television series endings
Category:1990s American black sitcoms
Category:1990s American multi-camera sitcoms
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in New York City
Category:Fox Broadcasting Company sitcoms
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