The Preston Episodes

{{short description|American sitcom}}

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{{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

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

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{{Episode list

|Title= The David and Dunhill Episode

|OriginalAirDate=Unaired

|EpisodeNumber=10

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References

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