Working Girl (TV series)

{{short description|American television series}}

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| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Kimberly Hill
Tom Patchett

| writer = Sandy Frank
Vicki S. Horwitz
Lawrence Konner
Lisa Rosenthal
Robin Schiff

| director = Robert Berlinger
Matthew Diamond

| starring = Sandra Bullock
Patrick Brock
Nana Visitor
Judy Prescott
George Newbern
Edye Byrde
Tom O'Rourke
Anthony Tyler Quinn
David Schramm
B.J. Ward

| theme_music_composer = Carly Simon

| open_theme = "Let the River Run"

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| composer = W. G. Snuffy Walden

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 12 (4 unaired)

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| executive_producer = Kenneth Kaufman
Tom Patchett

| producer = Vicki S. Horwitz
Lawrence Konner

| editor = Leslie Dennis Bracken
Steve Cioffi

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 30 minutes

| company = Patchett Kaufman Entertainment
20th Century Fox Television

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1990|04|16}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1990|07|30}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

• Working Girl

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Working Girl is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from April 16 to July 30, 1990. Loosely based{{cite news|last=Harnick|first=Chris|date=June 23, 2014|title=Yes, These Movies Became TV Shows...and it Didn't Work Out|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/551820/yes-these-movies-became-tv-shows-and-it-didn-t-work-out|work=E! Online|location=|access-date=|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129000602/https://www.eonline.com/news/551820/yes-these-movies-became-tv-shows-and-it-didn-t-work-out|url-status=live}} on the 1988 film of the same name starring Melanie Griffith,{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|date=April 16, 1990|title=TV Reviews : 'Working Girl' Title Is Employed, Plot Is Not|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-16-ca-956-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location=|access-date=|archive-date=2021-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513230548/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-16-ca-956-story.html|url-status=live}} the series stars Sandra Bullock{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|date=April 27, 1990|title=Working Girl|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/04/27/working-girl/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=|access-date=|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528013539/https://ew.com/article/1990/04/27/working-girl/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@brianrowe_70270/the-sandra-bullock-files-6-working-girl-1990-6a42b4a567c8|title=The Sandra Bullock Files #6: Working Girl (1990)|last=Rowe|first=Brian|date=May 23, 2018|website=Medium|publisher=|access-date=|quote=|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408202354/https://medium.com/@brianrowe_70270/the-sandra-bullock-files-6-working-girl-1990-6a42b4a567c8|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://genaradcliffe.com/home/2019/2/4/tune-in-tonight-working-girl|title=Tune in Tonight: "Working Girl"|last=Radcliffe|first=Gena|date=February 6, 2019|website=|publisher=|access-date=|quote=|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408223035/https://www.genaradcliffe.com/home/2019/2/4/tune-in-tonight-working-girl|url-status=live}} as Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith's character), a role that was initially meant as a starring vehicle for Nancy McKeon.{{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Tim |author2=Marsh, Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |publisher=Ballantine Books|date=2007-10-17|edition=9|pages=1538|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4}}{{cite news|last=|first=|date=April 23, 1989|title=YOU WON'T FIND NUPTIALS ANY BIGGER THAN DELTA BURKE'S|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/04/23/you-wont-find-nuptials-any-bigger-than-delta-burkes/|work=Orlando Sentinel|location=|access-date=|archive-date=August 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821222018/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/04/23/you-wont-find-nuptials-any-bigger-than-delta-burkes/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Shales|first=Tom|date=April 16, 1990|title=BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/04/16/bad-day-at-the-office/6afa1f04-ee8e-4b38-a5e6-c85b745fd6f6/|newspaper=Washington Post|location=|access-date=|archive-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827213627/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/04/16/bad-day-at-the-office/6afa1f04-ee8e-4b38-a5e6-c85b745fd6f6/|url-status=live}}