1775 (TV pilot)

1775
Title card
Written byMartin Rips and Joseph Staretski
Directed byDavid Trainer
StarringRyan O'Neal
Lesley-Anne Down
Sarah Koskoff
Judith Jones
Danielle Harris
Gregory Sporleder
Adam West
Jeffrey Tambor
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes1 (pilot)
Production
ProducerFaye Oshima Belyeu
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBS
Release5 September 1992 (1992-09-05)

Seventeen Seventy Five is a 1992 pilot episode for a CBS situation comedy. Set in colonial Philadelphia during the run-up to the American Revolution, the series was to follow the exploits of innkeeper Jeremy Proctor and his family. The series was not picked up by CBS, but was broadcast as a special presentation once September 5, 1992.[1][2][3]

A similar idea for a situation comedy was mentioned by Andrew Alexander in a commentary track for SCTV.[citation needed]

Plot

Innkeeper Jeremy Proctor needs funds to send his daughters to a ball (which will hopefully lead to marrying one of them off). He thus tries to borrow the money from his brother-in-law, George Washington, but to no avail.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Christopher Meeks (9 September 1992). "Review: '1775'". Variety. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ Vincent Terrace. Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 1476602492.
  3. ^ Joe Logan (10 March 1992). "A Ryan O'neal Sitcom For Philly? Historic!". The Inquirer.
  4. ^ "Episode plot". Retrieved 20 July 2010.


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