Boston Common (TV series)

Boston Common
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Max Mutchnick David Kohan
Starring	Anthony Clark Traylor Howard Hedy Burress Steve Paymer Roger Rees Tasha Smith Vincent Ventresca
Composer	Jonathan Wolff
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producers	David Kohan Max Mutchnick
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	KoMut Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 21, 1996 (1996-03-21) – April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)

Boston Common is an American television sitcom created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick that aired on NBC from March 21, 1996 to April 28, 1997. In its first season, it ranked 8th for the year, with a 15.6 household rating, but with a move to Sundays in its second season, it dropped to 52nd place.^{[ citation needed ]}

Plot

Boyd Pritchett is a genial, easy-going twenty-something from Virginia who delivers his sister Wyleen to college in Boston. Then Boyd falls in love with Joy and decides to stay, much to Wyleen's dismay. Boyd eventually gets a job at the college to help pay his sister's tuition and shares an apartment with Wyleen whose inclination is to be sexually active, but Boyd tries to inspire her with his chaste pursuit of Joy.

Characters

Main

• Anthony Clark as Boyd Pritchett
• Hedy Burress as Wyleen Pritchett
• Traylor Howard as Joy Byrnes
• Tasha Smith as Tasha King
• Steve Paymer as Leonard Prince
• Vincent Ventresca as Professor Jack Reed
• Roger Rees as President Harrison Cross (season 2)

Recurring

• Sam Anderson as President Wesley Butterfield
• Margot Kidder as Cookie de Varen
• Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
• D.C. Douglas as D.C.

Guest stars

• Robin Duke as Brenda Nidorf
• Leah Lail as Anna
• Larry Miller as Warren
• Shelley Long as Louise Holmes

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		March 21, 1996 (1996-03-21)	September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15)
2	22		September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)

Season 1 (1996)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	James Widdoes	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	March 21, 1996 (1996-03-21)	26.0 [1]
2	2	"Out, Out, Damn Jack!"	James Widdoes	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	March 28, 1996 (1996-03-28)	27.7 [2]
3	3	"I Thee Endow"	James Widdoes	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	April 4, 1996 (1996-04-04)	23.3 [3]
4	4	"Relationship of Fools"	James Widdoes	Jenji Kohan	April 11, 1996 (1996-04-11)	20.4 [4]
5	5	"Boyd Gets Shrunk"	Tom Cherones	Barry Wernick	April 18, 1996 (1996-04-18)	20.5 [5]
6	6	"Virginia Reeling"	James Widdoes	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	April 25, 1996 (1996-04-25)	21.9 [6]
7	7	"Hope Springs a Leak"	James Widdoes	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	August 11, 1996 (1996-08-11)	10.9 [7]
8	8	"Autumn Foliage"	James Widdoes	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	August 18, 1996 (1996-08-18)	12.2 [8]
9	9	"Everybody's Stalking"	James Widdoes	Barry Wernick	September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08)	10.4 [9]
10	10	"A Streetcar Named Denial"	Jimmy Hampton	Julia Newton	September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15)	15.0 [10]

Season 2 (1996–97)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
11	1	"Everything's Coming Up Sub-Rosas"	Jimmy Hampton	Kari Lizer	September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)	17.6 [11]
12	2	"Conspiracy of Dunces"	Rod Daniel	Bill Canterbury	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)	15.4 [12]
13	3	"This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco..."	Jimmy Hampton	Kevin Rooney	October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13)	13.0 [13]
14	4	"Mercury Retrograde"	Rod Daniel	Kari Lizer	October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20)	15.0 [14]
15	5	"The War Room"	Max Tash	Michael Feldman	October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27)	12.9 [15]
16	6	"Trustee and Sympathy"	Brian K. Roberts	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03)	14.8 [16]
17	7	"A Triage Grows in Boston"	Max Tash	Bill Canterbury & Barry Wernick	November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)	15.1 [17]
18	8	"Gobble, Gobble, Aggch!"	Brian K. Roberts	Bill Canterbury	November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)	16.1 [18]
19	9	"Coming Clean"	Jimmy Hampton	Julia Newton	November 20, 1996 (1996-11-20)	10.3 [19]
20	10	"Arts and Craftiness"	Jimmy Hampton	Barry Wernick	December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08)	12.2 [20]
21	11	"The Finals Curtain"	Jimmy Hampton	Andrew J. Golden & Gregory V. Sherman	December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)	15.2 [21]
22	12	"Soup to Nuts"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	January 5, 1997 (1997-01-05)	15.16 [22]
23	13	"A Night in Camelot"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	February 16, 1997 (1997-02-16)	14.77 [23]
24	14	"Commander-in-Grief"	James Widdoes	Joe Fisch	March 9, 1997 (1997-03-09)	13.53 [24]
25	15	"His and Herpes"	James Widdoes	Kari Lizer	March 16, 1997 (1997-03-16)	12.58 [25]
26	16	"Extra Credit"	Tom Moore	Barry Wernick	March 23, 1997 (1997-03-23)	12.56 [26]
27	17	"The Occidental Purists"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	Bill Canterbury	April 6, 1997 (1997-04-06)	9.88 [27]
28	18	"Here's to You, Mrs. Byrnes"	Linda Day	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07)	9.48 [28]
29	19	"I.D. Endow"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	Dean Ollins & David Charles Friedman	April 13, 1997 (1997-04-13)	9.46 [28]
30	20	"To Bare is Human"	David Trainer	Michael Feldman	April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)	8.97 [29]
31	21	"A Cross to Bear"	Jimmy Hampton	Rebecca Parr	April 20, 1997 (1997-04-20)	9.50 [29]
32	22	"Sophomore's Choice"	Jimmy Hampton	Story by : Jed Elinoff & Hugh Webber Teleplay by : David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)	10.12 [30]

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External links

• Boston Common at IMDb