Hope & Gloria

Hope & Gloria
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Bill Steinkellner Cheri Steinkellner
Starring	Cynthia Stevenson Jessica Lundy Enrico Colantoni Robert Garrova Alan Thicke Taylor Negron
Opening theme	"Thank God for a Friend Like You" performed by Wild Orchid
Composer	Craig Safan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	35
Production
Executive producers	Jeanette Collins Mimi Friedman Bill Steinkellner Cherie Steinkellner
Producers	Stephen C. Grossman J. J. Paulsen
Production locations	Pittsburgh and Los Angeles
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Team Steinkellner Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09) – June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)

Hope & Gloria is an American sitcom television series created by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, that aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. ^[1] The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson as Hope, a high-strung television producer, and Jessica Lundy as Gloria, a tough-talking beautician, who become neighbors in an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local TV personality and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television. ^[2]

The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks.

Cast

• Cynthia Stevenson as Hope Davidson
• Jessica Lundy as Gloria Utz
• Enrico Colantoni as Louis Utz, Gloria's husband
• Robert Garrova as Sonny Utz, Gloria & Louis's son
• Alan Thicke as Dennis Dupree
• Taylor Negron as Gwillem Blatt (season 2)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09)	September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)
2	22		September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)	June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)

Season 1 (1995)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Are We Having Fun Yet?"	Barnet Kellman	Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner	March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09)	22.8 [3]
2	2	"No Degrees of Separation"	Peter Bonerz	J.J. Paulsen	March 16, 1995 (1995-03-16)	21.0 [4]
3	3	"Salon, It's Been Good to Know You"	Steve Zuckerman	Jerry Perzigian	March 23, 1995 (1995-03-23)	20.1 [5]
4	4	"A Fine ROM-ance"	Steve Zuckerman	John Frink & Don Payne	March 30, 1995 (1995-03-30)	22.2 [6]
5	5	"Falling in Bed Again"	Peter Bonerz	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	April 6, 1995 (1995-04-06)	19.4 [7]
6	6	"I Never Sang for Our Father"	Peter Bonerz	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	April 13, 1995 (1995-04-13)	16.2 [8]
7	7	"My Mamma Done Told Me: Part 1"	Alan Rafkin	Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner	April 20, 1995 (1995-04-20)	21.2 [9]
8	8	"Who's Poppa?: Part 2"	Peter Baldwin	Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner	April 20, 1995 (1995-04-20)	24.9 [9]
9	9	"Love with an Improper Stranger"	Alan Rafkin	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	April 27, 1995 (1995-04-27)	18.8 [10]
10	10	"The Face with Two Men"	Alan Rafkin	Jerry Perzigian	May 4, 1995 (1995-05-04)	19.2 [11]
11	11	"Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me"	Steve Zuckerman	George McGrath	May 11, 1995 (1995-05-11)	16.1 [12]
12	12	"Don't Take Any Wooden Elephants"	Steve Zuckerman	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	August 10, 1995 (1995-08-10)	13.9 [13]
13	13	"A Midsummer Night's Trim"	Michael Lembeck	J.J. Paulsen	September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)	16.8 [14]

Season 2 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
14	1	"An Embarrassment of Teapots"	Shelley Jensen	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)	18.7 [15]
15	2	"Dumb & Smarter"	Michael Lembeck	George McGrath	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)	17.0 [16]
16	3	"A Star is Reborn"	Shelley Jensen	Janis Hirsch	October 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)	16.8 [17]
17	4	"Love is the Afternoon"	Michael Lembeck	Jerry Perzigian	October 29, 1995 (1995-10-29)	15.5 [18]
18	5	"Manager and Woman"	Michael Lembeck	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05)	15.1 [19]
19	6	"How to Get an Ed in Business"	Peter Baldwin	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	November 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)	15.7 [20]
20	7	"Listen, Sister"	Peter Baldwin	J.J. Paulsen	November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)	13.6 [21]
21	8	"Money You Should Mention"	Michael Lembeck	J.J. Paulsen	December 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)	13.9 [22]
22	9	"Consenting Adults"	Michael Lembeck	Janis Hirsch	December 10, 1995 (1995-12-10)	12.1 [23]
23	10	"The Dupree Family Christmas"	Joanna Kerns	George McGrath	December 17, 1995 (1995-12-17)	12.9 [24]
24	11	"Enemies: A Love Story"	Alan Rafkin	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	January 6, 1996 (1996-01-06)	7.3 [25]
25	12	"The Man Upstairs"	Michael Lembeck	Jerry Perzigian	January 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)	7.1 [26]
26	13	"Danny, Oh Boy"	Alan Rafkin	J.J. Paulsen	January 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)	7.5 [27]
27	14	"A New York Story"	Alan Rafkin	George McGrath	February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)	7.2 [28]
28	15	"Tainted Love"	Alan Rafkin	Janis Hirsch	February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)	5.8 [29]
29	16	"One Sorry Mother"	Alan Rafkin	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)	7.0 [30]
30	17	"A Sentimental Education"	Pamela Fryman	Jerry Perzigian	March 23, 1996 (1996-03-23)	6.2 [31]
31	18	"The Art of the Deal"	John Bowab	Arnold Rudnick & Rich Hosek	March 30, 1996 (1996-03-30)	6.4 [32]
32	19	"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Funicular"	Michael Lembeck	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	April 6, 1996 (1996-04-06)	6.2 [33]
33	20	"Note to Self"	Alan Rafkin	Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel	April 13, 1996 (1996-04-13)	5.9 [34]
34	21	"Baby Love"	Alan Rafkin	Janis Hirsh	April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)	5.2 [35]
35	22	"Come Back Lil' Tina"	Pamela Fryman	Marc Peterson	June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)	4.7 [36]

Notable guest stars

• Larry Poindexter as Jeffrey
• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay

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External links

• Hope and Gloria at IMDb
• Hope and Gloria at epguides.com