Ladies' Man (1980 TV series)

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Ladies' Man
Genre Sitcom
Starring
Composer Jack Elliott
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (1 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerHerbert B. Leonard
ProducerMichael Loman
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseOctober 27, 1980 (1980-10-27) 
February 21, 1981 (1981-02-21)

Ladies' Man is an American sitcom starring Lawrence Pressman as a divorced male working at a women's magazine. The series premiered October 27, 1980, on CBS. [1] The program also stars Louise Sorel and her former husband, Herbert Edelman. The show was written by Anne Convy and Carmen Finestra. The series did not do well in the ratings and was canceled after one season.

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Synopsis

Divorced Alan Thackeray (Pressman) was a single father of daughter Amy (Natasha Ryan) and was completely surrounded by women. At home, with good advice on how to raise Amy (and to provide her with a motherly figure in her life, in lieu of her real mother), was his cheerful and friendly next-door neighbor, Betty Brill (Karen Morrow).

At Women's Life magazine, the magazine he worked at as a feature writer, he was also surrounded by women. The staff included fellow columnists: serious minded researcher Gretchen (Simone Griffeth); Susan (Allison Argo), a militant feminist; and romantic minded reporter Andrea Gibbons (Betty Kennedy); and all were supervised by the magazine's hard-to-please and somewhat dominating editor, Elaine Holstein (Sorel). The only other male at Women's Life, aside from Alan, was the harried accountant, Reggie (Edelman).

Situations dealing with his homelife and work life, which was completely surrounded by women was the main premise of the series.

Cast

Episodes

TitleOriginal air date
1"Pilot"October 27, 1980 (1980-10-27)
2"Play It Again, Alan"November 3, 1980 (1980-11-03)
3"Gretchen's Problem"November 10, 1980 (1980-11-10)
4"Amy's Fear"November 17, 1980 (1980-11-17)
5"An Obtuse Triangle"December 1, 1980 (1980-12-01)
6"The Mugger"December 8, 1980 (1980-12-08)
Historical note: The west-coast feed of this episode was interrupted near its end by a CBS News bulletin which announced John Lennon had been shot.
7"Holstein's Affair"December 10, 1980 (1980-12-10)
8"Alan's Infidelity Column"December 22, 1980 (1980-12-22)
9"Andrea's Crush"January 5, 1981 (1981-01-05)
10"Alan's Money Problem"January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12)
11"Susan the Playwright"January 19, 1981 (1981-01-19)
12"Think Young, Ladies"January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26)
13"Women Need Not Apply"February 7, 1981 (1981-02-07)
14"Games: Part 1"February 14, 1981 (1981-02-14)
15"Games: Part 2"February 21, 1981 (1981-02-21)
16"The Committee"1981 (1981)

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References

  1. Flander, Judy (October 27, 1980). "'Ladies Man' smells of stale cigar smoke; Flo is back". The Ledger . p. 5B. Retrieved 2009-11-06.