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Rude Awakening | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Claudia Lonow |
Starring | Sherilyn Fenn Lynn Redgrave Jonathan Penner Rain Pryor Roger E. Mosley Mario Van Peebles |
Opening theme | "Another Rude Awakening" by Alana Davis (seasons 1–2) and Roger Daltrey (season 3) |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 55 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Claudia Lonow Scott Sanders |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Mandalay Television Lions Gate Television (1999-2001) (seasons 2-3) Columbia TriStar Television Distribution Showtime Networks |
Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | August 1, 1998 – February 15, 2001 |
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