The Pursuit of Happiness (1995 TV series)

The Pursuit of Happiness
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	David Hackel
Developed by	David Angell Peter Casey David Lee
Starring	Tom Amandes Melinda McGraw Larry Miller Brad Garrett Meredith Scott Lynn
Composer	Bruce Miller
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (7 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Dave Hackel David Angell Peter Casey David Lee
Producers	Maggie Blanc Barry Gurstein David Pitlik
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Grub Street Productions Paramount Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 19 (1995-09-19) – November 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)

The Pursuit of Happiness is an American sitcom television series created by David Hackel, that aired on NBC from September 19 to November 7, 1995.

Premise

An idealistic lawyer is having a mid-life crisis early in life while having to deal with his unemployed wife and her annoying brother. ^[1]

Cast

• Tom Amandes as Steve Rutledge
• Melinda McGraw as McKenzie Rutledge
• Larry Miller as Larry Rutledge
• Brad Garrett as Alex Chosek
• Meredith Scott Lynn as Jean Mathias
• Maxine Stuart as Eleanor Rutledge

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot" "Celebrations in Hell"	David Lee	David Hackel	September 19, 1995 (1995-09-19)	15.4 [2]
Steve's wife loses her job and his brother-in-law moves in.
2	"Nothing But the Truth"	David Lee	Dave Hackel	September 26, 1995 (1995-09-26)	13.1 [3]
Steve and McKenzie decide to lie to each other about how things are going at work.
3	"Wedding Dates"	Rod Daniel	Dave Hackel	October 10, 1995 (1995-10-10)	17.0 [4]
Steve, Alex and Jean have no dates for a wedding they have to attend.
4	"New Guy in Town"	Rod Daniel	Bob Tischler	October 17, 1995 (1995-10-17)	N/A
McKenzie tries to get new friends.
5	"Losing It"	Jeff Melman	Suzanne Martin	October 31, 1995 (1995-10-31)	13.0 [5]
McKenzie thinks she is losing her looks, but a handsome Italian thinks otherwise.
6	"Just a Dream"	Kim Friedman	Dave Hackel	November 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)	11.4 [6]
Steve has a dream where McKenzie has sex with another man.
7	"The Transference"	Rob Schiller	Jim O'Doherty & David M. Israel	Unaired	N/A
An old friend of McKenzie comes for a visit.
8	"Sleeping with the Enemy"	Kim Friedman	David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein	Unaired	N/A
A client of Alex is interested in him.
9	"The First Christmas"	Jeff Melman	Stephen Godchaux	Unaired	N/A
Larry arranges a Christmas party for Steve and McKenzie.
10	"The Lost Weekend"	Alan Myerson	April Kelly	Unaired	N/A
Steve and McKenzie tries to have a honeymoon without Larry.
11	"Will Power"	Kim Friedman	David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein	Unaired	N/A
Steve doesn't like the old millionaire who plans to marry Gram.
12	"Court Case"	Rob Schiller	Sy Rosen	Unaired	N/A
Steve and Alex are opponents in a court case.
13	"Mr. Funny Pants"	N/A	Bob Tischler	Unaired	N/A
An ad agency hires McKenzie to write a jingle for them.

References

1. TV Guide. "The Pursuit of Happiness". TV Guide. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
2. Graham, Jefferson (September 27, 1995). "NBC Sunday starters stumble". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
3. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . October 4, 1995. p. 3D.
4. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . October 18, 1995. p. 3D.
5. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . November 8, 1995. p. 3D.
6. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . November 15, 1995. p. 3D.

External links

• The Pursuit of Happiness at IMDb
• The Pursuit of Happiness at TV Guide
• The Pursuit of Happiness at epguides.com