Kelly Kelly is an American television sitcom created by David Kendall, starring Shelley Long and Robert Hays, that aired on The WB from April 20 to June 7, 1998.[1][2][3]
| Kelly Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | David Kendall |
| Starring | Shelley Long Robert Hays Ashley Johnson Will Estes Bug Hall Gemini Barnett |
| Composer | Paul Buckley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | David Kendall |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | ItzBinso Long Productions Utility Pictures Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | The WB |
| Release | April 20 – June 7, 1998 |
Plot
editKelly Novak is an Ivy League English literature professor who meets widowed fire chief Doug Kelly. The two get married and she becomes Kelly Kelly. They live together in his Secaucus, New Jersey, house with his three sons and one daughter.
Cast
edit- Shelley Long as English professor Kelly Novak.
- Robert Hays as widowed firefighter Doug Kelly.
- Ashley Johnson as 15-year-old Maureen Kelly.
- Will Estes as 20-year-old Sean Kelly.
- Bug Hall as middle son Brian Kelly.
- Gemini Barnett as 6-year-old Casey Kelly.
Production
editColumbia TriStar Television had originally developed the series, and produced a pilot, before handing over production of the show to Warner Bros. Television.[4] During filming of the first episode, Shelley Long broke a finger while catching a football.[5]
Episodes
editAfter airing two episodes to low ratings, The WB moved the series from Mondays to Sundays.[6] Seven episodes are registered with the United States Copyright Office.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode One" | John Tracy | April 20, 1998 | 467151 |
| 2 | "The Kilt Show" | John Tracy | April 27, 1998 | 467152 |
| 3 | "The Wedding Show" | John Tracy | May 10, 1998 | 467154 |
| 4 | "Bye, Bye, Baby" | John Tracy | May 17, 1998 | 467155 |
| 5 | "Junior Firefighters" | John Tracy | May 24, 1998 | 467153 |
| 6 | "Doodler" | John Tracy | May 31, 1998 | 467156 |
| 7 | "Jealousy" | David Kendall | June 7, 1998 | 467157 |
Reception
editHoward Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times called the series "routine sitcomdom" with "some occasional bright dialogue".[2] John Carman of the San Francisco Chronicle was also unimpressed, and thought the show was "almost an exact copy of It Had to Be You", which lasted a month.[1] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said the series was "neither horrible nor promising, just kind of generic and bland".[7] David Bianculli of the Daily News rated the series one and a half stars, and called the scripts "painfully predictable and not even sporadically amusing".[8] Kevin D. Thompson of The Palm Beach Post also rated the series one and a half stars saying that the show is "a bland family comedy we've seen too many times before".[9] Elaine Liner of the Boston Herald gave the series no stars, as well as grading it "an F as a two-alarm failure".[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Carman, John (April 20, 1998). "'Kelly Kelly' Is Simply Awful Awful". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, Howard (April 20, 1998). "'Kelly Kelly' Has a Feeling of Deja Vu". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ Gates, Anita (April 18, 1998). "Television Review; She's a Gentile, He's a Jew. Hmm, Sound Familiar?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ Hontz, Jenny (January 6, 1998). "WBTV getting 'Kelly' on rebound from Col". Variety. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ^ Williams, Scott (April 20, 1998). "Shelley Long Tackles a New Sitcom on WB". Daily News. p. 72.
- ^ Hontz, Jenny (April 30, 1998). "WB bumps 'One' from Sundays". Variety. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Gilbert, Matthew (April 20, 1998). "Long's 'Kelly' Too Short on Wit". The Boston Globe. pp. C.12.
- ^ Bianculli, David (April 20, 1998). "'Kelly Kelly's' Comedy Doesn't Bear Repeating". Daily News. p. 70.
- ^ Thompson, Kevin D. (April 20, 1998). "'Kelly' is 'Brady Bunch' Without Laughs". The Palm Beach Post. pp. 1.D.
- ^ Liner, Elaine (April 17, 1998). "Television review; Weeding out the losers; Spring crop of sitcoms sends us crabgrass". Boston Herald. p. 55.
External links
edit- Kelly Kelly at IMDb