Jack's Place (TV series)

*Jack's Place*
Jack's Place
Genre	Drama
Created by	Amy Holden Jones
Starring	Hal Linden; Finola Hughes; John Dye;
Composers	David Schwartz; Bill Elliott;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer	David Tyron King
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	48 minutes
Production company	ABC Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 26, 1992 –; July 13, 1993

Jack's Place is an American drama television series that aired from May 26, 1992 to July 13, 1993 on ABC. The series was about a retired jazz musician named Jack Evans (Hal Linden) who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start. The waitress, Chelsea, was played by Finola Hughes and the bartender Greg was played by John Dye.

History

A first attempt at the series, in 1991, starred Lou Rawls in a never-aired pilot. "ABC liked the idea but not the execution, I guess," his successor, Hal Linden, said the following year. ""So they hired a new producer, Scott Brazil, who rewrote it, recast it and got me on board." Linden speculated that his casting came from the character being "a former musician and bandleader performer, and so am I. Maybe they were going on that."^[1]

Cast

Hal Linden as Jack Evans
Finola Hughes as Chelsea
John Dye as Greg

Episodes

Season 1 (1992)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"I See Cupid, I See France"	Kristoffer Tabori	Daphne Pollon & David Castro	May 26, 1992 (1992-05-26)
2	2	"What's New?"	Miles Watkins	Unknown	June 9, 1992 (1992-06-09)
3	3	"Solo"	Unknown	Unknown	June 16, 1992 (1992-06-16)
4	4	"Everything Old Is New Again"	Charles Siebert	Unknown	June 23, 1992 (1992-06-23)
5	5	"Forever"	Unknown	Unknown	June 30, 1992 (1992-06-30)
6	6	"Romance Takes a Curtain"	Joan Darling	Michael Pavone & Dave Alan Johnson	July 7, 1992 (1992-07-07)

Season 2 (1993)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1	"An Affair to Vaguely Remember"	Unknown	Unknown	January 12, 1993 (1993-01-12)
8	2	"Watch Me Pull a Dream Out of My Hat"	Miles Watkins	Michael Pavone & Dave Alan Johnson	January 14, 1993 (1993-01-14)
9	3	"The Seventh Meal"	Paul Lazarus	Nicholas Sagan & Linda Salzman	January 21, 1993 (1993-01-21)
10	4	"Who Knew?"	Charles Siebert	Unknown	January 28, 1993 (1993-01-28)
11	5	"Forever and Ever"	Kristoffer Tabori	Unknown	February 4, 1993 (1993-02-04)
12	6	"Gypsies, Champs and Thieves"	Max Tash	Unknown	February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11)
13	7	"Play It Again, Jack"	Helaine Head	Martha Williamson	June 8, 1993 (1993-06-08)
14	8	"The Pipes Are Calling"	James Keach	Martha Williamson	June 15, 1993 (1993-06-15)
15	9	"The Hands of Time"	Unknown	Martha Williamson	June 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
16	10	"Something Wonderful This Way Comes"	Kristoffer Tabori	Dave Alan Johnson and Michael Pavone	June 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)
17	11	"Faithful Henry"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 1993 (1993-07-06)
18	12	"True Love Ways"	Larry Rapaport	Scott Shepard	July 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)

Reception

The show was slated to simply be shown in the summer, but did well enough in the ratings that ABC decided to pick up the series for more episodes.^[2] Although initially having some success with audiences reviews tended toward the negative. Hence, Entertainment Weekly deemed it "drearily sentimental and banal"^[3] while Jon Burlingame was slightly more positive, describing it as a happy and unthreatening.^[4] Both reviewers compared it to The Love Boat and Cheers.

References

^ Lovece, Frank (May 12, 1992). "'Jack's Place': Hal Linden Patrols a New Precinct". Newspaper Enterprise Association.
^ Carter, Bill (August 26, 1992). "Summer TV Tryouts Find Permanent Homes for Fall". The New York Times, syndicated i The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
^ Tucker, Ken (May 22, 1992). "TV Review: Jack's Place (1992)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
^ Burlingame, Jon (January 12, 1993). "'Jack's Place' Will Leave You Happy". United Feature Syndicate via The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

External links

Jack's Place at IMDb

[NEA-1] Lovece, Frank (May 12, 1992). "'Jack's Place': Hal Linden Patrols a New Precinct". Newspaper Enterprise Association.

[2] Carter, Bill (August 26, 1992). "Summer TV Tryouts Find Permanent Homes for Fall". The New York Times, syndicated i The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

[3] Tucker, Ken (May 22, 1992). "TV Review: Jack's Place (1992)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

[4] Burlingame, Jon (January 12, 1993). "'Jack's Place' Will Leave You Happy". United Feature Syndicate via The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

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