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Genre
  
Sitcom

Composer(s)
  
Peter Leinheiser

Original language(s)
  
English

Final episode date
  
22 June 1991

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Created by
  
Susan Seeger

Country of origin
  
United States

First episode date
  
20 September 1990

Network
  
NBC

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Starring
  
Robert Urich Chay Lentin Johnny Galecki Jeffrey Tambor Carol Kane

Cast
  
Johnny Galecki, Robert Urich, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Tambor, Margaret Welsh

American Dreamer is an American sitcom which aired on NBC from September 20, 1990 until June 22, 1991 as part of its 1990-91 lineup.

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American Dreamer stars Robert Urich as fictional character Tom Nash, formerly a high-powered network correspondent who was forced to reassess his priorities following the death of his wife. He decided to give up his career in order to spend more time with his children. To do this, he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he supported his family by contributing a column about "real people" to a Chicago newspaper. His editor, Joe Baines (Jeffrey Tambor), felt Tom was completely wasting his talents and drove out from Chicago weekly (a huge sacrifice, from his viewpoint) to attempt to convince Tom to return the world of "hard news". Other characters included Tom's zany secretary, Lillian Abernathy (Carol Kane), and a friendly waitress at Tom's favorite local diner, Holly Baker (Margaret Welsh).

This program was considered low-key. Tom sometimes "broke the fourth wall" to address the viewers directly about his thoughts regarding the situations he encountered. This philosophizing gained only a small audience and the program was cancelled at midseason, although selected episodes were rerun the following summer.

It is not related to the film of the same name.

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Cast

  • Robert Urich as Tom Nash
  • Margaret Welsh as Holly Baker
  • Jeffrey Tambor as Joe Baines
  • Carol Kane as Lillian Abernathy
  • Chay Lentin as Rachel Nash
  • Johnny Galecki as Danny Nash
  • References

    American Dreamer (TV series) Wikipedia