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Opening theme
  
"Babes"

Original language(s)
  
English

Final episode date
  
19 May 1991

Number of seasons
  
1

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Sitcom

Country of origin
  
United States

First episode date
  
13 September 1990

Network
  
FOX

Program creator
  
Gail Parent

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Created by
  
Sandy GallinGail Parent

Starring
  
Susan PeretzWendie Jo SperberLesley BooneRick Overton (1990)Nedra Volz (1991)

Cast
  
Wendie Jo Sperber, Susan Peretz, Lesley Boone, Rick Overton, Nedra Volz

Similar
  
Married People, The George Carlin Sh, Do Not Disturb, True Colors, Charlie Hoover

Babes is an American sitcom series that aired Thursdays at 8:30 for one season on Fox from September 13, 1990 to May 19, 1991. It was created by Gail Parent and executive produced by Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin's Sandollar Productions for 20th Century Fox Television.

Contents

Overview

The series follows babes a trio of plump siblings who had other things on their mind besides their weight: like work, relationships, popularity, and starting a family. The ladies also shared a small one-bedroom apartment in New York City, which added to the comic friction.

The Gilbert sisters include Darlene (Susan Peretz), the eldest, who was a dog groomer and recently divorced (her husband had an affair with their weight-loss counselor); Charlene (Wendie Jo Sperber), the middle sister, who was a makeup artist for a commercial photographer and was the most active one out of the three; and Marlene (Lesley Boone), the youngest sister, a former toll collector (and later an actress in a pantyhose commercial and a soap opera), who was seen as a dreamer with a naive, yet trusting, personality. Also in the cast was Charlene's boyfriend, Ronnie Underwood (Rick Overton), a restaurant owner. He disappeared at mid-season, as a result putting all three sisters on the dating market. At that time, the girls' landlady, Florence Newman (Nedra Volz), became a regular.

All three also had physical elements in their resume and it was evidenced in most of the episodes whenever something would tick off the sisters. Among the notable examples: Charlene getting blown up in a helium dress, Darlene breaking a hockey stick while attending a New York Rangers game that got her on probation and head-butting Ronnie over who was going to spend the night at the apartment, Marlene waking the sisters up with potato chips after they didn't hear her come in, and the sisters ganging up on a mime after he mocked them.

Cast

  • Wendie Jo Sperber as Charlene Gilbert
  • Susan Peretz as Darlene Gilbert
  • Lesley Boone as Marlene Gilbert
  • Controversy and cancellation

    The show was initially criticized by several groups for making fun of overweight people due to some of the jokes that were used in the show's early episodes, but the controversy faded as later episodes began to put a more positive spin on the characters when it came to weight issues (this was pointed out in one episode in which they vowed the word "fat" would not come up in the conversation while they had an argument).

    Although it had the Top 30 hit The Simpsons as its lead-in, it could not hold on to a large enough percentage from that show, and also at least partially because of the controversy, it did not earn a second season and was cancelled at the end of the 1990–1991 season.

    Episodes

  • Code = Production code number
  • * Unknown

    International broadcasts

    Outside the US, the series also aired in France under the title Jamais Deux Sans Trois (Never Two Without Three).

    References

    Babes Wikipedia


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