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5.7/10 TV Network FOX | 7.5/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Final episode date 27 May 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Oliver GoldstickEileen HeislerDeAnn HelineLarry KaseAlan KirschenbaumVictor LevinJoel RonkinPhilip RosenthalMichael Rowe Directed by Zane BuzbyMatthew DiamondAlan KirschenbaumPaul MillerTerri MinskyPeter NoahRob SchillerJohn Sgueglia Starring Louis MandylorCathryn de PrumeAnna GunnTom McGowanLew SchneiderNancy SorelPamela Adlon Opening theme "I Don't Wanna Go Home" written by Steven Van Zandt and performed by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Down the shore
Synopsis
The series revolves around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey. To cover expenses, they share the beach house with three female co-workers, Donna, Miranda, and Arden. At the start of the second season, Miranda was written out of the series by having a job that was too demanding, and the new female occupant of the beach house was a woman named Sammy, whom Aldo once had a fling with.
Although the show was largely comedic in nature, it did have one notable episode where Aldo, a noted Lothario, had been briefly hospitalized and was awaiting the result of an AIDS test. This made all the renters of the beach home, while supportive of Aldo awaiting the results, mull over the fact that casual sex can come with an expensive price.
The show ran for 29 episodes over two seasons. The first episode aired Sunday at 9:30 pm and the rest of the first season aired at 10:00 pm. The second season aired Sunday at 10:30 pm for the first two episodes and Thursday at 9:30 pm for the remaining episodes.
Anna Gunn, now famous for her role as Skyler White on Breaking Bad, got her first acting start as a regular on this show.