5.4 /10 1 Votes
6.2/10 TV Composer(s) Bruce Miller Original language(s) English Final episode date 11 December 2001 | 4.4/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Country of origin United States First episode date 25 September 2001 Network NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Starring Emeril Lagasse
Lisa Ann Walter
Sherri Shepherd
Carrie Preston
Robert Urich Cast Emeril Lagasse, Robert Urich, Carrie Preston, Sherri Shepherd, Lisa Ann Walter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emeril sitcom 1 pilot unaired
Emeril is an American sitcom starring Emeril Lagasse as himself. It aired on Tuesday nights on NBC from September 25, 2001 to December 11, 2001. A total of 10 half-hour episodes were produced over one season, but only 7 aired.
Contents
- Emeril sitcom 1 pilot unaired
- Emeril sitcom 2 whose life is it anyway reworked pilot
- Development
- Cast
- Reception
- In popular culture
- References
Emeril sitcom 2 whose life is it anyway reworked pilot
Development
Having lost her development deal at CBS, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason sought to build a show around TV chef Emeril Lagasse. ABC passed on the show, even though Lagasse was appearing at that time on Good Morning America as a food correspondent.
NBC, had high hopes for the show, as it was created by Bloodworth-Thompson, however the show was savaged by many critics, one calling it a train wreck. Lagasse was said to be hesitant to participate in the project
Bloodworth-Thomason had planned for the show to be " a very sophisticated, grown up comedy, "and would "do for men what the women did for Designing Women."
After the poorly received first pilot, the show was revamped turning the focus from Emeril's fictionalized home life to life on the set of a fictional version of Lagasse's Food Network show. A food stylist was added to the cast, as well as the additional casting of Robert Urich as Emeril's agent. with the family's screen time reduced.
Cast
Reception
The E! show 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops ranked the sitcom at #51.
The LA Times called the show "pretty dreadful."
USA Today was kinder to the show, giving it 2 1/2 out of 4 stars. The review cited the show's improvement, stating that it may yet be a great sitcom and "but it's moving in the right direction, notch by notch. Like many series of late, this sitcom for star cable chef Emeril Lagasse has gone through a near-total overhaul since its barely-a-work-in-progress pilot was previewed to general dismay".
In popular culture
The retooling of the show was parodied on the October 13, 2001 episode of Saturday Night Live.