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Getting Together

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Genre
  
Situation comedy

Country of origin
  
United States

Getting Together

Also known as
  
A Knight in Shining Armor

Written by
  
Richard BaerDick Bensfield

Directed by
  
Lou AntonioJerry Belson

Starring
  
Jack BurnsPat CarrollSusan NeherBobby ShermanDiana EwingWes Stern

Getting Together is an American musical sitcom, which aired on the ABC television network during the 1971-72 season. It stars Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo. The pilot for the series had aired the previous spring as the first-season finale episode of The Partridge Family named "A Knight in Shining Armor", in which Lionel and Bobby were introduced to each other by the Partridges. The unaired version of this episode, entitled "Words And Music", ran 33 minutes, and featured Farah Fawcett and Pat Boone.

Sherman's and Stern's characters were reportedly based on the real-life songwriting team of Boyce and Hart, who had written hits for The Monkees ("Last Train to Clarksville", "Valleri"), Jay and the Americans ("Come a Little Bit Closer"), and others. New music of course was a staple of the series, provided by much of the same team that created the Partridge Family songs and records. Most of these songs were from the Bobby Sherman album Getting Together, though a few songs were from his other albums (and some songs have never been released).

Reception

Airing in the same time slot as breakout CBS-TV hit All in the Family, the show never gained the ratings hoped for, and was cancelled at midseason after 14 episodes. While in the same "universe" as The Partridge Family, the series is not included on that show's DVD collections.

References

Getting Together Wikipedia