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4.8/10 TV Written by Bob Schiller Original language(s) English Final episode date 28 April 1956 Number of seasons 1 | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Country of origin United States First episode date 10 September 1955 Network CBS Number of episodes 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Janis Paige
Merry Anders
Patricia Bright
Arte Johnson
Sid Melton Theme music composer Earle Hagen
Herbert W. Spencer Cast Janis Paige, Merry Anders, Arte Johnson, Sid Melton Similar Lanigan's Rabbi, The Ann Sothern Show, Baby Makes Five, Hey - Jeannie!, Bringing Up Buddy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's Always Jan is an American situation comedy starring Janis Paige, which aired on CBS in the 1955-1956 season. It was the lead-in program at 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday evenings to the first season of the long-running western, Gunsmoke, starring James Arness.
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Synopsis
The program centers on war widow and single mother Jan Stewart and her two single female roommates, secretary Pat Murphy (Patricia Bright), and model Val Marlowe (Merry Anders). A Desilu Production, It's Always Jan borrowed elements of various programs and films from the period but lacked the ingredients for general popularity and long-lasting success. Janis Paige's hairstyle resembled that of Lucy Ricardo, CBS's most successful comedy character of the decade in the I Love Lucy program, starring Lucille Ball, also the Desilu co-owner. With three single women in the series, the program borrowed on the theme of the films Three Coins in the Fountain and How to Marry a Millionaire, later made into a syndicated television series co-starring Barbara Eden and Merry Anders, Paige's co-star.
In the series, Jan Stewart devotes much of her time not to the children or the roommates but to her potential paramours and her performances at New York City's Tony's Cellar nightclub, the series' setting. As with other programs like The Red Skelton Show and The Ann Sothern Show, Paige closed each episode by bidding the home audience "Good night.