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3.9/10 TV Created by Ross Brown Final episode date 24 October 1997 | 5.7/10 IMDb First episode date 19 September 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developed by Thomas L. MillerRobert L. BoyettMichael Warren Starring Bronson PinchotEd Begley, Jr.Erik von Detten (Pilot Episode)Jonathan LipnickiMichelle TrachtenbergWill Estes Theme music composer Jesse FrederickBennett Salvay Composer(s) Jesse FrederickBennett Salvay Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bronson pinchot meego with gilligan s island
Meego is an American Science fiction sitcom that ran for six episodes from September 1 to October 24, 1997 on the CBS television network as part of its Friday night Block Party program block; after its cancellation, seven additional episodes that were produced but left unaired in the United States were aired in some international markets (such as on Sky1 in the United Kingdom).
Contents
- Bronson pinchot meego with gilligan s island
- Synopsis
- Main cast
- Notable guest stars
- Broadcast history
- Critical reception
- Home exteriors
- References
Created by Ross Brown, and developed by Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, and Michael Warren, the series starred Bronson Pinchot in the title role as an alien masquerading as a human being who, after his spaceship crashlands on Earth, unexpectedly becomes the nanny to a single father's three children.
Synopsis
Meego (Pinchot) is a 9,000-year-old shape-shifting alien from the planet Marmazon 4.0. After his spaceship crashes, he is discovered by three children; Trip (Erik von Detten, later played by Will Estes), Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Alex Parker (Jonathan Lipnicki). They live with their single father, Dr. Edward Parker (Ed Begley, Jr.) and pass Meego off as human (he does not want anyone to know that he is extraterrestrial, and tells people he is from Canada instead). Although he plans to go home as soon as his ship is repaired, he becomes attached to the children and decides to remain on Earth to care for them.
Main cast
Notable guest stars
Broadcast history
Meego was commissioned specifically for the CBS Block Party, an effort to compete with TGIF, the long-running family comedy block on ABC. Incoming CBS head Leslie Moonves saw an opportunity to take advantage of an ownership change at ABC (then being acquired by The Walt Disney Company, which was reshaping TGIF into a more teen-oriented block) and offered Miller-Boyett Productions US$40 million to bring two of TGIF's programs, Family Matters and Step by Step, to CBS. As part of the deal, Miller-Boyett also received the right to produce a new show, which became Meego.
Meego was unusual among the shows in the CBS Block Party in that it was targeted mainly at children, instead of the whole family. This was a factor in the show's failure; by this point, the show's lead-in, Family Matters, consisted mostly of a cast of young adults, and its lead-out, The Gregory Hines Show (the only show on the block with no ties to Miller-Boyett), was also a mostly adult-oriented sitcom. Another factor in the show's failure was its direct competition; Boy Meets World, the program that aired on TGIF opposite Meego, reached its peak in number of viewers during the 1997–98 season. Meego was pulled from the air after six episodes.
Critical reception
The show received mixed to negative reviews.
Home exteriors
The exteriors of the Parker family home on Meego had been recycled from an earlier Miller-Boyett series, On Our Own. The footage of the home was filmed in a suburb of St. Louis, where On Our Own was set. During the entire run of Meego no location was ever specified as a setting in the storylines.