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5.1/10 TV Created by George Axelrod Theme music composer John Williams Final episode date 29 September 1966 Number of episodes 10 (4 unaired) | 3.2/10 IMDb Genre Situation comedy Directed by Don Taylor First episode date 8 September 1966 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Tammy Grimes
Hiram Sherman
Dick Sargent
Maudie Prickett Composer(s) John Williams
Warren Barker Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Tammy Grimes, Dick Sargent, Hiram Sherman, Maudie Prickett Similar The Pruitts of Southampton, The Ugliest Girl in Town, One Happy Family, Hey - Landlord, The Loner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tammy Grimes Show is an American sitcom starring Broadway actress Tammy Grimes that aired during the 1966–67 season on the ABC network. The Tammy Grimes Show was one of the few prime time series of the era canceled after only four episodes.
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Overview
Grimes portrayed the role of Tammy Ward, a spendthrift heiress under the financial thumb of her uncle Simon (Hiram Sherman). The series also stars Dick Sargent (billed as Richard) as Tammy's uptight twin brother Terrance with whom she works at their Uncle Simon's bank. Maudie Prickett appeared as Tammy's nosy housekeeper.
Reception
Upon its September 8, 1966 premiere, the series received generally negative reviews and failed to find an audience. In an unusual move for a major television network at the time, ABC opted to cancel the series after just four episodes. The Tammy Grimes Show is one of the few prime time series of the era that was canceled after one month as major networks, at the time, generally allowed a series to run a full thirteen weeks.
In a 1967 interview, executive producer William Dozier called the series an "organized disaster". He added, "It was the wrong idea for the wrong person at the wrong time. Movies were not for Mary Martin; television was not for Tammy Grimes."
Cast
Episode list
ABC aired four episodes of the series. The original pilot episode, written by Axelrod (in which Tammy posed as a "Texas millionaire" in order to apply for the bank's credit card, sparking a spending spree), was never shown; scenes from it were presented during ABC's "fall preview" presentation at their annual affiliate meeting in the summer of 1966. A fifth episode entitled "The Great Charge Account War" was scheduled to air on October 6, 1966 but ABC pulled the episode from its lineup after it canceled the series in late September 1966. Scripts for nine additional episodes were written but were never produced.