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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of episodes
  
6

First episode date
  
20 July 1990

Network
  
CBS

Number of episodes
  
6

8/10
IMDb

Created by
  
Steven Bawol

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
approx. 28 minutes

Final episode date
  
24 August 1990

Number of seasons
  
1

Starring
  
Lew Schneider Sándor Szabó Anna Feher Vince Metcalfe Jayne Eastwood Tom Riis Farrell

Cast
  
Lew Schneider, Jayne Eastwood

Similar
  
Voroniny, The George Wendt Sh, Everybody Loves Raymond, The New Adventures of Old Ch, Make the Grade

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Wish You Were Here is an American sitcom that premiered on July 20, 1990 as a summer replacement on CBS in the 9:30pm slot which lasted for only six episodes. Its premise was that stockbroker Donny Cogswell, portrayed by Lew Schneider, quits his job and sends video cassette postcards of his European adventures to family and friends back in the United States.

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Cast

  • Lew Schneider as Donny Cogswell
  • Sándor Szabó as Grandpa Ziggy
  • Anna Feher as Anna
  • Vince Metcalfe as Stan
  • Tom Riis Farrell as Gary
  • Jayne Eastwood as Stella

    • Plot

    Donny Cogswell, a stockbroker in New York on Wall Street acquires a new video camera. He begins recording with it much to the chagrin of his boss who notes Donny's attitude problem. Donny decides to quit his job before being fired (all the while recording his conversation with his boss) and travel the world with his camcorder, mailing videotapes of his adventures and interviews he conducts with local people back to his family, friends and girlfriend in the USA near Cleveland. Sometimes his destinations are chosen by other characters met along the way.

    Season 1

    1. Paris, France (July 20, 1990)
    2. Budapest, Hungary (July 27, 1990)
    3. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (August 3, 1990)
    4. Marrakech, Morocco (August 10, 1990)
    5. The French Riviera, Côte d'Azur, France (August 17, 1990)
    6. The Balkans (August 24, 1990)

    Production

    Some, if not all of the footage from Donny's camera was shot on Hi-8mm Videotape.

    Production crew

  • Created by Steven Bawol
  • Produced by Carole Hart, Robert Altman, Stephen Skip Lane, Steven Bawol
  • Directed by George Mihalka, Nail Leonard, Steve Bawol, Bob Altman
  • Written by Steven Bawol, Sean Kelly, Peter Tolan
  • Director of Photography, Robert Draper
  • Story Editor, Sean Kelly
  • Costumes by Candice Clements
  • Line Producer, Rémi Kessler
  • Production Designer, Mike Moran
  • Co-Executive Producers - Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas & Katie Berlin Productions and Bob Altman, Steve Bawol and Stephen Skip Lane
  • Developed by Those Guys International; Stephen Skip Lane, CEO

    • References

    Wish You Were Here (TV series) Wikipedia
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