E/R
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| E/R | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Developed by | Bernie Orenstein Saul Turtletaub |
| Starring | Elliot Gould Mary McDonnell Conchata Ferrell Lynne Moody Shûko Akune Bruce A. Young Corinne Bohrer Luis Avalos |
| Theme music composer | Jimmy Webb Lou Rawls |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Bernie Orenstein Saul Turtletaub |
| Producer(s) | Eve Brandstein |
| Running time | 30 minutes (approx. 22 min) |
| Distributor | CBS Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | September 16, 1984 – July 24, 1985 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
E/R (referring to the Emergency Room of a hospital) is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. The series was produced by Embassy Television and lasted a single season. The series was developed from a successful play of the same name.
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[edit] Synopsis
The show starred Elliott Gould as emergency room doctor Howard Sheinfeld, a recently divorced ear, nose, and throat specialist who moonlights at fictional Clark Street Hospital to keep up with his alimony payments. His colleague Dr. Eve Sheridan was played by Marcia Strassman in the pilot, and by Mary McDonnell in the regular series.
The cast also included Conchata Ferrell, Jason Alexander, Lynne Moody, Bruce A. Young (one of the writers of the original play), and George Clooney, who would go on to appear in the popular drama ER. The premiere episode also featured Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson, who was the uncle of Lynne Moody's character, Julie Williams.
The show itself was perhaps most noted for having a theme song deemed catchy and for the Filipino-American secretary's (played by Shûko Akune) manner of stating her catchphrase; "Stay back of the white line!". Akune was reprising her role from the original Chicago production of the play.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Elliott Gould | Howard Sheinfeld |
| Mary McDonnell | Dr. Eve Sheridan |
| Conchata Ferrell | Head Nurse Joan Thor |
| Lynne Moody | Nurse Julie Williams |
| Corinne Bohrer | Nurse Cory Smith |
| Shûko Akune | Maria Amardo |
| Bruce A. Young | Officer Fred Burdock |
| Luis Avalos | Dr. Thomas Esquivel |
| Jeff Doucette | Bert |
| George Clooney | Mark "Ace" Kolmar |
| Jason Alexander | Harold Stickley |
| Pamela Segall | Jenny Sheinfeld |
| Shirley Prestia | Irene |
| William G. Schilling | Richard |
[edit] Episodes
| Episode # | Title | Original Airdate | Guest Star |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot #1 | September 16, 1984 | Sherman Hemsley |
| 2 | Pilot #2 | September 16, 1984 | Sherman Hemsley |
| 3 | "The Sister" | September 18, 1984 | Dennis Franz, Anne Schedeen |
| 4 | "My Way" | September 25, 1984 | |
| 5 | "Son of Sheinfeld" | October 2, 1984 | Jonathan Silverman |
| 6 | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | October 9, 1984 | David Faustino |
| 7 | "Say It Ain't So" | October 16, 1984 | |
| 8 | "Growing Pains" | October 23, 1984 | |
| 9 | "All's Well That Ends" | October 30, 1984 | Amy Linker |
| 10 | "Only a Nurse" | November 7, 1984 | |
| 11 | "Sentimental Journey" | November 14, 1984 | |
| 12 | "Mr. Fix-It" | November 21, 1984 | Kevin Peter Hall, Christopher Hewett, Jack Kruschen |
| 13 | "A Cold Night in Chicago" | November 28, 1984 | Louis Arquette |
| 14 | "Both Sides Now" | December 12, 1984 | |
| 15 | "The Storm" | December 19, 1984 | Martha Quinn |
| 16 | "Enter Romance" | December 26, 1984 | Karen Black |
| 17 | "Brotherly Love" | January 16, 1985 | |
| 18 | "I Raise You" | January 23, 1985 | |
| 19 | "Merry Wives of Sheinfeld (Part 1)" | January 30, 1985 | Karen Black |
| 20 | "Merry Wives of Sheinfeld (Part 2)" | February 6, 1985 | Karen Black |
| 21 | "All Tied Up" | February 20, 1985 | |
| 22 | "A Change in Policy" | February 27, 1985 |
[edit] External links
- E/R at the Internet Movie Database
- E/R at TV.com
