Caroline in the City

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Caroline in the City
Genre Sitcom
Creator(s) Fred Barron
Dottie Dartland
Marco Pennette
Starring Lea Thompson
Eric Lutes
Malcolm Gets
Amy Pietz
Andy Lauer
Country of origin Flag of United States United States
Production
Executive producer(s) Fred Barron
Dottie Dartland
Marco Pennette
Running time 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 21, 1995 – May 11, 1999
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Caroline in the City was an American sitcom that ran from September 21, 1995, to May 11, 1999, on the NBC television network.

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[edit] Premise

Caroline Duffy is a cartoonist living in a Manhattan loft. She spends many episodes searching for a husband and meddling in the lives of those around her.

Richard, her colorist, develops feelings for her towards the end of the first season. He writes her a love note and leaves it in a pile of invitations. In it he tells her to meet him at Remo's, an Italian restaurant which appears in most episodes, if she loves him. She shows up, and Richard kisses her, but doesn't explain himself, prompting Richard to leave Manhattan and start a new life in Paris. It turns out that Caroline had never even read the note, resulting in a cliffhanger.

Richard fails to sell enough paintings to stay in Paris, and moves back to Manhattan. The box of invitations with his love letter ends up at one of Caroline's friend's apartment as they plan a wedding. Annie finds the love note, and uses it to torture Richard.

Richard was married to an Italian woman for a time, prompting a bitter love triangle between the three.

Towards the end of the series, Caroline and Richard do start dating. However, the show ended on a cliffhanger note -- as Caroline was about to get married to another man, Richard (who had broken up with Caroline over not wanting children, once he discovered he'd fathered a child with his former Italian fiancee) is shown at the wedding. Since the program was cancelled after that episode aired, the cliffhanger was never resolved.

The show continues a trend that goes back to Mary Tyler Moore, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and That Girl of single women in the big city and their foiled romantic relationships.

It also continues a trend seen on 1990s NBC sitcoms: two acquaintances who desire one another but don't have the nerve to ask one another out. This can be seen between Niles Crane and Daphne Moon on Frasier and among the characters on Friends. The network has also had several contemporary series about single women living the modern life, such as Just Shoot Me!, Suddenly Susan, and Fired Up.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Caroline Duffy

Played by Lea Thompson. She was a cartoonist (author of the eponymous comic strip). She is from Peshtigo, Wisconsin and often tries to make everyone like her. She also has serious trouble not meddling in the lives of everyone around her. She was engaged to Del during the first season, but the marriage never took place and their friendship remained intact. She develops a contemporary attraction to Richard, however she does not develop it as early as him during the series. Continuing a trend in 1990s NBC sitcom broadcasting, she spends almost no time working. She was temporarily dating a veterinarian for a few episodes.

[edit] Del Cassidy

Caroline's sometimes boyfriend, played by Eric Lutes. They were engaged to be married during the first season, but broke it off in the season finale. Del worked at his father's greeting card company, but quit to form his own later in the series. Caroline becomes one of his only clients at this company, Eagle Greeting Cards.

[edit] Richard Karinsky

The colorist for the Caroline in the City comic strip, played by Malcolm Gets. He was in love with Caroline himself. Caroline and Richard did end up having a relationship. There was no love lost between him and Del because of Del's relationship with Caroline and Del's lack of intelligence.

Richard is highly sarcastic, especially to Annie. He is a struggling artist who usually lives in slummy parts of New York.

[edit] Annie Spadaro

Caroline's across the hall neighbor and friend, played by Amy Pietz. Annie was a dancer in the Broadway production of Cats. She is somewhat promiscuous and wears unusual styles. Her mother was a recurring character on the show.

After Richard writes Caroline a love letter which he later regrets, Annie manages to get her hands on it and makes several copies. She uses the copies to blackmail him in a couple of episodes.

[edit] Supporting Cast Members

Supporting cast included Andy Lauer, Tom La Grua, Mark Feuerstein, and Sofia Milos.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce from the sitcom Frasier guest-starred as Daphne Moon and Niles Crane on a 1995 episode of Caroline in the City entitled "Caroline and the Bad Back." On Frasier, Daphne is the physical therapist of the title character's father, Martin Crane and Niles is Frasier's brother.
  • The show was parodied on the cartoon Family Guy in one of its many off-topic scenes, in which Peter Griffin watches the show to "fool people into thinking he's gay."

[edit] Timeslots

  • September 1995 to July 1996 - Thursdays, 9:30
  • August 1996 to July 1997 - Tuesdays, 9:30
  • June 1997 to July 1998 - Mondays, 9:00
  • June 1998 to April 1999 - Mondays, 8:30

[edit] External links

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