Working (TV series)
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Working (1997-1999) is a situation comedy praised by fans in its first season, but lost momentum after a massive cast change for the second season. It starred Fred Savage as an office employee. Other employees included Jimmy (Dana Gould), Hal the under-respected secretary, the perky Abby Cosgrove (Arden Myrin), and Steve Hytner as the acerbic DeLaney.
The show originally aired on NBC, and was later syndicated to USA Network (now a sister network to NBC).
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[edit] Second season
The second season had a large cast change, as the characters of Jimmy and Hal were written out. Fans were disappointed[1] as this affected the chemistry of the office. This season also introduced Debi Mazar to the cast, which also hurt the show's popularity.
[edit] Theme song
The show used a cover of the song "Working in a Coal Mine" performed by Devo, set over top of scenes of work, including marching workers from the film Metropolis and frantic work scenes from Terry Gilliam's Brazil.
[edit] Cast
- Fred Savage ... Matt Peyser (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
- Maurice Godin ... Tim Deale (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
- Yvette Freeman ... Evelyn Smalley (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
- Steve Hytner ... John Delaney (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
- Arden Myrin ... Abby Cosgrove (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
- Dana Gould ... Jimmy Clarke (18 episodes, 1997-1998)
- Sarah Knowlton ... Hal (18 episodes, 1997-1998)
- Rebecca McFarland ... Val Gibson (14 episodes, 1998-1999)
- Debi Mazar ... Liz Tricoli (14 episodes, 1998-1999)
- Kate Hodge ... Chris Grant (10 episodes, 1998)
Danica McKellar, formerly a co-star of Savage's of The Wonder Years, had a guest-starring role on the show. She played a woman Matt meets in a bar (who turns out to be related to his boss), and of whom he says "she reminds me of a girl I grew up with!"
