Buffalo Bill | |
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Format | Sitcom |
Created by | Tom Patchett Jay Tarses |
Starring | Dabney Coleman Max Wright Joanna Cassidy Geena Davis John Fiedler |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Executive producer(s) | Tom Patchett Jay Tarses Bernie Brillstein |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | NBC |
Original run | May 31, 1983 | – April 5, 1984
Buffalo Bill is an American television situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical talk show host and his staff at WBFL-TV, a small TV station in Buffalo, New York. It premiered May 31, 1983 on NBC and ran for only part of two seasons (1983–84). It was also shown on the then-new UK fourth TV channel Channel 4.
In 1999 TV Guide ranked Bill Bittinger number 42 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.[1]
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The series features Dabney Coleman ("Buffalo" Bill Bittinger), Joanna Cassidy, John Fiedler, Max Wright, Geena Davis, Charles Robinson, Meshach Taylor, Claude Earl Jones and Pippa Pearthree. Most of the humor came from Bill's completely unredeemable qualities and from the staff's frustration at dealing with him.
The series received 11 Emmy Award nominations (including two for Outstanding Comedy Series). Joanna Cassidy also won a Golden Globe Award in 1984.
Former NBC President Brandon Tartikoff wrote in his memoirs that his biggest professional regret was canceling the show.[2]
№ | Title | Airdate |
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1 | "Pilot" | 1 June 1983 |
2 | "Buffalo Beat" | 8 June 1983 |
3 | "Woody Quits" | 15 June 1983 |
4 | "Buffalo Bill and the Movies" | 22 June 1983 |
5 | "Mrs. Buffalo Bill?" | 29 June 1983 |
6 | "Wilkinson's Sword" | 13 July 1983 |
7 | "Guess Who's Coming to Buffalo?" | 20 July 1983 |
8 | "Below the Belt" | 27 July 1983 |
9 | "Ratings" | 3 August 1983 |
10 | "True Love" | 10 August 1983 |
11 | "The Fan" | 17 August 1983 |
12 | "Hackles" | 24 August 1983 |
№ | Title | Airdate |
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13 | "Hit the Road, Newdell" | 22 December 1983 |
14 | "Jerry Lewis Week" | 5 January 1984 |
15 | "The Interview" | 12 January 1984 |
16 | "Company Ink" | 19 January 1984 |
17 | "Jo-Jo's Problem: Part 1" | 26 January 1984 |
18 | "Jo-Jo's Problem: Part 2" | 2 February 1984 |
19 | "Miss WBFL" | 9 February 1984 |
20 | "Nuclear Freeze" | 16 February 1984 |
21 | "The Girl on the Jetty" | 23 February 1984 |
22 | "Buffalo Bill versus the Kremlin" | 1 March 1984 |
23 | "A Hero" | 8 March 1984 |
24 | "The Tap Dancer" | 15 March 1984 |
25 | "Have Yourself a Very Degrading Christmas" | 22 March 1984 |
26 | "Church of the Poisoned Mind" | 29 March 1984 |
In 2005, Lionsgate released the entire series on Region 1 DVD.[3]
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