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| Genre | sitcom |
| Created by | Garry Marshall Dale McRaven |
| Starring | Donna Pescow Robert Hays Doris Roberts Debralee Scott Valri Bromfield |
| Theme music composer | Norman Gimbel (Lyrics) Charles Fox |
| Opening theme | "Different Worlds" performed by Maureen McGovern |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bob Ellison Dale McRaven Leonora Thuna |
| Producer(s) | Alan Eisenstock Bruce Johnson Larry Mintz |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Miller-Milkis Productions Paramount Television |
| Distributor | CBS Paramount Domestic Television Paramount Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | February 8, 1979 – September 4, 1980 |
Angie is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast by the ABC network from February 1979 until October 1980.
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Philadelphia coffee shop waitress Angie Falco (Donna Pescow) starts a romance with customer Bradley Benson (Robert Hays). She assumes he is an improverished student; he turns out to be a pediatrician from a wealthy family (in response to Angie asking him just how wealthy, he replied, "You've heard of 'filthy rich'? We're disgusting.")
The other Falco family members are Angie's divorced mother Theresa (Doris Roberts) and her younger sister Marie (Debralee Scott). Brad's relatives consist of his stuffy father Randall (John Randolph), his divorced sister, the overbearing Joyce (Sharon Spelman), and Joyce's daughter Hilary (Tammy Lauren). Angie forms a close bond with Hilary.
Angie and Bradley later marry, merging their two very different families: the blue-blooded Bensons and the urban Italian-American Falcos. The character of Hilary Benson was not continued after the first season. Angie and Theresa later open a beauty parlor together.
The show was a ratings hit during its first half-season on air. It ranked fifth for the 1978-79 season, thanks in big part to Thursday night lead-in Mork & Mindy, which ranked No. 3. Incidentally, all of the top-five shows in 1978-79 were ABC comedies, with the others Laverne & Shirley (No. 1), Three's Company (No. 2) and Happy Days (tying Mork & Mindy at No. 3).
However, ratings for Angie dropped drastically after a move to Tuesday for the start of the 1979-80 season, even though the show was placed between Happy Days and Three's Company. (ABC moved Laverne & Shirley in an effort to bolster ratings on other nights.) Viewers lost interest in the interplay between the two lead characters after they were married in the season premiere, and many critics noted that much of the previously feisty chemistry that Pescow and Hays demonstrated on screen was apparently compromised once their characters were wed.
The show was cancelled in its second season. Thirty-six episodes in total were produced.
Angie Benson The titular character. At first a waitress at Liberty Coffee Shop in Philadelphia, she meets her prince charming, Dr. Brad Benson who worked at the medical center across the street. Angie then eloped with him, because of the families arguing about the Wedding details, but conceded to a small wedding. Brad eventually bought Angie the coffee shop to keep her busy, but she would later sell it to help her mother buy a beauty salon.
Brad Benson Angie's wealthy boyfriend, later husband. A pediatrician at the medical center across from where Angie worked, the two fell in love immediately. They eloped, but agreed to a small family wedding. At first, he and Angie lived in his family's large home, but it intimidated Angie, so they moved to a smaller home, where they lived upstairs and Brad saw his patients on the lower level.
Theresa Falco Angie and Marie's mother. Owner of a news stand, which she ran for years after her husband deserted the family. She, inexplicably, still put a place at the table for him. Was astonished that Angie had eloped with Brad, but convinced her daughter to have a small wedding. In the second season, she sold the news stand, and, with Angie's help, bought a beauty salon.
Marie Falco Angie's younger sister.
Joyce Benson Brad's snobby sister. She was seeing a psychiatrist about her third divorce, made all the more difficult because her psychiatrist hated her. Mother of Hillary. Didn't hate Angie, but didn't much like her either.
Hillary Benson Joyce's daughter. She was happy about her uncle's marriage and she loved her new aunt.
Randall Benson Brad and Joyce's father and Hillary's grandfather. He was, at first, bemused by Angie, but he grew to like her.
Phipps The Benson's butler. He liked Angie.
Although Tom Miller, Bob Boyett, and Eddie Milkis were the show's supervising producers for the second season, the show was produced by Miller-Milkis Productions at Paramount Television. This is one of the classic "Miller-Boyetts" that did not take place at producer Tom Miller's hometown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The show's theme song, "Different Worlds", was performed by Maureen McGovern and became a Top 20 Billboard hit, reaching number 18 on the Pop charts and number one on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1979.
| № | Title | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "The Proposal" | 1979 February 8 |
| 2 | "Wedding Wings" | 1979 February 15 |
| 3 | "The Elopement" | 1979 February 22 |
| 4 | "The Morning After" | 1979 March 1 |
| 5 | "The Adjustment" | 1979 March 15 |
| 6 | "Theresa's Date" | 1979 March 22 |
| 7 | "The House Guests" | 1979 March 29 |
| 8 | "The Opportunity" | 1979 April 12 |
| 9 | "Joyce's Job" | 1979 April 19 |
| 10 | "The First Fight" | 1979 April 26 |
| 11 | "Angie's Good Deed" | 1979 May 10 |
| 12 | "The Check Up" | 1979 May 17 |
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| 13 | "Angie's Old Friends" | 1979 September 11 |
| 14 | "The First Separation" | 1979 September 18 |
| 15 | "Moving Day" | 1979 September 25 |
| 16 | "Marie's Crush" | 1979 October 2 |
| 17 | "The Gift" | 1979 October 23 |
| 18 | "The Thief" | 1979 October 30 |
| 19 | "Vinnie's Return" | 1979 November 6 |
| 20 | "Uncle Cheech" | 1979 November 13 |
| 21 | "Family Feud" | 1979 November 20 |
| 22 | "Harvey's Mother" | 1979 November 27 |
| 23 | "Mary Mary Marries" | 1979 December 4 |
| 24 | "The Gambler" | 1979 December 11 |
| 25 | "Coffee Wars" | 1979 December 18 |
| 26 | "Angie and Brad's Close Encounter" | 1980 January 14 |
| 27 | "The Beauty Shop" | 1980 January 21 |
| 28 | "Theresa's Gigolo" | 1980 February 4 |
| 29 | "Marie Moves Out" | 1980 February 11 |
| 30 | "Brad's Best Buddy" | 1980 April 12 |
| 31 | "February Fever" | 1980 April 19 |
| 32 | "The President's Coming, the President's Coming!" | 1980 April 26 |
| 33 | "The Kid Down the Block" | 1980 July 31 |
| 34 | "Friends in Need" | 1980 August 7 |
| 35 | "Angie and Joyce Go to Jail" | 1980 September 4 |
| 36 | "Angie and the Doctor" | (Unaired) |
Reruns aired on ABC Daytime from June 17 to September 20, 1985, as well as on TV Land in the late 1990s.
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