It Had to Be You (TV series)

It Had to Be You
Genre Situation comedy
Directed by David Steinberg
Starring Faye Dunaway
Robert Urich
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 9 (5 unaired)
Production
Producer(s) Lorimar Television
Running time 23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 19, 1993 –
October 15, 1993

It Had to Be You is an American sitcom starring Faye Dunaway and Robert Urich. The series premiered September 19, 1993 on CBS.[1] It centered on Dunaway's character, a Network-like businesswoman, who hires blue-collar Urich (a single father of three boys) to do some carpentry work at her New York office, and their ensuing romance. Music by Stephen James Taylor.

The theme song was the 1924 hit It Had to Be You written by Isham Jones.

Contents

Cast

Production

Four episodes were aired before the show went into hiatus. Faye Dunaway was pulled from the series, and a new pilot was ordered with Robin Bartlett in the lead.[2] The revised version of the series never aired. The series was produced by Lorimar Television.[3]

Episodes

Nine episodes are registered with the United States Copyright Office.

# Title Original airdate Production code
1 "Pilot" September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19)
2 "Long Date's Journey Into Night" September 24, 1993 (1993-09-24) 455605
3 "Let's Spend Termite Together" October 1, 1993 (1993-10-01) 455602
4 "All About Dave" October 15, 1993 (1993-10-15) 455604
"Truth or Dare" unaired 455601
"London Calling" unaired 455603
"Shrink Resistant" unaired 455606
"Wheel of Laura" unaired 455607
"Just Hold" unaired 455608

Reception

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly rated the series a C+ and called it "one of the season's vaguest, most ambivalent new sitcoms". Tucker described the casting of "odd-couple lovers" Urich and Dunaway as "almost perversely capricious".[4] CBS cancelled the series in October 1993 after only four episodes due to low ratings.

References

  1. ^ Scott, Tony (September 17, 1993). "It Had to Be You". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901272.html?categoryid=32&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  2. ^ Archerd, Army (December 20, 1993). "Three film offers on Stern's table". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117862397.html?categoryid=2&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  3. ^ Lowry, Brian (May 21, 1993). "CBS cooks up short orders". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR107043.html?categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  4. ^ Tucker, Ken (October 8, 1993). "A Touch of Clash". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308320,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 

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