To Rome With Love

To Rome With Love
Genre Sitcom
Created by Joan O'Brien
Directed by Earl Bellamy
Frederick de Cordova
James Sheldon
Starring John Forsythe
Kay Medford
Peggy Mondo
Vito Scotti
Walter Brennan
Composer(s) Frank De Vol
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 48
Production
Executive producer(s) Don Fedderson
Producer(s) Edmund L. Hartmann
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Don Fedderson Productions
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 28, 1969 (1969-09-28) – September 1, 1971 (1971-09-01)

To Rome With Love is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 1969 to September 1971.

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Synopsis

To Rome With Love is the story of a widowed college professor, Michael Endicott, who decided to leave his native Iowa following the death of his wife and accept a new position as an instructor at the American Overseas School of Rome. The culture shock of his children in reacting to their new environment, and, to an extent, his own, provided the main humor in the series. Family situations provided most of the rest. Early on, much of this came from Endicott's single sister Harriet who followed them to Rome, apparently for the sole purposes of dissuading them from living there and to cajole them into returning to Iowa. Harriet soon departed, but her place was taken shortly afterward by Andy Pruitt, Endicott's father-in-law and the children's grandfather. He came to Rome for a brief visit with them but wound up staying indefinitely.

Reception

Originally airing on Sunday nights, the show never garnered the ratings CBS had hoped for. Also, Kay Medford as Aunt Harriet did not catch on with viewers and as a result, she was phased out of the series shortly after the premiere. Nevertheless, the network agreed to renew the show for a second season. To Rome With Love was switched to Tuesdays at 9:30 in September 1970. In order to give Forsythe a strong co-star, Walter Brennan joined the cast as Michael Endicott's father-in-law, Andy Pruitt. However, the second season did even worse than the first. In January, 1971, in an attempt to salvage the series, CBS shifted the show to Wednesdays to make room for a new CBS sitcom: All In The Family. The move did not help and the series was canceled in the spring of 1971.

Cast

References

William Demarest, Don Grady and Tina Cole appeared in one cross-over episode in their My Three Sons roles in October of 1970. Both shows were produced by Don Fedderson Productions.

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