| Veronica's Closet | |
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| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | David Crane Marta Kauffman |
| Starring | Kirstie Alley Dan Cortese Daryl Mitchell Wallace Langham Kathy Najimy Ron Silver Lorri Bagley Robert Prosky |
| Opening theme | Moby - Bodyrock Season 3 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 66 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Kevin S. Bright Marta Kauffman David Crane |
| Running time | 20–25 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 25, 1997 – June 27, 2000 |
Veronica's Closet is a sitcom which aired on NBC from September 25, 1997, to June 27, 2000.
The show starred Kirstie Alley as Veronica “Ronnie” Chase, the head of her own lingerie company in New York City.
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As the country's leading romance expert and owner of Veronica's Closet, purveyor of lingerie and books designed to keep romance alive, Ronnie seems to have it all. Her only problem has been a rocky marriage to a womanizing husband, Bryce, whom she finally gathered the strength to leave. Having written The Guide to a Fairy Tale Marriage and built an empire as the foremost authority on relationships, Ronnie must now confront the charade she's been living in the public eye as the perfect wife and career woman. Helping Ronnie run the company and her personal life is her top executive, Olive, who is always ready with solid business advice or a shoulder to cry on.
In the second season Ron Silver joins the cast as Alec, Ronnie’s new business partner and nemesis who buys controlling interest of the company she built. Robert Prosky, who played Ronnie's father in Season One, was written out of the show (no explanation is ever given).
In the third and final season, Alec was killed off the show as it was proven that audiences did not like Ron Silver's character. His widow June took over his role in the company and later admitted to pushing Alec in a volcano. Although the final few episodes of Veronica's Closet did not air in the U.S. on NBC, they were later aired on the USA Cable Network during its syndicated run. In the final episodes, Veronica ends up dating Perry, Olive sells her Internet company and buys June's half of Veronica's Closet making her a co-owner with Veronica and Josh finally accepts the fact the he is gay and starts dating his neighbor and friend, Bree.
The series premiered on Sept 25, 1997 after Seinfeld to 35 million viewers. Its title was derived from the "real life" lingerie company, Victoria's Secret. The show was a top 10 hit, although the initial ratings died down later in the first season. The sitcom spent the first two seasons on Thursdays at 9:30 (after Seinfeld in season 1 and after Frasier in season 2). NBC moved the show to Mondays after Suddenly Susan for the 1999-2000 season. Ratings fell more than 50 percent, and NBC put it on hiatus with Suddenly Susan. The show returned on Tuesdays at 9:30 (after Will & Grace) with only a slight boost in ratings. NBC canceled the series in 2000, along with Suddenly Susan due to low ratings. Reruns were shown on USA Network for a short time in 2000-2001. TV Guide Network currently airs reruns.
The show was taped Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California, on soundstage 25, the same stage where The Big Bang Theory is currently produced (as of 2011) and, according to a plaque on the outside stage wall at the audience entrance, where some scenes from the movie Blade Runner were filmed.
| Season | Network | Season premiere | Season finale | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | NBC | September 25, 1997 | May 9, 1998 | #3[1] | 24.4[1] |
| 2 | September 24, 1998 | May 6, 1999 | #5[2] | 19.3[2] | |
| 3 | September 20, 1999 | June 27, 2000[a] | #86[3] | 7.97[3] |
^[a] End of the series' original broadcast run. Last four episodes were aired on the USA Network five months later.[4]
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