Fay (TV series)
| Fay | |
|---|---|
|
Lee Grant in Fay, 1975 | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Susan Harris |
| Directed by |
Alan Arkin James Burrows |
| Starring |
Lee Grant Joe Silver Audra Lindley Margaret Willock Stewart Moss Bill Gerber Norman Alden Lillian Lehman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Paul Junger Witt Tony Thomas |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Mayer |
| Running time | 22 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Witt-Thomas Productions, in association with Universal Television |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Color Videotape |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 4, 1975 – June 2, 1976 |
Fay is an American sitcom starring Lee Grant as the title character. The series aired on NBC from September 1975 to June 1976.
Synopsis
Grant stars as Fay Stewart, a divorced woman in her 40s who after 25 years of marriage to attorney Jack Stewart starts a new job and begins dating.
The show first aired on September 4, 1975 and was pulled after the October 23 airing. It returned for 2 more episodes on May 12 and June 2, 1976. 10 episodes were produced. Four of them (the pilot, "Jack Remarries", "Mr. Not-So-Wonderful", and "Danny Falls In Love") were eventually re-edited into an overseas theatrical feature, Man Trouble, later included in a syndicated package of other MCA/Universal "movies" stitched together from their various short-lived TV series.
Grant was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series after the series was cancelled.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Fay" | Alan Arkin | Susan Harris | September 4, 1975 |
| Series pilot: Fay admits to having an affair. | ||||
| 2 | "Jack Remarries" | Alan Arkin | Susan Harris | September 11, 1975 |
| Fay's ex-husband Jack is marrying a young stewardess. | ||||
| 3 | "Mom's Realization" | Richard Kinon | Gail Parent | September 18, 1975 |
| Fay's mother wants to bring her and Jack back together. | ||||
| 4 | "Mr. Wonderful" | * | * | September 25, 1975 |
| Fay's childhood friend (Renée Taylor) is getting married, but her intended begins making passes at Fay. | ||||
| 5 | "Jack's Heart Attack" | * | * | October 2, 1975 |
| Thinking he's dying of a heart attack, Jack confesses to Fay about his cheating ways. | ||||
| 6 | "Not with My Husband You Don't" | James Burrows | Jerry Mayer | October 9, 1975 |
| Fay is ecstatic at the prospect of accompanying one of her firm's attorneys to Washington, D.C. | ||||
| 7 | "Lillian's Separation" | James Burrows | Dennis Klein | October 16, 1975 |
| Lillian walks out on her husband (Norman Fell) and moves into Fay's apartment, where she does some unwanted redecorating. | ||||
| 8 | "Danny Falls in Love" | * | * | October 23, 1975 |
| Fay's lovelorn boss (Bill Gerber) comes to her apartment for some motherly comfort. | ||||
| 9 | "Fay and the Doctor" | Richard Kinon | Susan Harris | May 12, 1976 |
| Fay falls in love with a doctor; the only problem is he is married with children. | ||||
| 10 | "Not Another Mother's Day" | Joan Darling | Jerry Mayer | June 2, 1976 |
| Linda wants to wait until she graduates from college to have a second child, but her husband doesn't want to wait that long. | ||||
* Unknown
External links
- Fay at epguides.com
- Fay at the Internet Movie Database
- Fay at TV.com