Carol & Company

Carol & Company
Genre	Comedy anthology
Written by	Marilyn Anderson Dana Coen
Directed by	Will Mackenzie Marian Deaton Andrew D. Weyman
Starring	Carol Burnett Anita Barone Meagen Fay Richard Kind Terry Kiser Peter Krause Jeremy Piven
Theme music composer	Howard Pearl
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	33
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Touchstone Television Wind Dancer Productions Kalola Productions
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	March 31, 1990 – July 20, 1991

Carol & Company is an American comedy anthology series starring Carol Burnett, Peter Krause, Jeremy Piven, Meagen Fay, Terry Kiser, Anita Barone and Richard Kind which aired on NBC from March 31, 1990 to July 20, 1991.

Overview

Carol & Company began as a mid-season replacement from March 31 to June 2, 1990 and was subsequently picked up for a full season which ran from September 22, 1990 until July 20, 1991.

Unlike Carol Burnett's previous variety shows, Carol & Company was an anthology series which applied an unusual repertory approach to television comedy. Every week, Burnett and her fellow players (Krause, Piven, Fay, Kiser, Barone and Kind) performed a different half-hour comedy playlet. Only the performers remained the same from week to week; there were no ongoing characters or plots, although there were guest stars from time to time including Betty White, Christopher Reeve, Swoosie Kurtz and Burnett's daughter Carrie Hamilton. In 1991, Burnett's cohort, Tim Conway, made a cameo appearance as an audience member in the episode, "That Little Extra Something."

Shortly after the series' cancellation, Burnett switched back to her former network CBS to star in a short-lived revival of The Carol Burnett Show which aired from November 1 to December 27, 1991. It featured a new ensemble cast, including two Carol & Company players Meagen Fay and Richard Kind, along with Jessica Lundy, Rick Aviles, Chris Barnes, Roger Kabler and weekly guest stars such as Vicki Lawrence, Martin Short, B.B. King and Jim Nabors. However, the series failed to catch on with the public and only nine episodes of this revival were aired.

Episodes

Season 1 (1990)

Season 2 (1990–91)

Guest stars

• Robert Urich
• David Strassman
• Christopher Reeve
• Neil Patrick Harris
• Betty White
• Bernadette Peters
• Alex Rocco
• Nell Carter
• Swoosie Kurtz
• Glenda Jackson
• Tim Conway
• Howie Mandel
• Carrie Hamilton
• Dennis Burkley
• Martin Ferrero
• Richard Karn
• Pat Crawford Brown

Broadcast history

• March 1990 – April 1990: NBC Saturday, 9:30–10:00 PM
• April 1990 – June 1990: NBC Saturday, 10:00–10:30 PM
• August 1990 – March 1991: NBC Saturday, 10:00–10:30 PM
• March 1991 – May 1991: NBC Saturday, 10:00-11:00 PM
• July 1991: NBC Saturday, 10:30–11:00 PM

Awards and nominations

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• Carol & Company at the Internet Movie Database
• Carol & Company at TV.com
• Carol & Company at epguides.com