The Closer (1998 TV series)

The Closer
Starring	Tom Selleck Hedy Burress Edward Asner Penelope Ann Miller
Theme music composer	Ed Alton
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	T.W.S. Productions Frontier Pictures CBS Productions Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 23 – May 4, 1998

The Closer is an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS for 10 episodes in 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive.

Plot summary

Jack McLaren (Tom Selleck), a successful advertising executive, starts his own agency. The business, the employees in the agency, and his personal life provide the story lines. The characters include a creative director, Carl Dobson (Ed Asner), an accountant, Erica Hewitt (Penelope Ann Miller), and a bored secretary, Beverly (Suzy Nakamura); McLaren's estranged and eventually divorced wife, Claire McLaren (Joanna Kerns), and daughter Alex (Hedy Burress). In the "Baby It's Cold Outside" episode, an old flame, actress Victoria (Bernadette Peters), visits and she and Jack start to rekindle their romance. Victoria and Jack sing and dance in a fantasy musical sequence. (The music and lyrics of the song from that episode were nominated for an Emmy Award.)

Cast and crew

Cast

• Tom Selleck—Jack McLaren
• Hedy Burress—Alex McLaren
• Edward Asner—Carl "Dobbs" Dobson
• David Krumholtz—Bruno Verma
• Suzy Nakamura—Beverly Andolini
• Penelope Ann Miller—Erica Hewitt

Crew

• Director—Andrew D. Weyman

Writers

• Tom Burkhard
• Howard Busgang
• Ed Decter
• David Kidd
• Laura Perkins-Brittain
• Ron Burch

Producers

• Howard Busgang
• Ed Decter
• Penny Segal
• Tom Selleck
• John J. Strauss
• Craig Wyrick-Solari

Episode list and special guests

Selleck, Asner and Peters in "Baby, It's Cold Outside" episode

• February 23, 1998—Pilot

Joanna Kerns, Michael McKean

• March 2, 1998—Morality Bites

Michael McKean

• March 9, 1998—Dobbs Takes A Holiday

Gregory Jbara^[1]

• March 16, 1998—The Closure

Joanna Kerns

• March 28, 1998—The Rebound

Christine Tucci

• April 6, 1998—Baby, It's Cold Outside

Bernadette Peters, Michael Feinstein

• April 13, 1998—Honor Thy Jack
• April 20, 1998—Deep Game
• April 27, 1998—The Hand That Rocks the Office

Christine Tucci

• May 4, 1998—My Best Friend's Funeral

Joanna Kerns, and Gregory Itzin

Awards and nominations

• Emmy Award — Outstanding Music and Lyrics (for the song "You Don't Know Jack") (nominated)

References

External links

• The Closer at the Internet Movie Database
• The Closer at TV.com
• epguides.com listing