Boston Common (TV series)

Boston Common

Created by	Max Mutchnick David Kohan
Starring	Anthony Clark Traylor Howard Hedy Burress Steve Paymer Roger Rees Tasha Smith Vincent Ventresca
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Kohan Max Mutchnick
Production company(s)	KoMut Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	March 21, 1996 – April 27, 1997

Boston Common is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, and aired on NBC. The series was one of the 10 highest rated shows in its first season as it ranked 8th in the yearly ratings with a 15.6 household rating, but with a move to Sundays in its second season, the show dropped from 8th to 52nd place.^[1]

Plot

Boyd Pritchett is a genial, easy-going twenty-something from Virginia who delivers his sister Wyleen to college in Boston. Then Boyd falls in love with Joy and decides to stay, much to Wyleen's dismay. Boyd eventually gets a job at the college and shares an apartment with Wyleen whose inclination is to be sexually active, but Boyd tries to inspire her with his chaste pursuit of Joy.

Characters

Main

Anthony Clark as Boyd Pritchett
Hedy Burress as Wyleen Pritchett
Traylor Howard as Joy

Recurring

Tasha Smith as Tasha King
Steve Paymer as Leonard Price
Vincent Ventresca as Professor Jack Reed
Sam Anderson as President Wesley Butterfield
Roger Rees as President Harrison Cross

Guest stars

D.C. Douglas as D.C.
Margot Kidder as Cookie de Varen
Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
Robin Duke as Brenda Nidorf
Leah Lail as Anna
Larry Miller as Warren
Shelley Long as Louise Holmes

External links

Boston Common at the Internet Movie Database
Boston Common at TV.com

References

↑ http://fbibler.chez.com/tvstats/recent_data/1996-97.html

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