- Austin Stories
infobox television
show_name = Austin Stories
caption = the show's logo deletable image-caption
rating = TV-14
format = sitcom
runtime = 23 Minutes
creator = James Jones
starring=Laura House Howard Kremer Brad "Chip" Pope
country = USA
network =MTV
first_aired =September 10 ,1997
last_aired =January 7 ,1998
num_episodes = 12|"Austin Stories" is
MTV 's first everprime time situation comedy , which debutedSeptember 10 ,1997 , and aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 pm (repeated on Sundays at the same time) to widespread critical and ratings success. The show completed its first season with twelve episodes filmed on location in Austin,Texas .An MTV search brought executives James Jones and Lisa Berger to Austin in 1994. Jones had previous produced "
The Ben Stiller Show " and Berger was vice-president and director of development at the network. MTV scouts were drawn to the city's emerging comedy scene and noticed Laura House, Howard Kremer and Brad "Chip" Pope. They were all discovered at a showcase for MTV at the Laff Stop for professional comics. All three had to pull strings to get on the showcase as none of them had been paid for their comedy. House was a junior high journalism teacher when she was cast on the show. Both she and Brad "Chip" Pope wereUniversity of Texas graduates. Originally, the show was only guaranteed 13 episodes on the channel. In March of 1997, MTV flew House, Kremer and Pope toLos Angeles to give them a crash course in sitcom writing, resulting in two scripts in three days. "Austin Stories" was green-lighted onMarch 20 ,1997 and they often spent 16-hour days working on the show with taping wrapping in November.Their contract expired on
May 8 ,1998 and MTV extended it for three more weeks. Episodes for the second season were under development when MTV belatedly canceled the show onJune 1 ,1998 .References
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