Coming of Age (1988 TV series)

Coming of Age
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Miriam Trogdon Michael Zinberg
Directed by	James Gardner
Starring	Bernie Hern Jarrett Lennon Nan McNamara Paul Dooley
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Bungalow 78 Productions

Coming of Age is a situation comedy that aired briefly on the CBS television network in the United States for three runs in 1988 and 1989.

Coming of Age featured Paul Dooley and Phyllis Newman as a couple, Dick and Ginny Hale, living in a fictional retirement community, The Dunes, in Arizona. Retirement had not really been their, or at least, Dick's, idea – a former airline pilot, he had been forced to retire by a Federal Aviation Administration rule which requires all U.S. commercial pilots to retire by age 60. Dick hated almost everything about his retirement, including his surroundings. He was appalled by the hot climate, the thin walls separating the Hale's apartment from those of their neighbors Alan Young (Ed Pepper) and Glynis Johns (Trudie Pepper) and, apparently, mostly by the contented attitude that most of the other residents expressed.

This program was first aired as a midseason replacement in March 1988; although in was apparently not well-received and was pulled after only three episodes were aired, it was nonetheless added to the CBS 1988 fall lineup. There, it failed again, and was quickly pulled. The airing of some more episodes in June and July 1989 was apparently a "run-off", an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment in the show by using it as filler during the traditionally low-rated summer months.

References

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

External links

• Coming of Age at the Internet Movie Database
• Coming of Age at TV.com