Pearl (TV series)

"This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation)."infobox television
show_name = Pearl


caption =
format = Comedy
runtime = 30 min.
creator = Don Reo
starring = Rhea Perlman
Kevin Corrigan
Carol Kane
Malcolm McDowell
Dash Mihok
Lucy Liu
country = USA
executive_producer = Paul Junger Witt
Rhea Perlman
Tony Thomas
network = CBS
opentheme =
camera =
first_aired = September 16 1996
last_aired = June 25 1997
num_episodes = 22
num_seasons = 1
tv_com_id = 67
imdb_id = 0115312
website =

"Pearl" is an American situation comedy, which was broadcast by CBS as part of its 1996-97 lineup".

Plot

Pearl Caraldo (Rhea Perlman), a middle-aged widow was the loading dock manager for University Electronics but who wanted to achieve a higher level of education. She was accepted as a night student at the prestigious Swindon University. By contrast, her 20-year-old son, Joey (Dash Mihok), a single father with no apparent ambition, was disappointed that his mother would no longer be readily available as a live-in babysitter for his infant daughter. Also less than thrilled was Pearl's sister-in-law Annie (Carol Kane), who was concerned that with her greater educational attainment, Pearl would become another "one of them intellectuals." A professor of a required course, Stephen Pynchon (Malcolm McDowell), further complicated matters by his belief that higher education was for a cultured elite, not working-class people like Pearl, and set out to embarrass and belittle her whenever possible in hopes that she would withdraw from the university.

Cast

References

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

External links

*imdb title|0115312|Pearl