All's Fair

infobox television
show_name = All's Fair


caption = Crenna and Peters
rating =
format = Sitcom
runtime = approx. 0:30
(per episode)
creator = Norman Lear
starring = Richard Crenna
Bernadette Peters
Michael Keaton
country = USA
network = CBS
first_aired = September 20, 1976
last_aired = April 30, 1977
num_episodes =24
imdb_id = 0073956|

"All's Fair" was an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1976 to 1977. The show co-starred Richard Crenna as a conservative political columnist and Bernadette Peters as a liberal photographer. This was the film debut of actor Michael Keaton as Lenny Wolf.

Plot

An older (49) conservative columnist (Richard Crenna) and a young (23) liberal photographer (Bernadette Peters) become romantically involved. The complications of their politics and the age difference provide the story lines. The setting was Washington, D.C. The style of the show was described as "...almost constant hysteria, the rapid pacing set to the sounds of argumentative shouting." (John J. O'Connor, "New York Times" TV View, September 26, 1976, page D29.)

Cast and Crew

Cast
* Richard C. Barrington played by Richard Crenna
* Charlotte (Charley) Drake played by Bernadette Peters
* Lucy Daniels played by Lee Chamberlin
* Allen Brooks played by J.A. Preston
* Ginger Livingston played by Judith Kahan
* Senator Wayne Joplin played by Jack Dodson
* Lanny Wolf (1977) played by Michael Keaton

Crew
* Norman Lear -- Production Supervisor
* Michael Elias -- Producer
* Rod Parker -- Executive Producer
* Bob Claver -- Director
* Hal Cooper -- Director
* Bob Schiller -- Writer and Producer
* Bob Weiskopf -- Writer and Producer

Awards and nominations

Golden Globe, 1977, Best TV Actress - Musical/ComedyBernadette Peters (Nominated)

Trivia

Bernadette Peters had previously appeared as a guest star in two Norman Lear television series: "Maude" ("Rumpus in the Rumpus Room", September 22, 1975) and "All in the Family" ("Gloria Suspects Mike", November 17, 1975).

Crenna and Peters appear on the set with a videotaped message (like other Lear series regulars) when Lear hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 1976.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073956/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=199688 TV Guide information page]
* [http://www.tv.com/alls-fair/show/197/episode_guide.html?tag=subtabs;guide Episode guide]