Hope & Gloria

Hope & Gloria
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Bill Steinkellner Cheri Steinkellner
Starring	Cynthia Stevenson Jessica Lundy Enrico Colantoni Robert Garrova Alan Thicke Taylor Negron
Composer(s)	Craig Safan
Opening Theme	"Thank God for a Friend Like You" performed by Wild Orchid
Production
Producer(s)	Stephen C. Grossman J. J. Paulsen
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Team Steinkellner Productions Warner Bros. Television

Hope & Gloria is an American sitcom television series created by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, that aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson as Hope, a high-strung television producer, and Jessica Lundy as Gloria, a tough-talking beautician, who become neighbors in an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local TV personality and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television.

The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks.

Cast

• Cynthia Stevenson as Hope Davidson
• Jessica Lundy as Gloria Utz
• Enrico Colantoni as Louis Utz, Gloria's husband
• Robert Garrova as Sonny Utz, Gloria & Louis's son
• Alan Thicke as Dennis Dupree
• Taylor Negron as Gwillem Blatt (season 2)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09)	September  7, 1995 (1995-09-07)
2	22		September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)	June  22, 1996 (1996-06-22)

Season 1 (1995)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	“Are We Having Fun Yet?”	Barnet Kellman	Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner	March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09)	22.8
2	2	“No Degrees of Separation”	Peter Bonerz	J.J. Paulsen	March 16, 1995 (1995-03-16)	21.0
3	3	“Salon, It's Been Good to Know You”	Steve Zuckerman	Jerry Perzigian	March 23, 1995 (1995-03-23)	20.1
4	4	“A Fine ROM-ance”	Steve Zuckerman	John Frink & Don Payne	March 30, 1995 (1995-03-30)	22.2
5	5	“Falling in Bed Again”	Peter Bonerz	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	April 6, 1995 (1995-04-06)	19.4
6	6	“I Never Sang for Our Father”	Peter Bonerz	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	April 13, 1995 (1995-04-13)	16.2
7	7	“My Mamma Done Told Me: Part 1”	Alan Rafkin	Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner	April 20, 1995 (1995-04-20)	21.2
8	8	“Who's Poppa?: Part 2”	Peter Baldwin	Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner	April 20, 1995 (1995-04-20)	24.9
9	9	“Love with an Improper Stranger”	Alan Rafkin	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	April 27, 1995 (1995-04-27)	18.8
10	10	“The Face with Two Men”	Alan Rafkin	Jerry Perzigian	May 4, 1995 (1995-05-04)	19.2
11	11	“Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me”	Steve Zuckerman	George McGrath	May 11, 1995 (1995-05-11)	16.1
12	12	“Don't Take Any Wooden Elephants”	Steve Zuckerman	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	August 10, 1995 (1995-08-10)	13.9
13	13	“A Midsummer Night's Trim”	Michael Lembeck	J.J. Paulsen	September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)	16.8

Season 2 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
14	1	“An Embarrassment of Teapots”	Shelley Jensen	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)	18.7
15	2	“Dumb & Smarter”	Michael Lembeck	George McGrath	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)	17.0
16	3	“A Star is Reborn”	Shelley Jensen	Janis Hirsch	October 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)	16.8
17	4	“Love is the Afternoon”	Michael Lembeck	Jerry Perzigian	October 29, 1995 (1995-10-29)	15.5
18	5	“Manager and Woman”	Michael Lembeck	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05)	15.1
19	6	“How to Get an Ed in Business”	Peter Baldwin	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	November 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)	15.7
20	7	“Listen, Sister”	Peter Baldwin	J.J. Paulsen	November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)	13.6
21	8	“Money You Should Mention”	Michael Lembeck	J.J. Paulsen	December 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)	13.9
22	9	“Consenting Adults”	Michael Lembeck	Janis Hirsch	December 10, 1995 (1995-12-10)	12.1
23	10	“The Dupree Family Christmas”	Joanna Kerns	George McGrath	December 17, 1995 (1995-12-17)	12.9
24	11	“Enemies: A Love Story”	Alan Rafkin	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	January 6, 1996 (1996-01-06)	7.3
25	12	“The Man Upstairs”	Michael Lembeck	Jerry Perzigian	January 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)	7.1
26	13	“Danny, Oh Boy”	Alan Rafkin	J.J. Paulsen	January 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)	7.5
27	14	“A New York Story”	Alan Rafkin	George McGrath	February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)	7.2
28	15	“Tainted Love”	Alan Rafkin	Janis Hirsch	February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)	5.8
29	16	“One Sorry Mother”	Alan Rafkin	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)	7.0
30	17	“A Sentimental Education”	Pamela Fryman	Jerry Perzigian	March 23, 1996 (1996-03-23)	6.2
31	18	“The Art of the Deal”	John Bowab	Arnold Rudnick & Rich Hosek	March 30, 1996 (1996-03-30)	6.4
32	19	“Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Funicular”	Michael Lembeck	Jeanette Collins & Mimi Friedman	April 6, 1996 (1996-04-06)	6.2
33	20	“Note to Self”	Alan Rafkin	Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel	April 13, 1996 (1996-04-13)	5.9
34	21	“Baby Love”	Alan Rafkin	Janis Hirsh	April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)	5.2
35	22	“Come Back Lil' Tina”	Pamela Fryman	Marc Peterson	June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)	4.7

Notable guest stars

• Larry Poindexter as Jeffrey
• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay

External links

• Hope and Gloria at the Internet Movie Database

• Hope and Gloria at epguides.com

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