The Governor & J.J.
American TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from September 1969 to December 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC Television. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Television Distribution now owns the distribution rights to the program.
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The Governor & J.J. | |
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Jessie Royce Landis and Julie Sommars, 1970. | |
Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Leonard Stern Arne Sultan |
Starring | Dan Dailey Julie Sommars James T. Callahan Neva Patterson Nora Marlowe |
Theme music composer | Jerry Fielding |
Composer | Jerry Fielding |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Leonard Stern |
Producers | Arne Sultan David Davis |
Production locations | CBS Studio Center, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Talent Associates-Norton Simon |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | 23 September 1969 (1969-09-23) – 30 December 1970 (1970-12-30) |
The series starred Dan Dailey and Julie Sommars. It focused on William Drinkwater (Dailey), a governor in an unnamed Midwestern state, who, in lieu of his late wife, had a "first lady" in his 20-something year-old daughter, Jennifer Jo (Sommars). J.J., as Jennifer Jo was called, had a regular job as an assistant curator at a zoo in the capital city and had a love for animals. She was bright and opinionated and could debate political issues with her father as well as anyone else. Despite their difference in opinions (she was more liberal, and he was more conservative), William really loved J.J., and she proved herself to be charming and efficient in her duties being "first lady" for her father. J.J. often gained support and advice from Maggie McLeod (Neva Patterson), the governor's secretary; George Callison (James T. Callahan), the governor's press secretary; and from Sara Andrews (Nora Marlowe), the housekeeper at the governor's mansion.