Down and Out in Beverly Hills (TV series)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills is an American sitcom based^[1] on the 1986 movie of the same name. It aired from April 26 to September 12, 1987 on the fledgling Fox network.^[2] It has the distinction of being the first ever show to be cancelled by Fox; 5 of the 13 produced episodes did not air.^[3]

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Developed by	Howard Gewirtz
Starring	Hector Elizondo Anita Morris
Composer	David Michael Frank
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (5 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	April 26 (1987-04-26) – September 12, 1987 (1987-09-12)

The cast included Hector Elizondo as Dave Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss' character in the movie), Anita Morris as Barbara Whiteman (Bette Midler's character in the movie), Eileen Seeley as Jenny Whiteman (Tracy Nelson's character in the movie), April Ortiz as Carmen the Maid (Elizabeth Peña's character from the movie), and Tim Thomerson as Jerry Baskin (Nick Nolte's character in the movie). Evan Richards (Max Whiteman) was the only cast member of the film to reprise his role for TV (except for Mike the dog).

Cast

• Hector Elizondo as Dave Whiteman
• Anita Morris as Barbara Whiteman
• Evan Richards as Max Whiteman
• Eileen Seeley as Jenny Whiteman
• Tim Thomerson as Jerry Baskin
• April Ortiz as Carmen

Episodes

Overview of episodes of Down and Out in Beverly Hills

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Jerry's Mission"	Bill Foster	Howard Gewirtz	April 26, 1987 (1987-04-26)
2	"Something Mild"	Unknown	Unknown	July 25, 1987 (1987-07-25)
3	"Skin Tight"	Unknown	Unknown	August 1, 1987 (1987-08-01)
4	"Max Bedroom"	Unknown	Unknown	August 8, 1987 (1987-08-08)
5	"Altared States"	Unknown	Unknown	August 15, 1987 (1987-08-15)
6	"Shapiro's Carmen"	Unknown	Unknown	August 22, 1987 (1987-08-22)
7	"Dancing in the Dark"	Unknown	Unknown	September 5, 1987 (1987-09-05)
8	"You Ought to Be in Pictures"	Linda Day	Robert Bruce & Martin Weiss	September 12, 1987 (1987-09-12)
9	"A Fistful of Dollars"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
10	"For a Few Dollars More"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
11	"Jerry Jumps Right In"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
12	"The Legend That is Barbara"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
13	"Jerry Strikes Out"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED

References

1. Corry, John (July 24, 1987). "'DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS' BECOMES A SERIES". The New York Times.
2. Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
3. "Down and out in Beverly Hills: 13 episodes" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, TV.com

External links

• Down and Out in Beverly Hills at IMDb