Jack's Place
GenreDrama
Created byAmy Holden Jones
Starring
Composers
  • David Schwartz
  • Bill Elliott
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producerDavid Tyron King
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time48 minutes
Production companyABC Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMay 26, 1992 (1992-05-26) –
July 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)

Jack's Place is an American drama television series that aired from May 26, 1992 to July 13, 1993 on ABC. The series was about a retired jazz musician named Jack Evans (Hal Linden) who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start. The waitress, Chelsea, was played by Finola Hughes and the bartender Greg was played by John Dye.

History

A first attempt at the series, in 1991, starred Lou Rawls in a never-aired pilot. "ABC liked the idea but not the execution, I guess," his successor, Hal Linden, said the following year. ""So they hired a new producer, Scott Brazil, who rewrote it, recast it and got me on board." Linden speculated that his casting came from the character being "a former musician and bandleader performer, and so am I. Maybe they were going on that."[1]

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (1992)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"I See Cupid, I See France"Kristoffer TaboriDaphne Pollon & David CastroMay 26, 1992 (1992-05-26)
22"What's New?"Miles WatkinsUnknownJune 9, 1992 (1992-06-09)
33"Solo"UnknownUnknownJune 16, 1992 (1992-06-16)
44"Everything Old Is New Again"Charles SiebertUnknownJune 23, 1992 (1992-06-23)
55"Forever"UnknownUnknownJune 30, 1992 (1992-06-30)
66"Romance Takes a Curtain"Joan DarlingMichael Pavone & Dave Alan JohnsonJuly 7, 1992 (1992-07-07)

Season 2 (1993)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
71"An Affair to Vaguely Remember"UnknownUnknownJanuary 12, 1993 (1993-01-12)
82"Watch Me Pull a Dream Out of My Hat"Miles WatkinsMichael Pavone & Dave Alan JohnsonJanuary 14, 1993 (1993-01-14)
93"The Seventh Meal"Paul LazarusNicholas Sagan & Linda SalzmanJanuary 21, 1993 (1993-01-21)
104"Who Knew?"Charles SiebertUnknownJanuary 28, 1993 (1993-01-28)
115"Forever and Ever"Kristoffer TaboriUnknownFebruary 4, 1993 (1993-02-04)
126"Gypsies, Champs and Thieves"Max TashUnknownFebruary 11, 1993 (1993-02-11)
137"Play It Again, Jack"Helaine HeadMartha WilliamsonJune 8, 1993 (1993-06-08)
148"The Pipes Are Calling"James KeachMartha WilliamsonJune 15, 1993 (1993-06-15)
159"The Hands of Time"UnknownMartha WilliamsonJune 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
1610"Something Wonderful This Way Comes"Kristoffer TaboriDave Alan Johnson and Michael PavoneJune 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)
1711"Faithful Henry"UnknownUnknownJuly 6, 1993 (1993-07-06)
1812"True Love Ways"Larry RapaportScott ShepardJuly 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)

Reception

The show was slated to simply be shown in the summer, but did well enough in the ratings that ABC decided to pick up the series for more episodes.[2] Although initially having some success with audiences reviews tended toward the negative. Hence, Entertainment Weekly deemed it "drearily sentimental and banal"[3] while Jon Burlingame was slightly more positive, describing it as a happy and unthreatening.[4] Both reviewers compared it to The Love Boat and Cheers.

References

  1. ↑ Lovece, Frank (May 12, 1992). "'Jack's Place': Hal Linden Patrols a New Precinct". Newspaper Enterprise Association.
  2. ↑ Carter, Bill (August 26, 1992). "Summer TV Tryouts Find Permanent Homes for Fall". The New York Times, syndicated i The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ Tucker, Ken (May 22, 1992). "TV Review: Jack's Place (1992)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ Burlingame, Jon (January 12, 1993). "'Jack's Place' Will Leave You Happy". United Feature Syndicate via The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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