Boston Common | |
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Created by |
Max Mutchnick David Kohan |
Starring |
Anthony Clark Traylor Howard Hedy Burress Steve Paymer Roger Rees Tasha Smith Vincent Ventresca |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 32 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
David Kohan Max Mutchnick |
Production company(s) | KoMut Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | March 21, 1996 – April 27, 1997 |
Boston Common is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, and aired on NBC. The series was one of the 10 highest rated shows in its first season as it ranked 8th in the yearly ratings with a 15.6 household rating, but with a move to Sundays in its second season, the show dropped from 8th to 52nd place.
Boyd Pritchett is a genial, easy-going twenty-something from Virginia who delivers his sister Wyleen to college in Boston. Then Boyd falls in love with Joy and decides to stay, much to Wyleen's dismay. Boyd eventually gets a job at the college and shares an apartment with Wyleen whose inclination is to be sexually active, but Boyd tries to inspire her with his chaste pursuit of Joy.