Cybill
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Chuck Lorre |
| Starring |
Cybill Shepherd Christine Baranski Alicia Witt Dedee Pfeiffer Tom Wopat Alan Rosenberg |
| Theme music composer |
George Gershwin Ira Gershwin |
| Opening theme | "Nice Work if You Can Get It" sung by Cybill Shepherd |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 87 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Marcy Carsey Jay Daniel Howard Gould Chuck Lorre (1995) Caryn Mandabach Bob Myer Cybill Shepherd Tom Werner |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jay Daniel Productions (1995–1996) Chuck Lorre Productions (1995) River Siren Productions Carsey-Werner Productions Paramount Network Television (1995) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | January 2, 1995 – July 13, 1998 |
Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break. Alicia Witt and Dedee Pfeiffer co-starred as Sheridan's daughters, with Alan Rosenberg and Tom Wopat playing their respective fathers, while Christine Baranski appeared as Cybill's hard-drinking friend Maryann.
The sitcom was produced by Carsey-Werner Productions and YBYL Productions, with Shepherd, Lorre, Howard Gould, Jay Daniel, Marcy Carsey, and Tom Werner serving as the show's original executive producers. Broadcast to critical praise, Cybill was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards throughout its run and awarded the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Shepherd won a third Golden Globe Award for her performance, while Baranski received an Emmy, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an American Comedy Award.
Cybill takes place in Los Angeles, and focuses on the character of a somewhat faded actress, Cybill Sheridan (played by Cybill Shepherd), who, because of her age, had been relegated to playing character roles, bit parts, and TV commercials. Also featured are her daughters, headstrong Zoey (Witt) and uptight Rachel (Pfeiffer), her two ex-husbands, Ira (Rosenberg) and Jeff (Wopat), and her hard-drinking best friend Maryann (Baranski). Due to the show's premise, many episodes featured a show-within-a-show format, showing Cybill Sheridan playing a variety of other characters in her various film and TV acting roles.
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