Just Our Luck

Just Our Luck
Created by	Lawrence Gordon Charles Gordon
Written by	Lawrence Gordon Charles Gordon
Directed by	John Astin Alan Bergmann Bruce Bilson Bob Sweeney
Starring	T. K. Carter Richard Gilliland Ellen Maxted Rod McCary Richard Schaal Hamilton Camp Leonard Simon
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (1 unaired)
Production
Producer(s)	Lawrence Gordon Charles Gordon Bob Comfort Rick Kellard
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Lawrence Gordon Productions Lorimar Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 20 – December 27, 1983

Just Our Luck is an American sitcom that aired on ABC for 13 episodes from September 20 to December 27, 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie and starred Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries.

The series was produced by Lorimar Productions, and initially promoted by ABC as one of its new ambitious comedies along with Webster. Just Our Luck was created to compete against The A-Team on NBC but earned low ratings for much of its run. It was poorly received by critics, however, and was the subject of controversy when the NAACP charged the show with promoting negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The NAACP originally campaigned to have the show removed but later settled for a degree of creative control in the show's development. This included changes to Carter's dialogue, the hiring of black staff writers and the addition of Leonard Simon to the cast. The show was cancelled after three months.

Keith Burrows (Richard Gilliland) is a young TV weatherman working at KPOX-TV Channel 6 in Venice, California. One day while jogging on the boardwalk, he passes a flea market and bumps into one of the tables causing an old green bottle to fall off and crack. Burrows is forced to buy the bottle and brings it home with him. Later that night, his cat breaks the bottle and releases Shabu, a 3,000 year-old genie. The genie tells Burrows that he had been imprisoned in the bottle for 196 years and offers to serve Burrows for 2,000 years or until his death, in Shabu's words, "whichever comes first".

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