Living Dolls
| Living Dolls | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ross Brown |
| Written by | Ross Brown Eric Gilliland |
| Directed by | John Sgueglia |
| Starring |
Michael Learned Leah Remini Deborah Tucker Alison Elliott Halle Berry |
| Theme music composer | John Beasley John Vester |
| Opening theme | "Living Dolls" |
| Composer(s) | Jonathan Wolff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ross Brown Martin Cohan Phyllis Glick Blake Hunter |
| Producer(s) |
R.J. Colleary Martha Williamson |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
ELP Communications Columbia Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 26 – December 30, 1989 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Who's the Boss? |
Living Dolls was an American situation comedy featured on the fall 1989 schedule of ABC. It was a spin-off created by a writer from Who's the Boss? and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show. The show is notable as the acting debut of Halle Berry. Both Who's the Boss? and Living Dolls were produced by ELP Communications through Columbia Pictures Television and ABC.
The show featured Charlie Briscoe (Leah Remini), a friend of Samantha Micelli (the Who's the Boss? character played by Alyssa Milano). Samantha is dabbling in a modeling career and Charlie, a friend from Samantha's old Brooklyn neighborhood comes to visit. While doing some test shots for a dog food commercial, it is discovered that Charlie is very photogenic. Charlie was then befriended by the owner of a modeling agency for teenage girls, Trish Carlin (Michael Learned). Trish is also a friend of Angela Bower.
Living Dolls was universally panned by critics and received mostly negative reviews. It was the only series to receive an "F" grade by People magazine in its 1989 fall preview issue. ABC canceled the series after 12 episodes in December 1989.
The series had a back-door pilot on Who's the Boss? before turning into a series. In that episode, Vivica A. Fox played Emily instead of Halle Berry.
Two pilots were made for the series. The first, in which Berry, David Moscow, and Tucker did not appear, was produced to introduce Living Dolls as a spin-off. Their roles were portrayed by other actors. Executives disliked the original cast and held auditions for recasting. Another pilot was shown directly before the Living Dolls premiere, which illustrates the reasons why Charlie moved in with Trish in the first place.
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