Mr. President | |
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Carlin Glynn and George C.Scott
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Genre | Situation comedy |
Created by |
Ed. Weinberger Johnny Carson |
Written by |
David Lloyd Johnny Carson Gene Reynolds Ed. Weinberger |
Directed by | Marc Daniels |
Starring | (See article) |
Theme music composer | Patrick Williams |
Composer(s) | Bill Maxwell |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
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Executive producer(s) | Gene Reynolds |
Running time | 30 min. |
Production company(s) | Carson Productions |
Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | May 3, 1987 | – February 13, 1988
Mr. President is an American sitcom created by Johnny Carson's company, Carson Productions, that starred George C. Scott and premiered on May 3, 1987. It was part of the Fox Broadcasting Company's premiere season of prime time entertainment, alongside Married... with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Duet.
The series centered around newly elected President Samuel Arthur Tresch, the former governor of Wisconsin. Others in the cast were Meg Tresch, Samuel's wife, who left him at the start of the second season, and Samuel's children, 16-year-old Cynthia and 12-year-old Nick. Charlie Ross was the Chief of Staff.