Szysznyk

Szysznyk
Starring	Ned Beatty Olivia Cole Leonard Barr Thomas Carter
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	15 (4 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Paramount Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	August 1, 1977 – January 25, 1978

Szysznyk (Pronounced SIZ-nik) is an American television series produced by Paramount Network Television. Originally broadcast on CBS as a summer replacement series, five episodes were aired during August 1977, followed by ten more during the 1977-78 television season. The series starred Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk.

Retired Marine Nick Szysznyk is a supervisor at a Washington DC community center.

The ongoing punchline of the show was that people meeting Szysznyk for the first time almost invariably mispronounced his surname. In one episode, a narcotics detective called him "Sneeze-wick".

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