The Five Mrs. Buchanans
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| Genre | Situation comedy |
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| Composer(s) | Steven Cahill |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Location(s) | Fox Television Centre |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 24, 1994 – March 25, 1995 |
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24, 1994 to March 25, 1995. Set in the fictional town of Mercy, Indiana, the show centers on the small-town misadventures of four disparate women with one thing in common: their loathing for their monster of a mother-in-law.
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans regularly aired on Saturday nights on CBS, though one episode of the series aired as part of CBS's Monday night comedy lineup, and another episode aired on a Wednesday.
The show was titled The Four Mrs. Buchanans in the original series pilot, either referring to only the daughters-in-law, or because Bree does not marry Jesse Buchanan until the end of the episode. One scene was re-shot with alternate jokes (and no major retooling) before the pilot aired as The 5 Mrs. Buchanans.
With an initial series order of 13 episodes, shortly after its premiere CBS announced it had given the series a five-episode pick-up. However, only 17 episodes were aired and are known to have been produced.
Eileen Heckart stated in an interview at the time that CBS had picked up more episodes of the show with the intention of moving it from Saturday nights, where it was faltering, to Mondays following Murphy Brown. The network ultimately changed its mind after ordering Cybill as a mid-season replacement, though the seventh episode of The 5 Mrs. Buchanans did air once in this timeslot as a "special preview" on October 31, 1994.
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