The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | |
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Edward Mulhare and Hope Lange, 1968.
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| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Starring |
Hope Lange Edward Mulhare Reta Shaw Charles Nelson Reilly |
| Theme music composer | Dave Grusin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 50 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Gerber |
| Producer(s) |
Howard Leeds Gene Reynolds Stanley Rubin |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company(s) | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC (1st season) ABC (2nd season) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 28, 1968 – March 13, 1970 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947 film) |
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is an American sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by R. A. Dick. It premiered in September 1968 on NBC. After NBC canceled the series, it aired on ABC for one season before being canceled a final time. The program is currently seen weekday mornings on the digital subchannel "GetTV."
The series stars Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a young widow and writer who rents Gull Cottage, near the fictional fishing village of Schooner Bay, Maine along with her two children, housekeeper (played by Reta Shaw) and their dog. The cottage is haunted by the ghost of its former owner Daniel Gregg, a 19th-century sea captain, played by Edward Mulhare. Charles Nelson Reilly had a recurring role as the landlord who rents the cottage to Mrs. Muir, without telling her he knows it is haunted by Capt. Gregg.
The book of the same name, by R.A. Dick, was published in 1945. It was brought to the silver screen in 1947 with Gene Tierney playing Mrs. Muir and Rex Harrison as Captain Gregg. While the movie had been a romantic fantasy combining comic and dramatic elements, the series focused on laughs.
The story was developed as a TV series by Jean Holloway and filmed at the Hollywood Studios. Hope Lange won two Emmy Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1968–1969 and 1969–1970. Despite Lange's consecutive Emmy wins, the show struggled in the ratings and only ran for two seasons. During its first year on NBC, it followed Get Smart; its Big Three competition was My Three Sons on CBS and The Lawrence Welk Show on ABC.
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