The Nancy Walker Show

The Nancy Walker Show
Nancy Walker and William Daniels as Nancy and Ken Kitteridge.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Norman Lear Rod Parker
Starring	Nancy Walker William Daniels Ken Olfson Beverly Archer James Cromwell William Schallert Sparky Marcus
Opening theme	"Nancy's Blues" by Marvin Hamlisch & Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Norman Lear
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	T.A.T. Communications Company
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 30 – December 23, 1976
Chronology
Related shows	All in the Family Maude Good Times The Jeffersons Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

The Nancy Walker Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 30, 1976 to December 23, 1976. The series, produced by Norman Lear, was a starring vehicle for Nancy Walker after she gained a new-found television following as both the McMillans' housekeeper Mildred on McMillan & Wife and as Rhoda Morgentern's mother Ida Morgenstern on Rhoda.

Walker portrayed Nancy Kitteridge, owner of the Nancy Kitteridge Talent Agency in Los Angeles, who led a life that many would find enviable. Nancy operated her agency from her fancy apartment suite, which housed a stream of actors, models, and other showbiz hopefuls who came to Nancy to get advice and their big break; that is, if they weren't famous already. She was happily married, but her husband of 29 years, Lt. Commander Kenneth Kitteridge (William Daniels) was stationed out with the U.S. Navy ten months out of the year, leaving Nancy even more time to devote to her career and all the exciting perks and adventures of a high society Los Angeles life. During the two months that Ken was home, he and Nancy found themselves as newlyweds madly in love. Nancy and Ken had a grown daughter, slow-witted hypochondriac Lorraine (Beverly Archer), who lived nearby with her new husband, Glen (James Cromwell). Although Nancy was hardly lonely when Ken was away, she did have regular male company at home and work (which were practically the same) in unemployed actor and client Terry Folson (Ken Olfson), who was living with his agent while paying room and board as Nancy's secretary. Nancy never had to worry about anything more developing between them, since Terry was gay.

However, all this happiness was soon marred when unexpectedly, Ken decided to come home full-time and work locally, primarily to make up for nearly three decades of lost time and devotion to Nancy. Nancy would have been delighted, if it weren't for the fact that Ken insisted on bringing Navy-style order and discipline into her life, while suggesting that other changes be made that would better accommodate him. Needless to say, Nancy was aghast, and their fast repartee and squabbles were a centerpiece of the comedy. While the two often sparred over Ken's prim conduct, Ken also went as far as trying to throw Terry out of their home (he was "deadwood" in Ken's eyes), and at one point suggested to Nancy that she close down the talent agency so that they could have enough time to spend together. Lorraine and Glen often dropped by to help them sort their disagreements out.