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Unhappily Ever After

Unhappily Ever After
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Unhappily Ever After opening sequence
Also known as ''Unhappily...''
Genre Sitcom
Created by Ron Leavitt
Arthur Silver
Starring Geoff Pierson
Stephanie Hodge
Kevin Connolly
Nikki Cox
Bob Goldthwait
Justin Berfield
Opening theme "Hit the Road Jack"
Performed by Ray Charles
Composer(s) Paul Buckley
Jonathan Wolff
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Ron Leavitt
Arthur Silver
Sandy Sprung
Marcy Vosburgh
Producer(s) Stewart J. Burns
Brian LaPan
Christina Lynch
Harriette Regan
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) Touchstone Television
Distributor Buena Vista Television
Release
Original network The WB
Original release January 11, 1995 (1995-01-11) – May 23, 1999 (1999-05-23)

Unhappily Ever After (often shortened to Unhappily... in promotional advertisements) is an American sitcom that aired for 100 episodes on The WB network from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of five seasons. The series was produced by Touchstone Television.

The series was initially intended to be a starring vehicle for Stephanie Hodge, whose character of Jennie was the focus of the first few episodes. However, the series concept was soon re-worked. The character of Jack (Geoff Pierson), who had been kicked out of the house and was living in an apartment, was brought back home and began living in the basement. Soon, Jack — a family man with schizophrenia whose only friend is a talking toy rabbit — became the central character of the show, along with the rabbit, Mr. Floppy. Also, in seasons one and two, storylines featured Jennie's mother, Maureen Slattery (Joyce Van Patten). When Van Patten left the show, her character was killed-off.

By the show's third season, Tiffany (Nikki Cox) was becoming a breakout character and the de facto co-star of the show along with Pierson. Stories began focusing on Tiffany and Ryan's high school (and later community college) escapades, and the producers attempted to kill-off the increasingly unnecessary character of Jennie, who returned as a ghost. After doing so, however, they quickly reversed their decision because of negative audience reaction. The character was brought back to life in a deliberately bizarre sequence in which a network executive wandered on to the set and announced Jennie's character was no longer dead. Nevertheless, Jennie was soon gone again, as several episodes later, the character abandoned her family for a lesbian lover (Hodge choosing to leave the show) and was never seen again.

Cox was already signed to star in a new series for the WB when Unhappily... ended, and the final season focused more on the character of Tiffany. A new character was added to the cast, Tiffany's rival Barbara Caufield (Wendy Benson). The series wrapped up with a final episode in which Jack finally made enough money to send Tiffany to Harvard University. Once Jack started making money, he no longer needed Floppy and his schizophrenia was cured; Floppy returned to being just a stuffed animal, dying. Jack soon went insane from drinking again, however, bringing Floppy "back from the dead".


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