She's the Sheriff (1987–1989)

Hildy Granger lives in a town near Lake Tahoe. Her husband's the Sheriff and after his death, she's made his successor. And she tries to balance her work with raising her two children. One ... See full summary »

Creators:

Dan Guntzelman, Steve Marshall

Stars:

George Wyner, Pat Carroll, Lou Richards

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
George Wyner	...	Dep. Max Rubin (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Pat Carroll	...	Gussie Holt (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Lou Richards	...	Dep. Dennis Putnam (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Taliesin Jaffe	...	Kenny Granger (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Nicky Rose	...	Alison Granger (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Guich Koock	...	Dep. Hugh Mulcahy (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Leonard Lightfoot	...	Dep. Alvin Wiggins (45 episodes, 1987-1989)
Suzanne Somers	...	Sheriff Hildy Granger (44 episodes, 1987-1989)

Storyline

Hildy Granger lives in a town near Lake Tahoe. Her husband's the Sheriff and after his death, she's made his successor. And she tries to balance her work with raising her two children. One of her deputies, Max is irate that he wasn't named Sheriff and is constantly trying to upstage her.

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Taglines:

With Suzanne Somers in charge, the Lakes Country jail never looked so good.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 September 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

La mujer sheriff

Filming Locations:

Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lorimar Telepictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (48 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was set to star Priscilla Barnes as the sheriff. Shortly before production began, however, Somers was brought in as her replacement. The move was ironic as Barnes had replaced Somers in _"Three's Company " (1977)_.

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Connections

Referenced in Animaniacs: Cute First (Ask Questions Later)/Acquaintances/Here Comes Attila/Boo Wonder (1997)

User Reviews

Small point ...

I don't remember much about the show, except that Somers is an attractive actress, both of physically (of course) but more importantly as a person.

But this was part of an odd experiment where in the late 1980s, the powers that be, on NBC, tried to start "prime time" at 7:30 PM rather than 8PM.

I think they figured if they could rope a viewer in early they might be able to keep that viewer for the following shows.

Didn't work -- though interesting that Fox did something similar, successfully very soon after.