"Baby Boom" (1988) TV series 1988-1989

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Directors:

James Gardner
Gino Tanasescu

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

10 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Yet another movie-turned-TV series that flopped was this comedy based on the 1987 Diane Keaton film of the same name...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Sitcom | Based On Film

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kate Jackson	...	J.C. Wiatt (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Daniel Bardol	...	Ken Arrenberg (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Joy Behar	...	Helga Von Haupt (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Susie Essman	...	Charlotte Elkman (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Kristina Kennedy	...	Elizabeth (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Michelle Kennedy	...	Elizabeth (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Robyn Peterson	...	Arlene Mandell (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Sam Wanamaker	...	Fritz Curtis (10 episodes, 1988-1989)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

MGM/UA Television

Movie Connections:

Follows Baby Boom (1987)

A Mile A Minute!!!

The plight of a "Roaring Eighties" career woman with a five to nine job, bombarded with this, plagued with that, who's doing what and how does this really affect me, after all, I 've only got seventeen seconds to think about it...This emerging third generation liberated woman thing is going really well, there's just one more thing!!.... NOW I WANT A BABY!!!.....I'm a New York executive making $250,000 a year, and I never seem to do the right thing!!!! This T.V. series in many ways was better than the movie... It was much faster in pace, and it made caffeine a much more serious problem than relationships, or shall I say lack of them!!...NBC was at the pinnacle of cutting edge television in the late eighties, knifing and witty dialog, as well as social relevancy were injected into this television series by the nanosecond...These characteristics were coy and flippant, that is why they went unnoticed, at the same time, the professional subtlety involved was extremely entertaining!! I just don't know why this program as well as many others weren't as popular as they should have been!!! Next time, the television executives at NBC should post a sign in Times Square...WARNING: TELEVISION WORTH WATCHING DURING PRIMETIME!!