Caroline in the City (1995–1999)

Caroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist living in Manhattan whose comic strip "Caroline in the City" has become a huge hit. The strip is based on her own life, and the people in it - her ... See full summary »

Creators:

Fred Barron, Marco Pennette, Dottie Zicklin

Stars:

Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Lea Thompson	...	Caroline Duffy (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Eric Lutes	...	Del Cassidy (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Malcolm Gets	...	Richard Karinsky (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Amy Pietz	...	Annie Spadaro (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Andrew Lauer	...	Charlie (74 episodes, 1995-1999)
Tom La Grua	...	Remo (40 episodes, 1995-1998)

Storyline

Caroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist living in Manhattan whose comic strip "Caroline in the City" has become a huge hit. The strip is based on her own life, and the people in it - her occasional boyfriend Del and her best friend Annie. Aside from her career, however, Caroline's life is a mess, as is proven when she throws fruit out the window onto the street in a pathetic attempt to meet men.

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Plot Keywords:

cartoonist | ex boyfriend | new york | cat | painter | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

21 September 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Caroline

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Barron/Pennette Productions, CBS Entertainment Production, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min 23 min (97 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Remo's originally started out as a restaurant in the beginning of the first season, was reduced to a bistro midway through the season.

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Goofs

In season 1 Caroline loves opera and enjoys going and has a minor argument with Del as he didn't want to go with her. In season 3 when Julia is setting Caroline up with Trevor, Trevor asks Caroline if she wants to go to the opera with him and before she has a chance to answer Richard states that she hates opera and implies that she has never been to see one.

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Quotes

Del: Teach me some basic Jewish small talk! Who's the guy on roof?
Richard: Me, in about 10 minutes if you don't leave me alone!

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Connections

Referenced in Men Behaving Badly: Welcome to Jamieco

User Reviews

almost the best comedy series ever

When I first saw Caroline in the City it was only one of many comedy series on TV and I didn't really noticed if it was or wasn't good. But few years later when they were showing some random episodes I began to watch it and couldn't really stop... After while I began to regret that I missed so many episodes so far.

The plot isn't really new or original - secret love, two people spending much time together at work, but afraid to tell each other what they really feel, but CITC had something that too many comedy series were missing - great writers!!!!!! Each episode has 2 or even 3 separate stories, sometimes those stories mixed up, sometimes go separate through whole episode, but they are always funny, intelligent and entertaining.

I don't actually recall a single episode that I would find boring or really disappointing. Of course, the 4th season wasn't as good as others, mostly because they've dropped too many characters (like Charlie or Remo and Johnny) and skipped rule of 2 separate stories in one episode, but still it kept rather good quality.

I really love this series (mostly thanks to great part of Lea Thompson, but without Amy Pietz or Malcolm Gets this series wouldn't be the same) and I would love to call it THE best comedy series ever if... there wouldn't be "Fawlty Towers" which for me holds that title forever.