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

Joe: Caroline, honey, we have a problem.
Annie: No, Joe, it's only if her urine turns the stick blue.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredible Melting Man (1996)

User Reviews

Not for everyone, but I loved it

This show became an (undeserved) critical punching-bag during its too-brief run on NBC. It was similar to several shows which ran during the same period: female centered, urban, based in arts/media. All of them were lumped together and sniffed at by sour old critics. This was by far the best of the group, however. The degree to which the viewer identified with and appreciated "Caroline" depended on the degree to which one found Richard, and by extension Richard's budding romance with Caroline, appealing. I don't know if that was always the direction planned for the show's plot, but that had become the overarching direction it followed by the end of the first season. All the performances were excellent, though some of the characterizations were not designed to be warm and cuddly. Oddly, though I completely bought the Caroline/Richard relationship, the funniest episodes were often the ones which concentrated on other things (such as the one in which Caroline got in a public feud with JoAnn Worley over a deli sandwich). Unfortunately, the show was cancelled before the final cliffhanger was resolved, so we'll never know the outcome.