Spin City (1996–2002)

In this sitcom, Charlie, who takes Mike Flaherty's place in later years, is the Deputy-Mayor of New York City, and his team of half-wits must constantly save the Mayor from embarrassment and the media.

Creators:

Gary David Goldberg, Bill Lawrence

Stars:

Richard Kind, Michael J. Fox, Heather Locklear

Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 31 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Richard Kind	...	Paul Lassiter (145 episodes, 1996-2002)
Michael Boatman	...	Carter Heywood (145 episodes, 1996-2002)
Barry Bostwick	...	Mayor Randall M. Winston Jr. (145 episodes, 1996-2002)
Alan Ruck	...	Stuart Bondek (144 episodes, 1996-2002)
Michael J. Fox	...	Mike Flaherty (103 episodes, 1996-2001)
Connie Britton	...	Nikki Faber (93 episodes, 1996-2000)
Alexander Chaplin	...	James Hobert (88 episodes, 1996-2000)
Victoria Dillard	...	Janelle Cooper (79 episodes, 1996-2000)
Heather Locklear	...	Caitlin Moore (71 episodes, 1999-2002)

Storyline

In this sitcom, Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty (Fox) and his City Hall staff must stop the dim-witted Mayor (Bostwick) of New York City from embarrassing himself in front of the media and the voters. The staff consists of Caitlin Moore (Locklear) the Communications Director, Carter Haywood (Boatman) the head of Minority Affairs,Stuart Bondack (Ruck) the Chief of Staff, Paul Lassiter (Kind) the Press Secretary, James Hobert (Gaberman/Chaplin)the Mayor's Speech Writer, and Nikki Faber (Britton) accountant. In the final two seasons of the show, Mike is replaced by Charlie Crawford (Sheen).

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Plot Keywords:

mayor | new york city | sitcom | manhattan new york city | political aide | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Spin

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks SKG, Lottery Hill Entertainment, Ubu Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (145 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the final episode from last season, another Family Ties reference was that the Michael Gross character told Michael J. Fox's character to pay his secretary, Mallory, on the way out. Mallory was Alex P. Keaton's sister on Family Ties.

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Quotes

Mayor Winston: [to Mike, after a picture of Mike kissing Heidi Klum's butt appears on the front page of a newspaper] That used to be my ass, Flaherty.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Rock/AC/DC (2000)

User Reviews

most underrated!

Classy, Witty, Satirical, Dynamic...

Seasons 1-4 TV series brings a half hour of highly enjoyable escapism. Well loved characters. Michael J Fox is the glue for the whole show. It started with him and unfortunately the show died without him.

The strong ensemble cast gave the show depth and representation, from Carter to James you felt that the show had a commentary from a broad spectrum of characters, not particular deep as perhaps west wing, but that is not the intention. you become invested in the T&T of these characters, as with all good shows, they bring familiarity, social commentary at its light entertainment best.

This show like "friends " was a staple diet during my university years. Recently i have got my hands on the whole series of shows. It was a pleasure to revisit this comedy. Good luck to Mr Fox's foundation on Parkinson's research.