"Nikki" (2000) TV series 2000-2002

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Creator:

Bruce Helford
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

8 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Nikki Cox	...	Nikki White (41 episodes, 2000-2002)
Nick von Esmarch	...	Dwight White (41 episodes, 2000-2002)
Susan Egan	...	Mary (41 episodes, 2000-2002)
Toby Huss	...	Jupiter (41 episodes, 2000-2002)

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Series Directed by
Shelley Jensen		(17 episodes, 2000-2002)
Gerry Cohen		(13 episodes, 2000-2002)
Steve Zuckerman		(6 episodes, 2000-2001)
John Fuller		(2 episodes, 2001-2002)

Series Writing credits
Bruce Helford		(28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Ben Wexler		(6 episodes, 2000-2002)
Kirk J. Rudell		(6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Rick Nyholm		(4 episodes, 2001-2002)
Rich Amend		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Scott Buck		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Stephen Marlin		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Rachel Powell		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jill Soloway		(2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Michael Bornhorst		(2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Heather MacGillvray		(2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Linda Mathious		(2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Alicia Sky Varinaitis		(2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Amanda Lasher		(2 episodes, 2001)
Tom Martin		(2 episodes, 2001)

Series Produced by
Ben Wexler	....	co-producer / consulting producer (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Larry Harris	....	co-producer (26 episodes, 2000-2002)
Bruce Helford	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 2001-2002)
Deborah Oppenheimer	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 2001-2002)
Kirk J. Rudell	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer (26 episodes, 2001-2002)
Frank Pace	....	co-executive producer / producer (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Jace Richdale	....	consulting producer (23 episodes, 2000-2002)
Michael Curtis	....	executive producer (19 episodes, 2001-2002)
Scott Buck	....	consulting producer (14 episodes, 2000-2002)
Les Firestein	....	consulting producer / executive producer (14 episodes, 2000-2002)
Jill Soloway	....	consulting producer (14 episodes, 2000-2002)
Brenda Bos	....	coordinating producer (14 episodes, 2001-2002)
Roni Kaplan	....	associate producer (14 episodes, 2001-2002)
Terry Mulroy	....	consulting producer (14 episodes, 2001-2002)
Heather MacGillvray	....	producer (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Linda Mathious	....	producer (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Gigi McCreery	....	supervising producer (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Bob Myer	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Perry M. Rein	....	supervising producer (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Tom Martin	....	supervising producer (11 episodes, 2001-2002)
Bob Young	....	co-executive producer (7 episodes, 2001)
Rick Nyholm	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Bill Diamond	....	co-executive producer (2 episodes, 2001)

Series Original Music by
Ed Alton		(28 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Cinematography by
Wayne Kennan		(28 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Film Editing by
Pam Marshall		(16 episodes, 2001-2002)
Tucker Wiard		(14 episodes, 2000-2002)
Larry Harris		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Andrea Cohen		(25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Tammara Billik		(3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Lesli Gelles		(unknown episodes)
Stacey Levy		(unknown episodes)
Barbara Miller		(unknown episodes)
Bonnie Zane		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
John Shaffner		(28 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Set Decoration by
Steve Rostine		(27 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Costume Design by
Jane Ruhm		(28 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Makeup Department
Maria Valdivia	....	key hair stylist / hair stylist (38 episodes, 2000-2002)
Bruce Grayson	....	makeup artist (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Melanie Mills	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Brenda Bos	....	unit production manager (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Leif Christoffersen	....	post-production supervisor (14 episodes, 2001-2002)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Kelly	....	first assistant director (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Kimberly Law	....	second assistant director (19 episodes, 2001-2002)
Will Bardelli	....	second assistant director (14 episodes, 2000-2002)
Ron Dempsey	....	second second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Bruce Fuselier	....	leadman (41 episodes, 2000-2002)
Joshua Meltzer	....	property master (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Alisha Rothman	....	assistant property master (4 episodes, 2000)
Francoise Cherry-Cohen	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Gaylene West	....	prop assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
John Bickelhaupt	....	sound re-recording mixer (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Charlie McDaniel	....	sound re-recording mixer (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Larry Stephens	....	sound mixer (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Todd Grace	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Daniel Carrington	....	Flame artist (15 episodes, 2000-2002)
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor (15 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Stunts
Aaron Baker	....	stunts (1 episode, 2000)
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunts (1 episode, 2000)
Ron Rivera	....	stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2000)
Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci	....	stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2002)
Chuck Borden	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Thomas DuPont	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Myke Schwartz	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Lou Simon	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
George La Fountaine Jr.	....	camera operator (41 episodes, 2000-2002)
Ron Eisenberg	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
John Graham	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Ron Hirshman	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Dan Hofstad	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Wayne A. Lee	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Rik Montgomery	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Barbara Miller	....	executive in charge of casting (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Summer Wesson	....	extras casting (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carolyn Lancet	....	costume supervisor (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
Patricia McLaughlin	....	costume supervisor (28 episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Other crew
Kate Wright	....	script supervisor (41 episodes, 2000-2002)
Peter Filsinger	....	technical coordinator (26 episodes, 2000-2002)
Rick Nyholm	....	executive story editor / story editor (18 episodes, 2001-2002)
Roni Kaplan	....	production coordinator (14 episodes, 2000-2002)
Michael Bornhorst	....	story editor (14 episodes, 2001-2002)
Alicia Sky Varinaitis	....	story editor (14 episodes, 2001-2002)
Lane Napper	....	choreographer / additional choreographer (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Laura Perkins-Brittain	....	story editor (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
Fatima Robinson	....	choreographer (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
Jimmy Locust	....	choreographer (3 episodes, 2001)
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks	....	choreographer (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Barry Lather	....	choreographer (2 episodes, 2001)
Phil Bradstock	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Terry Mulroy	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)
Christopher H. Warner	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Mohawk Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• WB Television Network, The (2000-2002) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• RTL Klub Televízió (2002) (Hungary) (TV)
• V8 (2001-2003) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Veronica (2004-2006) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• MFX  visual effects

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (39 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Mohawk Productions

Trivia:

Dwight's nickname as a pro-wrestler was "The Cry Baby".

Miserable Unfunny Junk

"Unhappily Ever After", the previous Nikki Cox centered program, was an unashamed clone of "Married With Children" with the buxom Miss Cox playing the "Kelly Bundy" role of the pretty young woman, (although played as intelligent and pretty as opposed to Kelly's dumb and pretty). It began with a different premise, (about a talking rabbit puppet and a divorced set of parents) but languished (not surprisingly)and quickly degenerated into a show centered around Miss Cox's character. This was filled with the usual sit-com banalities uttered to the uproarious approval of the laugh track while featuring Miss Cox's formidable figure with leering delight.

The new show (the WB Network must really be hurting) is designed as a vehicle for Miss Cox, and her most noticeable attributes. Sadly, these are her only attributes. Miss Cox is supposed to be a Las Vegas dancer married to a WWF-type professional wrestler. She is far too gawky and clumsy to be a dancer (despite her alleged professional history in dance and the labored and elaborate dance numbers in which she is so prominently featured in the opening credits) and the "wrestler" wouldn't have made the cut at any Division II school; he too is a gawky chump. Neither character is likable and neither is funny, although the husband is not as gratingly unpleasant as Miss Cox. They are sad losers talking about poverty, drunkenness and unemployment. What a barrel of laughs!

We are supposed to be amused by their young-and-in-love antics as they struggle in marriage, but instead are subjected to her shrill rantings and unfunny facial contortions as the usual platitudes of sit-com plots are warmed over and served. The most amazing part of this is that you can tell Miss Cox thinks all she has to do is show up and lumber around the set emoting either of her two unfunny modes of "acting" (the caring wife and aggressive young professional) and people will tune in and laugh, just because it's her, Nikki!. Nobody would watch this show but for a glimpse of Miss Cox's ample cleavage (prominently displayed and sniggeringly commented upon in the scripts) for there is precious little else to see. Two ostensible "friends" have been manufactured for them as foils, but just seem like even bigger jerks than Nikki and her husband. Why would they be friends with these people (a conniving wrestling promoter and fellow dance-girl loser)? The parallel with Married With Children continues as dorky neighbors, an uptight shrew and a dopey meek husband wander by from time to time. Why not just call them Marcy and Steve? (the actress who played Marcy is directing this mess- what a surprise!).

The key of any of the successful TV shows has been that the audience develops an affinity for the lead characters, and likes them. Vehicles pinning their hopes simply on a "celebrity" (particularly a third-rate celebrity) fail without good writing; remember Jenny McCarthy's pathetic attempts?

Spare us from this misery WB, just show the old cartoons or Star Trek (original) episodes you have lying around. Nikki Cox is not funny, and this show just plain stinks.