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Sunday Dinner

  • TV Series
  • 1991
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
26
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Comedy

Set in New York's Long Island, Ben Benedict is a 56-year-old widowed owner of a printing business who brings out family conflicts after announcing his engagement to TT Fagori, an environment... Read allSet in New York's Long Island, Ben Benedict is a 56-year-old widowed owner of a printing business who brings out family conflicts after announcing his engagement to TT Fagori, an environmental activist 26 years younger than him.Set in New York's Long Island, Ben Benedict is a 56-year-old widowed owner of a printing business who brings out family conflicts after announcing his engagement to TT Fagori, an environmental activist 26 years younger than him.

  • Creator
    • Norman Lear
  • Stars
    • Robert Loggia
    • Teri Hatcher
    • Patrick Breen
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    26
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    • Creator
      • Norman Lear
    • Stars
      • Robert Loggia
      • Teri Hatcher
      • Patrick Breen
    • 1User review
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    Robert Loggia
    Robert Loggia
    • Ben Benedict
    Teri Hatcher
    Teri Hatcher
    • TT Fagori
    Patrick Breen
    Patrick Breen
    • Kenneth Benedict
    Kari Lizer
    Kari Lizer
    • Diana
    Shiri Appleby
    Shiri Appleby
    • Rachel
    Marian Mercer
    Marian Mercer
    • Martha Benedict
    Martha Gehman
    Martha Gehman
    • Vicky Benedict
    Doris Roberts
    Doris Roberts
    • Delores
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Georgianna Romani
    Paul Dooley
    Paul Dooley
    • Jack
    Stephen Lee
    Stephen Lee
    • Donald Bascomb
    Calvin Remsberg
    • Killer Karuso
    • Creator
      • Norman Lear
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      TT stands for Thelma Todd.

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    I'm sorry that Norman Lear divorced his wife of thirty years. I don't know Lear, nor do I know his wife or ex-wife. I am sorry, because Lear decided to take this situation and turn it into a show. This was a show about a man who has grown daughters and has remarried a younger woman. They all gather together for Sunday dinner, hence the title. The daughters are not happy about the new wife.

    Robert Loggia played the Dad, Teri Hatcher was the new wife. The wife was a Christian who prayed and called God, "Chief".

    As a Christian, Hurrah for the use of prayer, but, "Chief"!? Would you go up to your father and call him Jimbo or Skinny? Twee with a dusting of arrogance. Bleh.

    I'm not against writers turning real situations into comedy or drama. Carl Reiner did this to good effect in the "Dick Van Dyke Show". "Never Name a Duck" was based on ducks that ended up at his house. "Seinfeld" had a character named Kramer, based on a real person. However, when one sees show after show with similar themes, it makes one cry out, "Can't you just tell your therapist or church leader about this, instead of subjecting the viewing public to it?" Imagine what we would have been spared. If the writing staffs of "The Boys Are Back" or "Happy Family" didn't have sons that moved out when they were grown, how much happier would we be? All of the above would have been forgiven (told you I was a Christian!) had not the writing been lackluster, the characters unlikable and the chemistry non-existent. All of this covered with the patina of the real-life parallel of a man marrying a younger woman and divorcing the older one makes this show one best left forgotten.
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    • Micheaux
    • Aug 11, 2011

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    • Release date
      • June 2, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tots a sopar
    • Production companies
      • Act III Television
      • Columbia Pictures Television
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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