"Caroline in the City" (1995) TV series 1995-1999

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Creators:

Fred Barron
Dottie Dartland
Marco Pennette

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

21 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Caroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist living in Manhattan whose comic strip "Caroline in the City" has become a huge hit...

Plot Keywords:

Cartoonist | Assistant | Apartment Building | Cat | Friendship Between Women

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Lea Thompson	...	Caroline Duffy (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Malcolm Gets	...	Richard Karinsky (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Amy Pietz	...	Annie Spadaro (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
Eric Lutes	...	Del Cassidy (96 episodes, 1995-2000)
Andrew Lauer	...	Charlie (72 episodes, 1995-1999)

Also Known As:

Caroline (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

23 min (97 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:G (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Barron/Pennette Productions

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.

Quotes:

Advertising Lady: You want a puppet? Get her a puppet!
Richard: She already has one. Me.
Caroline: And if you're really good, maybe someday you'll turn into a real boy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nanny: The Baby Shower (#6.20)" (1999)

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.