"Spin City" (1996) TV series 1996-2002

Creators:

Gary David Goldberg
Bill Lawrence

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

17 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Mayor | New York City | Sitcom | Satire | Gay

Awards:

Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 31 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 24	12:00 PM	FX	The Image Maker	#5.15
Tue. Nov. 24	12:30 PM	FX	Trainstopping	#5.16

Cast

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 (141 episodes, 1996-2002)
Michael J. Fox	...	Mike Flaherty (103 episodes, 1996-2001)
Connie Britton	...	Nikki Faber / ... (86 episodes, 1996-2000)
Alexander Chaplin	...	James Hobert (81 episodes, 1996-2000)
Heather Locklear	...	Caitlin Moore (71 episodes, 1999-2002)
Victoria Dillard	...	Janelle Cooper (69 episodes, 1996-2000)

Also Known As:

Spin (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (145 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

The mayor's name is "Randall Winston". The associate producer's name is also Randall Winston.

Quotes:

Charlie: It says you're involved in the war against pornography.
Stuart: No, that's 'the war on the war' against pornography.
Charlie: I thought that was a typo!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV)

Near perfect at first but then Caitlin arrived!

I used to love spin city; set around the Mayor of New York and his staff, it provided a lot of laughs and politics in comedy actually quite works.

The mayor's deputy Mike was one of the best and brilliantly played by one of my favourite actors, Michae J. Fox who has so much screen charisma. The way Mike interacted with his staff was great; his relationship with Carter was hilarious and the way he mentored James was often touching. So many of the characters were great including James, Stuart, Carter, Paul, Nikki and Stacey.

Then they ruined it by casting Heather Locklear as Caitlin. I hated Caitlin, she was so annoying and she replaced the fiesty brooklyn gal, Stacey who was far superior.

When Stacey left it started to go wrong, then Mike, James and Nikki left too and Charlie Sheen couldn't be good enough to replace the loss of three great characters. Charlie was good, not as good as Mike but still a great actor, but Caitlin seemed to be the focus, it should have been called the Charlie Sheen and Heather Locklear show at the end as it was always about their relationship, just like it had been with Caitlin and Mike.

The later episodes are not as memorable, James was such a good character that the show suffered without him, everyone else was so self assured but James was the innocence of City hall and without him it was a bunch of big shot Caitlin's who wanted to rule the world.