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| Sisters | |
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 Sisters cast members Julianne Phillips, Patricia Kalember, Sela Ward and Swoosie Kurtz. | |
| Genre | Family drama |
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| Composer | Jay Gruska |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | vi |
| No. of episodes | 128 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Flick format | NTSC |
| Original release | May 11, 1991 (1991-05-11) – May iv, 1996 (1996-05-04) |
Sisters is an American family drama television serial that aired on NBC for six seasons from May 11, 1991 to May 4, 1996. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were also the executive producers and showrunners. The evidence debuted on May xi, 1991 for a seven-episode exam run and was subsequently renewed for the 1991 fall schedule.
Overview [edit]
Sisters focused on four very unlike sisters living in Winnetka, Illinois. Their recently deceased father, Thomas Reed, a doc, had been absent and a workaholic, while their long-suffering female parent, Beatrice, turned to alcoholism to cope with his neglect and affairs. Having always wanted sons, their father had called the girls by male person versions of their full names: Alexandra was called Alex; Theodora, Teddy; Georgiana, Georgie; and Francesca, Frankie.
For the first two seasons, each episode began with the sisters' weekly ritual of chatting in a steam bathroom together,[1] [two] merely switched to a more traditional opening sequence beginning with the 1992–1993 flavour: glossy, black-and-white filmed scenes of the sisters engaging in various activities during both their childhood and developed years. Initially, the but soundtrack used for the opening was the sounds of the characters, but in the autumn of 1993 a piano solo composed by John Debney was added equally theme music.
Well-nigh episodes of the evidence featured a number of flashbacks, in which the characters would interact with or only observe their younger selves (played by younger actresses).[ii] Although the show was a drama with soap opera–style storylines,[two] the show was also quirky and offbeat in the style of other shows at the fourth dimension like CBS's Northern Exposure.
Flavor One [edit]
One year after her husband's death, Beatrice reluctantly sold the family home to move into a seniors' condominium building. Depressed, Beatrice relapses on alcohol and is arrested for driving under the influence. Teddy comes back into boondocks from California to discover her ex-husband Mitch is dating her younger sister Frankie. Alex believes her husband Wade is cheating on her, but instead discovers he is a crossdresser. Bea goes to court for her DUI accuse; the approximate on her case, Truman Ventner, is an associate of hers who also happens to live in her edifice. Teddy pursues Mitch and although he resists her, they eventually spend a night together; soon later on Mitch and Frankie (who is unaware of the encounter) denote their engagement and plan a quick wedding. Teddy breaks up their wedding drunk with a shotgun; Frankie decides not to reschedule the nuptials and she and Mitch terminate seeing each other. Aback of how her beliefs is affecting the family and especially her girl Cat, Teddy leaves Cat with Mitch and announces she volition return to California alone. Georgie's son Evan is diagnosed with leukemia, and Teddy decides to stay in Winnetka.
Season Two [edit]
Georgie attempts to balance her needs with Evan'due south during his treatment. Alex discovers Wade has been cheating on her for half dozen months with a old patient, and she and Wade divorce. Reed (Ashley Judd) reacts by rebelling and dropping out of school. Frankie makes a financial investment in Mitch's fish market; while filing paperwork at Metropolis Hall, they make up one's mind to elope. Teddy discovers she is meaning with Mitch's baby post-obit their before brief come across; she tells the family that she became pregnant after a i-night stand. Mitch eventually finds out the truth, but Frankie never does. Truman and Beatrice brainstorm a relationship. Teddy begins a chore doing window dressing at a mode boutique, then suffers a miscarriage. Alex begins dating her plumber, Victor, while Wade tries to win her back. After Evan'due south favorite teacher is dismissed for being HIV-positive, Georgie runs for the school board, but narrowly loses. Teddy is permit become from the fashion boutique, embarks on a cursory career as a "Wonderful You" makeup saleslady, and begins her clothing design career when during an (unsuccessful) makeup sales party, Alex's socialite friends notice Teddy's mitt-painted blouse and demand to order blouses of their own. Alex and Wade determine to reconcile. Frankie discovers she cannot carry a kid; following a failed adoption, she asks Georgie to be a surrogate mother for her baby.
Season Three [edit]
Alex plans an elaborate ceremony and reception at her house for Truman and Beatrice's wedding, only they decide to elope; Reed and Kirby (Paul Rudd) are married there instead. Georgie gives birth to Frankie's son Thomas George after a auto blow; Georgie has difficulty seeing him as her sis'southward child. Alex and Teddy feud due to Alex'south jealousy of Teddy'south newfound success equally a clothing designer. Simon Commodities (Mark Frankel) invests in Teddy'southward manner design company but later sells it to a Texan investor without consulting Teddy. Teddy walks away from her company when the new owner does not respect her artistic vision. A Hollywood producer makes a TV moving picture of the family's surrogacy story. Alex is diagnosed with breast cancer, which leads her to doing a standup comedy act about her cancer feel. Frankie and Mitch divorce and spar over custody of Thomas George.
Season 4 [edit]
Cat is attacked and raped past a college acquaintance; James Falconer (George Clooney) is assigned to investigate the example. He is able to help Cat remember her attacker, Kyle, and he is arrested. However the prosecution cannot prove its example and Kyle is plant not guilty only to exist shot and killed on the courthouse steps by a previous victim. Frankie quits her executive chore and buys the Sweetness 16 diner. Teddy and Falconer run into each other at an AA meeting and begin dating. Trevor rebels and is sent to boarding schoolhouse, then runs abroad from the school and disappears. Georgie falls into a depression almost her perceived failure as a parent and considers suicide, but decides against information technology and asks for help. Truman is diagnosed with Alzheimer'southward disease and initially refuses to tell Beatrice. The stress of Trevor's disappearance leads Georgie and John to separate. Alex gets her own talk show with a lesbian producer named Norma (Nora Dunn). Alex meets Big Al (Robert Klein) when he agrees to sponsor her talk bear witness; she initially dislikes him but they presently begin dating. A 5th sister, Charlotte Bennett (Jo Anderson), is introduced. Charlotte is a cancer patient who needs a bone marrow donation from a relative. Although none of the sisters are a match, she receives the bone marrow from an unrelated donor. Keeping the customary style in which her one-half-sisters go by male versions of their full names, Charley is brought into the family unit and welcomed, primarily through Frankie's endeavor and determination. Alex and Large Al marry; on their nuptials night he is arrested for tax evasion. Georgie and John reunite after realizing they cannot command what happens to Trevor. Reed returns for a visit and gives birth to Halsey. Trevor finally returns from the streets when Winnetka is hit past a tornado, and Falconer and Teddy marry on a plane that is caught in the storm.
Season V [edit]
Falconer is killed. His murder was ordered by a criminal he was about to testify against in court. Georgie begins seeing a new therapist, Dr. Caspian (Daniel Gerroll), who manipulates her into assertive she had been molested by her father. Frankie inherits a boxer, Lucky (John Wesley Shipp), from a one-time client, and eventually begins a relationship with him. A viewer with terminal cancer asks Alex to accept care of her daughter, Roxie (Kathryn Zaremba); Alex wants to prefer the picayune girl, only her father returns and they move abroad together. Unable to cope with Falconer'southward death, Teddy relapses with booze. Big Al is released from prison early and runs for mayor. Teddy shows up drunkard to his election night victory party and hits Evan on his wheel with her auto; she leaves to enter rehab. Truman gives Alex a videotaped message asking her to help him end his life once his Alzheimer'south has advanced. Dr. Caspian and Georgie begin an thing during her therapy sessions; Georgie leaves John, assertive Dr. Caspian loves her, but Dr. Caspian ignores her and claims she has misinterpreted their "piece of work" together. Georgie realizes she has been manipulated, only has no evidence to get the psychological board to revoke his license. Charley begins therapy with Dr. Caspian and eventually manages to record him behaving inappropriately toward her during their sessions. Norma fires Alex from her talk show for talking about AIDS confronting the network's wishes. Frankie accidentally creates Cowlotta, a large pinkish cow character that children love, and is asked to move to Nippon to manage the character. Alex helps Truman end his life; she is arrested, only avoids prison house when a terminally ill approximate recuses himself from her case. Teddy has an affair with Daniel Albright (Gregory Harrison), the human being who had Falconer killed, in an endeavour to gather evidence that volition ship him to jail. With Lucky'south help, she succeeds and Albright is arrested. Alex and Norma run a pledge drive for the local PBS station and are asked to create a new version of Alex's talk show. Bea is depressed following Truman's death; Charley offers her a job working every bit a receptionist in her complimentary dispensary. Teddy meets Jack Chambers (Philip Casnoff), the man who received Falconer's transplanted heart, and strikes up a brief relationship with him.
Flavour Six [edit]
At present divorced from John, Georgie goes to graduate school in psychology. She begins a relationship with Brian (Joe Flanigan), a 24-year-former student in her classes who was very standoffish to her at first. Teddy and True cat are carjacked; Cat meets police officer Billy Griffin (Eric Close) when reporting the criminal offence. After, Teddy is accidentally shot in the head with the gun she bought for protection. She falls into a coma, but Alex convinces vivid neurosurgeon Dr. Gabriel Sorenson (Stephen Collins) to operate and save her life. Teddy somewhen begins a relationship with Sorenson, and Cat decides to enter the police university. Charley (now played by Sheila Kelley) becomes a foster parent to Jesse (Sean Nelson), the son of a woman who died at her free clinic. She likewise begins dating her colleague Dr. Wes Hayes (Michael Whaley), though he is initially resistant to an interracial relationship. Reed (now played by Noelle Parker) returns to town later divorcing Kirby and losing custody of her daughter Halsey, and ends up running a high-priced call-girl ring. Alex turns crucial prove over to the police force and Reed is sentenced to community service. Teddy and Gabe decide to marry, but their wedding ceremony is interrupted when a middle donor is found for Big Al; Teddy and Gabe finally marry at the hospital only before Large Al is taken into surgery. Charley decides to prefer Jesse, and plans to quickly marry Wes because two parents make a more than highly-seasoned adoptive family; notwithstanding, Charley somewhen realizes Jesse should instead be adopted by the family that had already adopted his brother. Charley and Wes marry anyway. Alex's talk show is canceled again and she decides to take an extended trip to assist flooding victims in Tennessee. In the final episode, Georgie's higher thesis nigh her sisters deeply angers Alex and Charley, though Teddy finds information technology amusing. The sisters must put aside their differences when Beatrice has a major stroke. Shortly earlier Beatrice dies Frankie returns from Japan and clashes with Charley. Later on, Frankie announces she wants to move dorsum domicile to Winnetka. Georgie sees John at Bea'south memorial service and realizes she misses him; shortly afterwards, she breaks up with Brian. The sisters scatter their mother's ashes on the rosebushes she named later on them. Teddy announces she is pregnant with a girl, who she plans to name Beatrice Rose. Georgie and John talk over reconciling and share an embrace. Finally, Alex assumes the office of family matriarch.
Characters [edit]
Main [edit]
- Alexandra "Alex" Reed Halsey Barker (Swoosie Kurtz): Eldest sis Alex was wealthy and somewhat superficial, but remained protective and close to her sisters. Her kickoff spousal relationship to wealthy, cantankerous-dressing plastic surgeon Wade Halsey (David Dukes) ended post-obit his infidelity. Alex's experience with breast cancer somewhen led to a career every bit a talk show host, where she met and married "Big Al" Barker (Robert Klein), an outlandish only likeable home appliance retailer who sponsored her talk show as "The Prince of Pricetown". She often clashed with her rebellious daughter Reed (Ashley Judd). Alex is the only grapheme to appear in every episode of the series.
- Theodora "Teddy" Reed Margolis Falconer Sorenson (Sela Ward): Gratuitous-spirited 2d sis Teddy was a recovering alcoholic who had been living in California prior to the beginning of the series. Upon her return to Winnetka, Teddy reacted poorly when she learned her ex-hubby Mitch (Ed Marinaro) was in a relationship with her sis Frankie, and openly pursued Mitch even though he and Frankie were engaged. In the aftermath of her behavior at Frankie and Mitch'southward wedding, Teddy seemed ashamed of herself, and in the next season of the show, she stopped drinking and stopped pursuing Mitch. Teddy had been an artist as a teenager and during the serial launched a career as a fashion designer, which led to a human relationship with British millionaire Simon Commodities (Mark Frankel) who purchased and eventually sold her mode company (then named "Theodora Reed"; Teddy then opened a new fashion company under the proper noun "Teddy Reed," just to be ousted past her shareholders in season six and reopen yet again under the name T.R.). Teddy and Mitch had a teenage daughter, Cat (Heather McAdam). When True cat was raped at college, Teddy met James Falconer (George Clooney), the detective who investigated the rape; he was killed presently after their marriage. In the final flavour, Teddy married neurosurgeon Dr. Gabriel Sorenson (Stephen Collins) and became pregnant with a daughter.
- Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig (Patricia Kalember): The third and most level-headed and responsible sister, Georgie was a stay-at-home mom and off-and-on real estate amanuensis. She was the nigh trusted confidant of her sisters. On the surface, she had an platonic domestic life with a loving if eccentric husband John (Garrett Chiliad. Brown) and two sons, Trevor (Ryan Francis) and Evan (Dustin Berkovitz). After Evan successfully battled leukemia, Georgie decided to repay the blessing by acting as surrogate mother for her sister Frankie's child Thomas George. Georgie experienced a major crunch when her son Trevor rebelled; he was eventually sent away to a school for troubled teens. Georgie felt she was a failure as a parent and considered suicide, but abandoned the idea after realizing how securely the rest of her family would feel such a loss. Trevor somewhen returned to his family unit, genuinely remorseful for all the harm he had done and eventually decides to enroll in the military. In the adjacent season, Georgie sought professional help, simply to autumn under the spell of a decadent therapist (played past Kalember'southward existent-life married man, Daniel Gerroll). He manipulated Georgie into an thing, which eventually resulted in her divorce from John. During the terminal season Georgie attended graduate schoolhouse in psychology, where she met Brian, a younger man who she dated through the flavor. In the serial finale, information technology was implied that Georgie and John might reconcile.
- Francesca "Frankie" Reed Margolis (Julianne Phillips) (seasons 1–5, special invitee star in flavor half-dozen): Youngest sister Frankie was a workaholic businesswoman. She married her sister Teddy's ex-husband Mitch, and subsequently discovering she suffered from infertility, asked her sister Georgie to act as a surrogate mother for her child Thomas George. She was besides very devoted to her career, which put a strain on her relationship with Mitch and eventually resulted in their divorce. Following their divorce, Frankie quit her executive job and became the possessor of the Sugariness 16, the sisters' favorite local diner. In the fifth season, Phillips left the show and the Frankie character moved to Japan for piece of work, although she did return for the ii-hour series finale.
- Dr. Charlotte "Charley" Bennett Hayes (Jo Anderson: recurring, seasons 4–5; Sheila Kelley: chief, season 6): During the 4th season, the sisters discovered a fifth sister, the beloved child of an affair their father had had with another woman. This 5th sister, Charley Bennett, was played initially by Jo Anderson on a recurring basis and then by Sheila Kelley, who received starring status in the last flavor. Charley was integrated into the story lines every bit Frankie was phased out, as Julianne Phillips had decided to get out the show. Charley had spent her babyhood in foster homes and was initially somewhat common cold towards her newfound sisters, but eventually came to accept them into her life. Charley was a doctor who worked in a gratuitous health intendance clinic with her colleague and eventual hubby Dr. Wes Hayes. During the final flavour, Charley took in an orphaned teenager named Jesse and intended to adopt him, but ultimately did non complete the adoption because she realized Jesse should get with his brother who had been adopted past some other family.
- Beatrice Reed Ventner (Elizabeth Hoffman): Beatrice, the sisters' mother and the family matriarch, was a recovering alcoholic who at the outset of the serial had been recently widowed. Her husband's long-term affair with his nurse had acquired her to seek solace in alcohol; she regretted that Teddy had plainly inherited her alcoholism. In the third season she married retired local judge Truman Ventner, who afterward suffered from Alzheimer'due south. Beatrice died in the series finale.
Supporting [edit]
- John Whitsig (Garrett M. Brown: seasons 1–5, special guest star in season vi): Georgie'due south married man John was the most prominently featured of all the sisters' husbands. At the beginning of the serial John had been laid off and spent much of his fourth dimension at home in his bathrobe singing erstwhile vocal standards. He recorded an album, "The Sound of Whitsig," but when his son Evan was diagnosed with leukemia, John returned to work as an accountant. Dark-brown received starring status for the first v seasons. During season 5, Georgie and John separated in the wake of her affair with Dr. Caspian, and he did not return as a regular for the concluding flavour, though while offscreen John wrote a hit song, "Thanks, Babe, For Leavin' Me," which caused Georgie much consternation. John did return in the serial finale, and it appeared that he and Georgie might reconcile.
- Mitch Margolis (Ed Marinaro: seasons one–iv): Mitch was Teddy'south high schoolhouse sweetheart and get-go husband. Together they had a daughter, True cat, merely eventually Teddy and Mitch divorced. Later he started seeing her younger sis Frankie, which acquired tension between the sisters. Mitch and Frankie eventually married and had a son, though they too ultimately divorced. Marinaro received starring condition for the first four seasons, but did not make any appearances in seasons five and 6, though his character was mentioned on several occasions.
- Catherine "Cat" Margolis (Heather McAdam: recurring, seasons ane–5; master, flavor 6): The daughter of Teddy and Mitch, Cat was the most prominently featured of all the sisters' children, appearing often throughout all the seasons. Cat was featured in a controversial storyline where she was raped. Eventually, every bit a consequence of this experience, she decided to become a cop. While grooming, she met her partner Baton, who she somewhen fell in love with. During the final season McAdam received starring condition, something none of the other children of the sisters had during the show's run.
Recurring [edit]
- Dr. Wade Halsey (David Dukes: seasons 1–3): Dr. Wade Halsey was Alex's first husband and the father of their daughter Reed. Wade was a successful plastic surgeon who resented that Alex needed everything in her life to exist perfect, including him. During the first flavour, Alex suspected Wade was cheating on her when she discovered lingerie receipts and hotel room charges on their credit carte, but when she confronted him, she discovered he was really a crossdresser. In the second season information technology was revealed that Wade actually had been cheating on Alex with a former patient, and they divorced. Wade decided he wanted Alex dorsum and they reconciled toward the terminate of the 2nd season, but during the third season when Alex expected him to propose remarriage, Wade announced he was marrying a unlike woman. Wade's character did non appear after the 3rd season.
- Reed Halsey Philby (Kathy Wagner: flavor 1; Ashley Judd: seasons 2–4; Noelle Parker: season 6): Alex and Wade's daughter Reed appeared on and off throughout the prove's run and was played by 3 different actresses. Kathy Wagner originated the part of Reed in flavour i; Ashley Judd took over the role in fall 1991, playing Reed in seasons ii–4. Judd left the prove in 1994 to focus on her film career afterward winning critical acclamation for the film Ruby in Paradise. Reed was absent for season 5, and the grapheme returned in season half dozen, portrayed by Noelle Parker. Reed rebelled against her parents by dropping out of school, and later eloped with aspiring filmmaker Kirby Philby (Paul Rudd). They had a daughter, Halsey, at the stop of season 4. By the final season Reed had divorced Kirby, lost custody of her daughter, and moved back to Winnetka where she eventually came to run a loftier-priced telephone call girl ring. After existence arrested and sentenced to community service, Reed finally seemed to carelessness her rebellious ways.
- Truman Ventner (Philip Sterling: seasons 1–five): Beatrice's second husband Truman was a judge, and an acquaintance of Beatrice's because her first married man occasionally testified in medical trials. They became reacquainted when Beatrice was arrested for driving under the influence and Truman was assigned to her case. Beatrice and Truman eloped in the tertiary-flavour premiere. Truman was later diagnosed with Alzheimer'south illness; one time the disease had progressed, he asked Alex to assist him in taking his own life.
- Victor Runkel (David Gianopoulos: season 2): Victor was Alex's plumber who she dated subsequently divorcing her hubby. Victor was really an heir of the wealthy van Runkel family unit, but had grown up an orphan and decided to make his ain way in life by becoming a plumber. His access to family coin, notwithstanding, immune him to pay off Alex's mortgage without her knowledge, though Alex was eventually able to discover he was her distributor. Victor left Winnetka to alive in French republic to tend to his ailing uncle and have over managing the family fortune.
- Kirby Philby (Paul Rudd: seasons 3–4, six): Alex's girl Reed eloped with Kirby, an aspiring filmmaker, and together they had a daughter, Halsey. Kirby eventually realized he could not support his family equally a filmmaker and decided to settle down in Bemidji, Minnesota and manage a video shop. Reed could not accept this change in their circumstances and divorced Kirby; he received full custody of their daughter. Reed initially told Alex that Kirby had left her and kidnapped their daughter, only Alex tracked him down and learned the truth.
- Simon Bolt (Mark Frankel: seasons 3–4): Simon was a wealthy British investor who transformed Teddy's mode design business from a modest home operation to a large design visitor. Simon and Teddy dated during the third season, just bankrupt up when he sold her visitor to a Texan investor without consulting Teddy. Later, Simon returned, claiming to have seen the mistake of his ways, and proposed to Teddy; she accepted, only to turn him downwardly shortly thereafter when he again made plans for their married life without consulting her. During the fourth season, Simon faked his own expiry in a sailing blow; he had actually embezzled a sizable amount of money from a European company, which he claimed was necessary to protect the workers' pensions. He turned up on Teddy'southward doorstep, but to discover her with Falconer; Falconer in turn discovered Simon was a wanted man and notified Scotland Grand. Notwithstanding, instead of handing him over to Scotland Yard, Falconer ultimately allow Simon escape.
- Detective James Falconer (George Clooney: seasons four–5): Detective Falconer met Teddy when he investigated the rape of her daughter Cat. They began dating after running into each other at an AA meeting, thus discovering they were both recovering alcoholics. Falconer had been married earlier, but his matrimony ended after his half-dozen-year-one-time son accidentally killed himself using Falconer'southward service revolver; Falconer could not forgive himself for his son's decease. Teddy and Falconer married, and soon later he was killed by a car bomb fix by a criminal he was planning to testify against in courtroom.
- Norma Lear (Nora Dunn: seasons iv–6): Quondam Saturday Dark Live cast member Nora Dunn portrayed Alex's TV producer Norma Lear (a clear play on the name of famous real-life TV producer Norman Lear). She and Alex initially did not get along, just eventually became great friends. Norma was a lesbian (though her partner Chris never appeared onscreen), and in season five Alex's husband Big Al donated sperm to her and so that she and her partner could have a baby.
- Alvin "Big Al" Barker Barkowitz (Robert Klein: seasons iv–6): Big Al was the owner of Pricetown, a home goods and appliance store that sponsored Alex's talk prove. Alex disliked him at commencement, every bit did much of her family, simply eventually she fell in dearest with him and he became her second husband. Large Al served time in prison for tax evasion, which he blamed on his accountant; he was released from prison house early on for saving the governor's married woman from drowning in the prison puddle. He subsequently ran for mayor of Winnetka and won. In the 6th flavour Big Al decided to comprehend his Jewish heritage and reverted to his family surname, Barkowitz.
- Dr. Wes Hayes (Michael Whaley: seasons 5–6): Wes served every bit managing director of the costless health clinic where he and Charley both worked. He and Charley were attracted to each other, but Wes was uncomfortable having a relationship with a white woman. He eventually began a human relationship with Charley afterwards she convinced him to turn down an offering to open some other free clinic in Detroit. At the end of season six, he and Charley married.
- Dr. Gabriel Sorenson (Stephen Collins: flavor 6): Dr. Sorenson was Teddy's neurosurgeon, then dearest interest and eventual hubby during the show's terminal season. He had been married three times earlier marrying Teddy and had a daughter, Melissa, who was attending medical schoolhouse in Boston. Sorenson was a vivid doctor and received a presidential nomination for health arbiter, only turned downwardly the appointment after regime officials asked Teddy to stay away from Washington due to her checkered past.
- Brian Kohler-Voss (Joe Flanigan: season 6): Georgie'southward much-younger lover was a graduate student she met after returning to school post-obit her divorce from John. Brian was the son of a famous psychologist who was post-obit in his father's footsteps. Georgie eventually broke it off with Brian when she realized she missed John.
- Billy Griffin (Eric Close: season half dozen): Baton was Cat'south constabulary partner and eventual honey interest. He had a difficult human relationship with his male parent, an ex-con who claimed to have mended his ways but ultimately stole coin from Bea.
Notable invitee stars [edit]
Many well-known Television stars guest starred on the prove- including Gregory Harrison (five episodes), Charlotte Rae (iii episodes), and William Katt (2 episodes). Diane Ladd and Joyce Van Patten both invitee starred as Belle, Charley's mom. Real-life sisters Audrey Meadows and Jayne Meadows played sisters on the show. Other invitee stars included Darren McGavin, Denise Crosby, Ilene Graff, Christina Pickles, Dorothy Lyman, Gloria Henry, Carrie Snodgress, Deborah Harmon, and Elayne Boosler.
Patricia Kalember'due south existent-life husband Daniel Gerroll guest starred as her predatory therapist for 11 episodes in season 5. Also Naomi Judd guest starred in the episode that marked her real-life daughter Ashley'southward final appearance as Reed.
Episodes [edit]
Season 1 (1991) [edit]
Flavour 2 (1991–92) [edit]
Season 3 (1992–93) [edit]
Season iv (1993–94) [edit]
Flavour 5 (1994–95) [edit]
Season 6 (1995–96) [edit]
Home media [edit]
On June 2, 2015, it was appear that Shout! Factory (under WB license) had acquired the rights to the series in Region 1; they have subsequently released all half dozen seasons on DVD.[three] [4] [v] [6] [7]
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release engagement |
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| Seasons One and Two | 29 | September 15, 2015 |
| Season 3 | 24 | January 19, 2016 |
| Season Four | 22 | April 12, 2016 |
| Flavour Five | 24 | July xix, 2016 |
| Flavor Half dozen | 29 | Nov viii, 2016 |
Reception [edit]
Ratings [edit]
| Flavor | U.S. ratings | Network | Rank | |
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| ane | 1990-1991 | Due north/A | NBC | N/A |
| 2 | 1991–1992 | 10.45 million | NBC | #55 |
| 3 | 1992–1993 | 10.11 million | NBC | #56 |
| iv | 1993–1994 | 10.11 million | NBC | #52 |
| 5 | 1994–1995 | 9.0 1000000 | NBC | #75 |
| 6 | 1995–1996 | six.8 million | NBC | #103 |
Accolades [edit]
The serial received 8 Emmy Laurels nominations over the course of its run, winning once in 1994 for Sela Ward as Outstanding Lead Extra in a Drama Series. Swoosie Kurtz was also nominated twice in the Outstanding Lead Extra in a Drama Series category in 1993 and 1994.[8]
References [edit]
- Notes
- ^ Horowitz, Joy (May 6, 1991). "The Taming of a Television set Series Teaser, Or Less Talk About the Bedroom". The New York Times . Retrieved Jan 27, 2008.
- ^ a b c O'Connor, John J. (May 4, 1996). "Critic's Notebook; After 5 Years of Family Fractiousness, 'Sisters' Exits Elegantly". The New York Times . Retrieved January 27, 2008.
- ^ Shout! Mill Does It Once more! Announces 'Seasons 1 and two' of This Long-Awaited Show! Archived June 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 'Season 3' Box Fine art and Details are Released by Shout! Manufacturing plant Archived October 21, 2015, at the Wayback Motorcar
- ^ Shout! Announces 'Season 4' for DVD Archived January 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shout! Announces 'Flavour v' for DVD Archived April nine, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The 6th and 'Terminal Flavour' is Coming to DVD Soon from Shout! Factory Archived Baronial 6, 2016, at the Wayback Car
- ^ Search event. "Advanced Primetime Awards Search". Academy of Telly Arts & Sciences. 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
External links [edit]
- Sisters at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_%28American_TV_series%29
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