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{{short description|American television sitcom (1996β2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = SuddenlySusan.svg | genre = [[Sitcom]] | creator = [[Clyde Phillips (writer)|Clyde Phillips]] | developer = {{Plain list| * [[Steven Peterman]] * [[Gary Dontzig]] }} | starring = {{Plain list| * [[Brooke Shields]] * [[Nestor Carbonell]] * [[Kathy Griffin]] * [[Judd Nelson]] * [[David Strickland]] * [[Barbara Barrie]] * [[Andrea Bendewald|AndrΓ©a Bendewald]] * [[Currie Graham]] * [[Eric Idle]] * [[Sherri Shepherd]] * [[Rob Estes]] }} | open_theme = {{Plain list| * "[[Ode to Joy]]" (cover version), composed by Ed Alton ** (season 1) * "Nothing on Me", performed by [[Shawn Colvin]] ** (seasons 2β3) * Two unknown themes, composed by Ed Alton ** (season 4) }} | composer = Ed Alton | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 4 | num_episodes = 93 (1 unaired) | executive_producer = {{Plain list| * Gary Dontzig * Steven Peterman ** (both; seasons 1β3) * Christopher Vane ** (mid-late season 3) * [[Maria Semple]] ** (mid-season 3 β season 4) * [[Mark Driscoll (screenwriter)|Mark Driscoll]] ** (season 4) }} | camera = [[Videotape]]; [[multi-camera setup|multi-camera]] | runtime = 23 minutes | company = [[Warner Bros. Television]] | network = [[NBC]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1996|9|19}} | last_aired = {{End date|2000|12|26}} }} '''''Suddenly Susan''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] that aired on [[NBC]] from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by [[Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)|Clyde Phillips]] and starred [[Brooke Shields]] in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, a glamorous [[San Francisco]] magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent minded after having been taken care of all her life. The series was developed by [[Gary Dontzig]] and [[Steven Peterman]], who also served as executive producers during the first three seasons and was produced by [[Warner Bros. Television]]. ==Synopsis== Susan Keane ([[Brooke Shields]]) has always been taken care of by someone else. She worked as a copy editor at ''The Gate'', a fictional [[San Francisco]] magazine. On her wedding day, she realizes that she and her wealthy, vain fiancΓ©, Kip, are not meant for each other and that there is more to life than just being known as the "s" in "The Kip Richmonds." She abruptly leaves him at the altar. Now, she's suddenly just Susan. Susan's parents (guest stars [[Swoosie Kurtz]] and [[Ray Baker (actor)|Ray Baker]]) were less than ecstatic about their daughter deciding to end her engagement to Kip, though her grandmother and confidant, Nana ([[Barbara Barrie]]), stands as a pillar of support for Susan. The day after the wedding, Susan goes to her boss, Jack Richmond ([[Judd Nelson]]), the rebellious brother of Susan's former fiancΓ©, Kip, begging for her job back. Instead, Jack assigns Susan to write a regular column about being suddenly single. Susan's coworkers include photographer Luis Rivera ([[NΓ©stor Carbonell]]), boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites ([[David Strickland]]), restaurant critic Vicki Groener ([[Kathy Griffin]]), and, in later episodes, investigative reporter and Susan's old enemy Maddy Piper ([[Andrea Bendewald|AndrΓ©a Bendewald]]). In the show's final season, ''The Gate'' is taken over by Ian Maxtone-Graham ([[Eric Idle]]) and overhauled into a men's magazine that is run out of an old warehouse in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]]. Along with this, Ian brings his own team of workers, including executive assistant and [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] veteran Miranda Charles ([[Sherri Shepherd]]), sportswriter Nate Knaborski ([[Currie Graham]]), and [[freelancer]] photographer Oliver Browne ([[Rob Estes]]). Susan is faced with a new set of problems and has to prove herself all over again. Besides the task of putting together a magazine and focusing on the lead character's life, ''Suddenly Susan'' also focuses on the private lives of many employees in the show. ==Cast== * [[Brooke Shields]] as Susan Keane * [[NΓ©stor Carbonell]] as Luis Rivera, Susan's co-worker and ''Gate'' photographer * [[Kathy Griffin]] as Vicki Groener, Susan's co-worker and ''Gate'' food/nightlife writer * [[Judd Nelson]] as Jack Richmond, Susan's boss and original love interest (Seasons 1β3) * [[David Strickland]] as Todd Stites, Susan's co-worker and ''Gate'' music critic (Seasons 1β3){{NoteTag|The character portrayed by Strickland shares his name with a television producer who served as an associate producer on ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' from its sixth through tenth seasons (1994β98); ''Suddenly Susan'' developers Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman wrote for the CBS sitcom for seven of its 11 total seasons (1988β93, 2018).}} * [[Barbara Barrie]] as Helen 'Nana' Keane, Susan's grandmother * [[Andrea Bendewald|AndrΓ©a Bendewald]] as Maddy Piper, Susan's co-worker and former high school rival, and ''Gate'' journalist (Seasons 2β3; guest star, Season 4){{NoteTag|Bendewald was credited as a recurring guest star for the first five episodes of Season 2.}} * [[Currie Graham]] as Nate Knaborski, Susan's co-worker and ''Gate'' sportswriter (Season 4) * [[Eric Idle]] as Ian Maxtone-Graham, Susan's boss (Season 4){{NoteTag|The character portrayed by Idle is not connected, outside of sharing the same name, with the [[Ian Maxtone-Graham|television writer of the same name]].}} * [[Sherri Shepherd]] as Miranda Charles, Ian's executive assistant (Season 4){{NoteTag|Prior to becoming a series regular, Shepherd guest starred as "Roni" in the Season 2 episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Maddy World".}} * [[Rob Estes]] as Oliver Browne, Susan's love interest and ''Gate'' freelance photographer (Season 4){{NoteTag|Although Estes appeared in all but two episodes of Season 4 and was included in two of the three versions of that season's opening title sequence, he was credited as a "special guest star".}} ==Episodes== ===Series overview=== {{Series overview | color1 = #E457FF | link1 = #Season 1 (1996β97) | episodes1 = 22 | start1 = {{Start date|1996|9|19}} | end1 = {{End date|1997|5|8}} | color2 = #00EEFF | link2 = #Season 2 (1997β98) | episodes2 = 26 | start2 = {{Start date|1997|9|22}} | end2 = {{End date|1998|5|18}} | color3 = #00FF26 | link3 = #Season 3 (1998β99) | episodes3 = 23 | start3 = {{Start date|1998|9|21}} | end3 = {{End date|1999|5|24}} | color4 = #E5FF00 | link4 = #Season 4 (1999β2000) | episodes4 = 22 | start4 = {{Start date|1999|9|20}} | end4 = {{End date|2000|12|26}} }} ===Season 1 (1996β97)=== {{Episode table |background=#E457FF |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |viewers= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=First Episode |DirectedBy=[[Andy Ackerman]] |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Clyde Phillips|t= [[Gary Dontzig]] & [[Steven Peterman]] & [[Billy Van Zandt]] & [[Jane Milmore]] & Clyde Phillips}} |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|19}} |Viewers=30.12<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960916networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 9/16-9/23 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=[[UltimateTV (online service)|UltimateTV]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011211027/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/960916networks.html |archive-date=October 11, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> |ShortSummary= <!-- Episode summaries must be expressed in your own words. 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My Darling |DirectedBy=Shelley Jensen |WrittenBy=Ian Praiser |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|31}} |Viewers=23.68<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961028networks.html |title=Top Ranked Programs in Primetime for the Week of 10/28-11/3 as ranked by Nielsen Media Research |publisher=[[UltimateTV (online service)|UltimateTV]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013194700/http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/nielsen/networks/961028networks.html |archive-date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> |ShortSummary= <!-- Episode summaries must be expressed in your own words. Do NOT submit content you find from another web site as it is plagiarism and likely a copyright violation, which Wikipedia cannot accept and will be removed or reverted. Superficially modifying copyrighted content or closely paraphrasing it, even if the source is cited, still constitutes a copyright violation. 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Deiter |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|5|08}} |Viewers=21.44<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385049/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 5β11, 1997)|date=May 14, 1997|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref> |ShortSummary= <!-- Episode summaries must be expressed in your own words. Do NOT submit content you find from another web site as it is plagiarism and likely a copyright violation, which Wikipedia cannot accept and will be removed or reverted. Superficially modifying copyrighted content or closely paraphrasing it, even if the source is cited, still constitutes a copyright violation. 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Garner Jr.]] |WrittenBy=Christopher Vane |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|3|16}} |Viewers=10.03<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41370417/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 16β22, 1998)|date=March 25, 1998|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 8, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref> |ShortSummary= <!-- Episode summaries must be expressed in your own words. Do NOT submit content you find from another web site as it is plagiarism and likely a copyright violation, which Wikipedia cannot accept and will be removed or reverted. Superficially modifying copyrighted content or closely paraphrasing it, even if the source is cited, still constitutes a copyright violation. 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Garner Jr.]] |WrittenBy=Christopher Vane |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|11}} |Viewers=9.88<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41319654/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 11-17, 1999)|date=January 20, 1999|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref> |ShortSummary= <!-- Episode summaries must be expressed in your own words. Do NOT submit content you find from another web site as it is plagiarism and likely a copyright violation, which Wikipedia cannot accept and will be removed or reverted. Superficially modifying copyrighted content or closely paraphrasing it, even if the source is cited, still constitutes a copyright violation. 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Always on hand to provide support is Susan's grandmother, Nana ([[Nancy Marchand]]), her co-workers, acerbic best friend Marcy ([[Maggie Wheeler]]) and Neil ([[David Krumholtz]]), who has a crush on Susan. When the series was picked up, former ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' writers/producers [[Gary Dontzig]] and [[Steven Peterman]] were brought in to redevelop the concept, being appointed as the show's co-showrunners. Other changes between the pilot and the series included [[Barbara Barrie]] replacing Nancy Marchand in the role of Nana, and [[Swoosie Kurtz]] and [[Ray Baker (actor)|Ray Baker]] replacing [[Kurt Fuller]] and [[Caroline McWilliams]] as Susan's parents, Bill and Liz; the characters of Eric and Ted were reworked into the roles of Jack Richmond (played by Nelson) and his brother, Kip ([[Anthony Starke]]), whom Susan jilts during their wedding. (McNamara would later play Cooper Elliot, a friend of Jack's who briefly replaces him as publisher of ''The Gate'' through a poker game bet and takes Susan to Italy at the end of Season 1.) In the series, though the setting switches from a publishing house to a magazine, the main office set retained most of its features from the pilot; the most noticeable difference was that the elevator was at stage right. While the pilot's storyline featuring Elizabeth Ashley as one of the publishing house's clients was not used in the series, a cardboard cut out of Ashley that was featured in the pilot appears throughout the first three seasons of the show β it can be seen briefly behind Susan's desk, near the filing cabinets along the back wall. The actual location for the exterior shots of the office was the Newhall Building at 260 [[California Street (San Francisco)|California Street]] in San Francisco. ===Death of David Strickland=== {{main|David Strickland}} David Strickland died by suicide in a [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]] motel room on March 22, 1999. Strickland's death was later incorporated into the show's third season finale, "A Day in the Life", which killed off his character, Todd Stites. The episode's plot finds Susan desperately trying to find Todd when she suspects he has gone missing after he fails to show up to work one morning. As the episode progresses, Susan learns about a number of good deeds that Todd had done around his neighborhood that she never knew about. In-character interviews with the supporting cast also appear throughout the episode, with each actor sharing their personal experiences they had with Strickland before his death, framed as each character's own memories of Todd. As the episode comes to an end, Todd's favorite song, "[[Praise You]]" by [[Fatboy Slim]], plays outside of Luis' apartment as Susan and her co-workers sit in a circle praying for Todd's well-being. At last, the phone in the middle of the room rings, but the camera cuts away before the news of Todd's fate can be revealed. The episode ends with memorable clips of Strickland from the show and the memorial subtitle: "The Gods of comedy looked down upon you and smiled". ===Fourth season and cancellation=== [[Image:Suddenly Susan.jpg|thumb|165px|left|''Suddenly Susan'' Season 4 cast photo]] Before production began on the fourth and final season, [[Judd Nelson]] and [[Andrea Bendewald]] left the show; Peterman and Dontzig also stepped down as showrunners, and the series replaced almost its entire writing staff (with the exception of executive producer Maria Semple, who joined the show at the start of Season 3 and took over showrunning duties alongside [[Mark Driscoll (screenwriter)|Mark Driscoll]], one of the new writers hired for the fourth season). The departures of Nelson and Bendewald, along with the death of Strickland, prompted Driscoll and Semple to retool the series: ''The Gate'' was transformed into a men's magazine by its new owner, Ian Maxtone-Graham ([[Eric Idle]]), and relocated from its trendy uptown offices overlooking the bay to a dingy former warehouse in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]]. In tow, Ian brought his own team of workers, including executive assistant and [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] veteran Miranda Charles ([[Sherri Shepherd]]), sports writer Nate Knaborski ([[Currie Graham]]), and [[freelance]] photographer Oliver Browne ([[Rob Estes]]). Faced with new challenges, Susan suddenly had to prove herself all over again. Airing between ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' during its first season, ''Suddenly Susan'' was initially a ratings success, attracting almost 25 million viewers per episode,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-23-ca-61847-story.html|title=A Milestone Year, for a Decidedly Dubious Reason|first=BRIAN|last=LOWRY|date=23 May 1997|via=LA Times}}</ref> despite mostly unfavorable critical reviews. When the show was moved to Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. (against the Top 30 hit ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]'') for the second season, the show experienced a large decline in viewership, sliding from #3 to #71 in one year, bringing in less than 11 million viewers. The ratings failed to bounce back, and in its final season, the show barely ranked in the top 100, prompting NBC to pull it from the schedule in January. It returned briefly in June, but at the end of the month was pulled from the network's prime-time schedule with five episodes left unaired. One episode, "The Gay Parade", remained unaired by NBC (but was eventually shown on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] a few years later{{When|date=December 2022}}); the final four episodes (including the two-part series finale) were [[Burning off|burned off]] from 2:00 to 4:00 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] on December 26, 2000, airing as part of the ''NBC All Night'' overnight block. ==Reception== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], season 1 has an approval rating of 55% based on reviews from 11 critics. The website's critical consensus was: "Comedic inspiration doesn't spark Suddenly for this Susan, hampered by derivative gags that undermine Brooke Shields' energetic performance."<ref>{{cite web |title=Suddenly Susan: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/suddenly_susan/s01 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> Caryn James of the ''[[New York Times]]'' wrote: "Like its lead character, ''Suddenly Susan'' has no identity of its own. The beauty of the magic time slot is that it gives Suddenly Susan, with its engaging star and flexible format, a well-deserved chance to grow."<ref>{{cite web |date=19 September 1996 |last=James |first=Caryn |title=When Life Turns Goofy, Glamour Is a Real Asset |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/19/arts/when-life-turns-goofy-glamour-is-a-real-asset.html |website=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 September 1996 |last=Gerard |first=Jeremy |title=Suddenly Susan |url=https://variety.com/1996/tv/reviews/suddenly-susan-1200446776/ |website=Variety }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 September 1996 |author=Newsweek Staff |title=Tune In, Turn On |url=https://www.newsweek.com/tune-turn-177652 |website=Newsweek }}</ref> Ken Tucker of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave it a grade C and called it: "A wearyingly self-conscious updating of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'': nice girl trying to make it in the competitive workplace of a big town."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Suddenly Susan |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/10/18/suddenly-susan/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> ===Ratings history=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! TV Season ! Episodes ! Season premiere ! Season finale ! Time slot (ET) ! Rank ! Viewers<br />(in millions) |- ! 1 | [[1996β97 United States network television schedule|1996β97]] | 22 | September 19, 1996 | May 8, 1997 | Thursday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 1β12)</small><br />Thursday at 8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 13β22)</small> | style="text-align:center" | #3<ref name="season1">{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm |title=TV Ratings: 1996β1997 |publisher=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=2010-01-09}}</ref> | style="text-align:center" | 16.5<ref name="season1"/> |- ! 2 | [[1997β98 United States network television schedule|1997β98]] | 26 | September 22, 1997 | May 18, 1998 | Monday at 8:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1β19, 21β23, 25)</small><br/>Monday at 8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 20, 24, 26)</small> | style="text-align:center" | #65<ref name="season2">{{cite news | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/05/25/DD61876.DTL&type=chart | title = Final Ratings for '97β'98 TV Season | work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date = May 25, 1998}}</ref> | style="text-align:center" | 7.9<ref name="season2"/> |- ! 3 | [[1998β99 United States network television schedule|1998β99]] | 23 | September 21, 1998 | May 24, 1999 | Monday at 8:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1β9, 11β22)</small><br/>Monday at 8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 10, 23)</small> | style="text-align:center" | #81<ref name="season3">{{cite web | url = http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html | title = Final ratings for the 1998β1999 TV season | publisher = The Place|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029011819/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html|archive-date=2009-10-29}}</ref> | style="text-align:center" | 9.5<ref name="season3"/> |- ! 4 | [[1999β2000 United States network television schedule|1999β2000]] | 22{{ref|age1|[a]}} | September 20, 1999 | June 27, 2000{{ref|age2|[b]}} | Monday at 8:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1β10, 12)</small><br/>Monday at 8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 11, 13)</small><br/>Tuesday at 8:00 pm <small>(Episodes 14β17)</small> | style="text-align:center" | #94<ref name="season4">{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshows99&dept=TV |title=Top TV Shows For 1999β2000 Season |access-date=2010-01-09 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 6, 2000}}</ref> | style="text-align:center" | 6.6<ref name="season4"/> |} <small><sup>{{note|age1|[a]}}</sup>Twenty-three episodes were produced for season four, but episode 18, "The Gay Parade" was never broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/suddenly-susan/the-gay-parade-37987/trivia/|title=Suddenly Susan Season 4, Episode 18: "The Gay Parade" - Trivia|publisher=TV.com|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref></small><br/><small><sup>{{note|age2|[b]}}</sup>End of the series' original broadcast run. Last four episodes were aired six months later.</small><ref name="epguide">{{cite web |url=http://epguides.com/SuddenlySusan/|title=Suddenly Susan (a Titles and Air Dates Guide) |access-date=2010-01-09 |date=February 5, 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ===Notes=== {{Notefoot}} {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|0115376}} [[Category:1990s American multi-camera sitcoms]] [[Category:2000s American multi-camera sitcoms]] [[Category:1990s American workplace comedy television series]] [[Category:2000s American workplace comedy television series]] [[Category:1996 American television series debuts]] [[Category:2000 American television series endings]] [[Category:American English-language television shows]] [[Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios]] [[Category:Television shows about writers]] [[Category:Television shows set in San Francisco]] [[Category:NBC sitcoms]]
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