Down and Out in Beverly Hills (TV series)

American TV series or program

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Genre| Sitcom
Based on| Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Developed by| Howard Gewirtz
Starring| Hector Elizondo
Anita Morris
Composer| David Michael Frank
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 13 (5 unaired)
Production
Running time| 30 minutes
Production company| Touchstone Television
Original release
Network| Fox
Release| April 26 (1987-04-26) –
September 12, 1987 (1987-09-12)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills is an American sitcom based[1] on the 1986 movie of the same name. It aired from April 26 to September 12, 1987 on the fledgling Fox network.[2] It has the distinction of being the first ever show to be cancelled by Fox; 5 of the 13 produced episodes did not air.[3]

The cast included Hector Elizondo as Dave Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss' character in the movie), Anita Morris as Barbara Whiteman (Bette Midler's character in the movie), Eileen Seeley as Jenny Whiteman (Tracy Nelson's character in the movie), April Ortiz as Carmen the Maid (Elizabeth Peña's character from the movie), and Tim Thomerson as Jerry Baskin (Nick Nolte's character in the movie). Evan Richards (Max Whiteman) was the only cast member of the film to reprise his role for TV (except for Mike the dog).

## Cast[edit]

* Hector Elizondo as Dave Whiteman
* Anita Morris as Barbara Whiteman
* Evan Richards as Max Whiteman
* Eileen Seeley as Jenny Whiteman
* Tim Thomerson as Jerry Baskin
* April Ortiz as Carmen

## Episodes[edit]

Overview of episodes of Down and Out in Beverly Hills No.  | Title  | Directed by  | Written by  | Original air date

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1| "Jerry's Mission"| Bill Foster| Howard Gewirtz| April 26, 1987 (1987-04-26)
2| "Something Mild"| Unknown| Unknown| July 25, 1987 (1987-07-25)
3| "Skin Tight"| Unknown| Unknown| August 1, 1987 (1987-08-01)
4| "Max Bedroom"| Unknown| Unknown| August 8, 1987 (1987-08-08)
5| "Altared States"| Unknown| Unknown| August 15, 1987 (1987-08-15)
6| "Shapiro's Carmen"| Unknown| Unknown| August 22, 1987 (1987-08-22)
7| "Dancing in the Dark"| Unknown| Unknown| September 5, 1987 (1987-09-05)
8| "You Ought to Be in Pictures"| Linda Day| Robert Bruce & Martin Weiss| September 12, 1987 (1987-09-12)
9| "A Fistful of Dollars"| TBD| TBD| UNAIRED
10| "For a Few Dollars More"| TBD| TBD| UNAIRED
11| "Jerry Jumps Right In"| TBD| TBD| UNAIRED
12| "The Legend That is Barbara"| TBD| TBD| UNAIRED
13| "Jerry Strikes Out"| TBD| TBD| UNAIRED

## References[edit]

1. ^ Corry, John (July 24, 1987). "'DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS' BECOMES A SERIES". The New York Times.
2. ^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
3. ^ "Down and out in Beverly Hills: 13 episodes" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, TV.com

## External links[edit]

* Down and Out in Beverly Hills at IMDb

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