| All That Glitters | |
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| Created by | Norman Lear |
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| Theme music composer | Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Opening theme | "Genesis Revisited" performed by Kenny Rankin |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
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| Executive producer | Norman Lear |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 mins. |
| Production company | Tandem Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndicated |
| Release | April 18 – July 15, 1977 |
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All That Glitters is an American sitcom by producer Norman Lear. It consisted of 65 episodes, running five nights a week between April 18 and July 15, 1977, in broadcast syndication.[1] The show, a spoof of the soap opera format, depicted the trials and tribulations of a group of executives at the Globatron corporation. The twist of the series was that it was set within a world of complete role-reversal: Women were the "stronger sex," the executives and breadwinners, while the "weaker sex" – the men – were the support staff or stay-at-home dads. Men were often treated as sex objects.
The series featured Eileen Brennan, Greg Evigan, Lois Nettleton, Gary Sandy, Tim Thomerson and Jessica Walter. Comic actor and cartoon voice artist Chuck McCann was also a regular. Linda Gray played transgender[2] fashion model Linda Murkland, the first transgender series regular on American television.[3][4] Critically, All That Glitters was negatively received and a ratings disappointment across syndicated television stations.
- ^ Copeland, Mary Ann (1991). Soap Opera History. Publications International. p. 262. ISBN 0-88176-933-9.
- ^ Clarke, Gerald (1977-04-25). "Eve's Rib and Adam's Yawn". Time. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ Stein, p. 177
- ^ Miller, Taylor Cole (2017). "Chapter 2: Rewriting Genesis: Queering Genre in Norman Lear's First-Run Syndicated Serials". Syndicated Queerness: Television Talk Shows, Rerun Syndication, and the Serials of Norman Lear (PhD). University of Wisconsin–Madison.