Off the Rack

Off the Rack
GenreSitcom
Created byRichard Baer
Bob Randall
Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Written byDan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Bob Randall
Lissa Levin
Timothy James
Larry Balmagia
Directed byJay Sandrich (pilot)
Noam Pitlik (series)
StarringEdward Asner
Eileen Brennan
Pamela Brull
Dennis Haysbert
Sandy Simpson
Claudia Wells
R. J. Williams
Cory Yothers
Theme music composerFred Karlin
ComposerFred Karlin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (+1 Pilot Special)
Production
Executive producersMarc Merson
Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Production locationABC Television Center
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Production companiesBrownstone and Mugwump Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseDecember 7, 1984 (1984-12-07) –
April 19, 1985 (1985-04-19)
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Off the Rack is an American sitcom television series set in the Los Angeles garment industry that aired on ABC[1] from March 15 until April 19, 1985. The series stars Ed Asner[2] and Eileen Brennan and was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. Its taping location was the ABC Television Center in Hollywood.

It was canceled after six regular episodes and one half-hour pilot, which aired as a special on December 7, 1984 (in which the locale was originally New York; the network insisted the setting be changed to Los Angeles for the series). Off the Rack premiered as a regular series in the middle of the 1984–1985 television season as a mid-season replacement on ABC on the same day as Mr. Belvedere. Writer Lissa Levin and director Noam Pitlik would go on to work for that series, following Off the Rack's cancellation.

  1. ^ Shales, Tom (March 17, 1995). "'Off the Rack' is ABC's best offering this year". El Paso Times. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ Deeb, Gary (March 15, 1985). "Ed Asner returns in 'Off the Rack'". Florida Today. Retrieved 27 May 2022.