The Ted Knight Show (1978 TV series)

The Ted Knight Show
GenreSitcom
Written byLowell Ganz
Mark Rothman
Susan Sisko
Richard Rosenstock[1]
Directed byJames Burrows
Jerry Paris
Joel Zwick[1]
StarringTed Knight[2]
Theme music composerMichael Leonard[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (and 1 pilot) (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersLowell Ganz
Mark Rothman[3]
ProducersMartin Cohan
David W. Duclon[3]
Production locationsParamount Studios
Hollywood, California
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHayadou Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseApril 8 (1978-04-08) –
May 13, 1978 (1978-05-13)
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The Ted Knight Show is an American sitcom television series starring Ted Knight which centers on the owner of an escort service in New York City. The series aired on CBS from April 8, 1978 to May 13, 1978.[2][3]

The series was a spin-off of Busting Loose and was one of two series Knight starred in that bore his name; in 1986 his sitcom Too Close for Comfort was retitled The Ted Knight Show after a significant retooling.

  1. ^ a b c Leszczak, Bob, Single-Season Sitcoms 1948-1979: A Complete Guide, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc, ISBN 978-0-7864-6812-6, pp. 180-181.
  2. ^ a b Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 1019.
  3. ^ a b c McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 820-821.