Open House (TV series)
| Open House | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Ruth Bennett Susan Seeger |
| Written by | Bruce Ferber |
| Directed by |
Dwayne Hickman Philip Charles MacKenzie Arlene Sanford David Semel Lee Shallat-Chemel Michael Zinberg |
| Starring |
Alison LaPlaca Mary Page Keller Chris Lemmon |
| Composer(s) | John Beasley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Ruth Bennett Susan Seeger |
| Producer(s) |
Deborah Leschin Linda Nieber Barry Vigon Tom Walla |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Ubu Productions, Paramount Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | August 27, 1989 – July 21, 1990 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Duet |
Open House is an American sitcom that aired Sunday at 9:30 on Fox from August 27, 1989 to July 21, 1990. The series is a spin-off of the Fox series Duet.
Synopsis
Open House starred Alison LaPlaca as Linda Phillips, the former studio executive who brought the same zeal pushing costly houses for Juan Verde Real Estate as she did working at World Wide Studios. The show also starred Mary Page Keller and Chris Lemmon continuing their roles as Laura Kelly and Richard Phillips. Laura, newly separated from her writer husband Ben Coleman, also quit catering, and became an apprentice agent. Richard, Linda's husband, was a pianist at Jasper's, but left the hangout — and his wife — by mid-season. Among Linda's eccentric co-workers were Ted Nichols (Philip Charles MacKenzie), her main rival; Scott Babylon (Danny Gans), a talented impressionist; Margo Van Meter (Ellen DeGeneres), the sassy, man-hungry secretary; and Roger McSwain (Nick Tate), the manager of Juan Verde.
The premise of the series had originated in the series finale of Duet, in which Linda was introduced to Ted, who brought her to Juan Verde to start her new career. LaPlaca and MacKenzie had been dating for several years by the time they worked opposite each other on Duet and Open House (they first worked together on a 1985 episode of MacKenzie's former series, Brothers). In 1992, two years after the cancellation of Open House, LaPlaca and MacKenzie were married.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Alison LaPlaca | Linda Phillips |
| Mary Page Keller | Laura Kelly |
| Chris Lemmon | Richard Phillips |
| Philip Charles MacKenzie | Ted Nichols |
| Danny Gans | Scott Babylon |
| Ellen DeGeneres | Margo Van Meter |
| Nick Tate | Roger McSwain |
| Ginger Orsi | Amanda Phillips |
| Jon Cypher | John Green |
| Arleen Sorkin | Geneva |
Episode list
| № | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Fish Out of Water" | 1989 August 27 |
| 2 | "Scenes from an Office Marriage" | 1989 September 3 |
| 3 | "Going for Broker" | 1989 September 10 |
| 4 | "Whodunnit?" | 1989 September 17 |
| 5 | "Second Honeymoon Anyone?" | 1989 September 24 |
| 6 | "Dome Sweet Dome" | 1989 October 1 |
| 7 | "Let's Get Physicals" | 1989 October 8 |
| 8 | "Married Without Children" | 1989 October 22 |
| 9 | "Torn Between Two Houses" | 1989 October 29 |
| 10 | "Murder, He Wrote" | 1989 November 5 |
| 11 | "In Vegas... with Showgirls! (Part 1)" | 1989 November 12 |
| 12 | "In Vegas... with Showgirls! (Part 2)" | 1989 November 19 |
| 13 | "Parade of Homes" | 1989 November 26 |
| 14 | "Bye, Bye Boris" | 1990 January 7 |
| 15 | "Who Framed Roger McSwain?" | 1990 January 14 |
| 16 | "An Unmarried Woman" | 1990 February 4 |
| 17 | "The Bad Seed" | 1990 February 11 |
| 18 | "Lost Weekend" | 1990 February 18 |
| 19 | "Dumbstruck" | 1990 February 25 |
| 20 | "Brother, Can You Spare a Grand?" | 1990 March 18 |
| 21 | "New Kid in Town" | 1990 April 1 |
| 22 | "The Real Estate Thing" | 1990 April 8 |
| 23 | "The Roast" | 1990 April 29 |
| 24 | "First Impression" | 1990 May 6 |
External links
- Open House at the Internet Movie Database
- Open House at TV.com
- Open House at epguides.com