United States
Watch Series: United States Released in (1980) produced by USA, The TV Series categorized in Comedy, Drama, with duration 30 min broadcasted as these networks NBC, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Gary Markowitz. United States is a short-lived half-hour comedy-drama that NBC added to its Tuesday primetime schedule in March 1980.
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\nLarry Gelbart, the show's executive producer and chief writer, said the name United States was not a reference to the country but rather to \"the state of being united in a relationship\". Gelbart envisioned a series that would be \"a situation comedy based on the real things that happen in my marriage and in the marriages of my friends\".
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\nEpisodes tackled such topics as marital infidelity, household debt, friends who drink too much, death within the family, and sexual misunderstandings.
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\nUnited States focused on Richard and Libby Chapin, an upwardly mobile couple who lived in a Los Angeles suburb. Beau Bridges played Richard, and Helen Shaver played Libby. Gelbart reverted to black-and-white script for the show's titles. He said that was to convey the mood of \"a sophisticated '30s film.\" Gelbart also avoided use of background music and a laugh track. Scripts featured dialogue such as, \"Just for once I'd like to be treated like a friend instead of a husband,\" and \"Maybe you and Bob can go out and get yourselves one redhead with two straws.\"
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\nUnited States premiered at 10:30 p.m. on March 11, 1980. NBC pulled it from the schedule within two months, after only six of 13 episodes had aired. The remaining episodes were not broadcast until 1986, when the A&E cable channel aired United States.
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\nLarry Gelbart, the show's executive producer and chief writer, said the name United States was not a reference to the country but rather to \"the state of being united in a relationship\". Gelbart envisioned a series that would be \"a situation comedy based on the real things that happen in my marriage and in the marriages of my friends\".
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\nEpisodes tackled such topics as marital infidelity, household debt, friends who drink too much, death within the family, and sexual misunderstandings.
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\nUnited States focused on Richard and Libby Chapin, an upwardly mobile couple who lived in a Los Angeles suburb. Beau Bridges played Richard, and Helen Shaver played Libby. Gelbart reverted to black-and-white script for the show's titles. He said that was to convey the mood of \"a sophisticated '30s film.\" Gelbart also avoided use of background music and a laugh track. Scripts featured dialogue such as, \"Just for once I'd like to be treated like a friend instead of a husband,\" and \"Maybe you and Bob can go out and get yourselves one redhead with two straws.\"
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\nUnited States premiered at 10:30 p.m. on March 11, 1980. NBC pulled it from the schedule within two months, after only six of 13 episodes had aired. The remaining episodes were not broadcast until 1986, when the A&E cable channel aired United States.
Actor: Helen Shaver, Beau Bridges, Justin Dana, Rossie Harris
Directors: Gary Markowitz
Countries: USA
Languages: en,
Produced By: OTP Productions
Networks:
NBC,
Runtime: 30 min
Date Published: 1980-03-11
Year Released: 1980
Rating: 5 out of 10
Content Rating:
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 0
Views: 104
Quality: HD
