Season 6 • Episode 16
Latest1st & Ten is an American situation comedy that aired between December 1984 and January 1991 on the cable television network HBO. Featuring series regulars Delta Burke and veteran Reid Shelton, it was one of cable's first attempts to lure the lucrative sit-com audience away from the "Big Three", by taking advantage of their freedom to include occasional cursing and nudity.
Production
Genuinely groundbreaking: first ongoing cable sitcom with nudity
Acting
Delta Burke's pre-Designing Women swagger carries uneven scripts
Creator
Carl Kleinschmitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by the same Carl Kleinschmitt who wrote for M*A*S*H—imagine that pedigree producing 'HBO but with boobs.'
Season 5 tried replacing Delta Burke with her own character's sister after contract disputes; the audience noticed.
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