

Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestActing
Robert Hays' smarmy charm and Thigpen's scene-stealing realness.
Writing
Allan Burns' wit too smart for its own Nielsen ratings.
Creators
Dan Wilcox, Allan Burns, Shelley Zellman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Allan Burns co-created The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, making FM his sitcom swan song before retirement.
The show satirized corporate radio consolidation years before the 1996 Telecommunications Act made it reality—eerily prescient for 13 episodes.