A weatherman meets a 3,000-year-old genie and somehow the weather forecast wasn't the problem.
Season 1 • Episode 12
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Just Our Luck is a short-lived American sitcom which aired on the American Broadcasting Company in the fall of 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the classic 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The series stars Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries. The series was produced by Lorimar Productions, and initially promoted by ABC as one of its new ambitious comedies along with Webster. Just Our Luck was created to compete against The A-Team on NBC but earned low ratings for much of its run. It was poorly received by critics, however, and was the subject of controversy when the NAACP charged the show with promoting negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The NAACP originally campaigned to have the show removed but later settled for a degree of creative control in the show's development. This included changes to Carter's dialogue, the hiring of black staff writers and the addition of Leonard Simon to the cast. The show was cancelled after three months.
Acting
T.K. Carter's charisma fighting against terrible material.
Production
Lorimar's glossy sheen on a doomed premise.
Creator
Lawrence Gordon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The NAACP settlement was groundbreaking — black writers got hired, but too late to save the show. It became a case study in reactive vs. proactive representation.
Lawrence Gordon later produced Die Hard and Field of Dreams. Everyone involved moved on fast.
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