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The Tony Randall Show is an American
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 television sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 that debuted on September 23, 1976 and aired on ABC during its first season and on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 for its second and final season.

series starred Tony Randall
Tony Randall

Tony Randall was an American comic and actor....
 as Walter Franklin, a middle-aged widowed judge, and took place in Philadelphia. The show followed the reserved Franklin dealing with being a single parent, raising his teenage daughter (Devon Scott
Devon Scott

Devon Patricia Scott Elstob is a former United States actress and youngest daughter of the late George C. Scott. She currently lives in London, England, England, with her husband, Mark, and their son Philip, both actors....
), and preteen son (Brad Savage
Brad Savage

Brad Savage is an United States actor best known for his role as Danny in the 1984 movie Red Dawn, for which he received a nomination for the Young Artist Award in the category ?Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama?....
).






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The Tony Randall Show is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 that debuted on September 23, 1976 and aired on ABC during its first season and on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 for its second and final season.

Synopsis

The series starred Tony Randall
Tony Randall

Tony Randall was an American comic and actor....
 as Walter Franklin, a middle-aged widowed judge, and took place in Philadelphia. The show followed the reserved Franklin dealing with being a single parent, raising his teenage daughter (Devon Scott
Devon Scott

Devon Patricia Scott Elstob is a former United States actress and youngest daughter of the late George C. Scott. She currently lives in London, England, England, with her husband, Mark, and their son Philip, both actors....
), and preteen son (Brad Savage
Brad Savage

Brad Savage is an United States actor best known for his role as Danny in the 1984 movie Red Dawn, for which he received a nomination for the Young Artist Award in the category ?Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama?....
). At times he also had to play surrogate parent to his daffy English housekeeper (Rachel Roberts), whose inedible cooking was a frequent source of humor. At work, Judge Franklin had to contend with his dour and proper secretary, Miss Reubner (Allyn Ann McLerie) and his dimwitted court reporter, Jack Terwilliger (Barney Martin
Barney Martin

Barney Martin was an United States actor....
), as well as presiding over court cases. Actor Zane Lasky played the recurring role of Mario Lanza, a nerdy, overbearing assistant whom Judge Franklin despised, but who kept getting rehired by Miss Reubner. Other recurring roles were played by Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton

'Michael John Douglas' , better known by the stage name 'Michael Keaton', is an American actor, known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift , Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series, as well as lead roles in the late 1990s and 2000s including Jackie Brown, ...
 (the third film role of his career), Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole

Annette O'Toole is an United States of America dancer and actress....
, and Michael Durrell
Michael Durrell

Michael Durrell is an United States actor.He began his career on CBS in the soap opera The Guiding Light. He played attorney Peter Wexler....
. In the show's second season, Devon Scott was replaced by Penny Peyser
Penny Peyser

Penny Peyser is an actress. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1973.Peyser is probably best known for her role as Cindy in the 1980s series Crazy Like a Fox , however she has also played guest roles in numerous TV series, including Barnaby Jones, The Frisco Kid, The Incredible Hulk , Knight Rider, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Ma...
, and Hans Conried
Hans Conried

Hans Conried was an American comedian character actor and voice actor....
 joined the cast as Walter's irascible father.

The show was produced by MTM Enterprises
MTM Enterprises

MTM Enterprises was an independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS....
 and aired for one season on ABC. For its second season, the series moved to CBS where it aired for one more season before being canceled. Writer/producer Gary David Goldberg
Gary David Goldberg

'Gary David Goldberg' is an United States writer and producer for television and film, best known for his work on Family Ties, Spin City, and his acclaimed semi-autobiographical Brooklyn Bridge ....
 discusses behind-the-scenes stories in his autobiography, Sit, Ubu, Sit.

Syndication and DVD release

The series has been seen in syndication, but never officially released on VHS or DVD.

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