Actress-comedienne, Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman is a British stage and television actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author ....

, stars in the one-off comedy special, Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, her first HBO project, later launching the series Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On... is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedienne Tracey Ullman.In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit Fox comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, and Tracey Ullman:...

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The Johnsons

Couple, Penny and Gordon Johnson, travel to New York to attend a Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 show, which happens to be starring Linda Granger. Penny and Gordon get separated from each other in the city, and both experience two different sides of New York: Penny, the good. Gordon, the bad. Penny is even chosen to model for a fashion photographer. After Linda Granger gets hit by a bus, Penny is chosen to replace her in the show.

Family Reunion

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act character, Janie Pillsworth, now an adult, works as a magazine fashion editor. Pillsworth, who disowned her parents as a young girl, is reunited with them during an interview. Janie, although mortified at first, reconciles with them and decides to put them on the cover of her magazine's next issue.

The Rosenthal Affair

Harry and Fern Rosenthal welcome their daughter's future in-laws to the city. Fern becomes jealous of her future son-in-law's mother, and begins to suspect that she is trying to steal her daughter away from her.

Wins

American Comedy Awards

American Comedy Awards

The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually in the United States from 1987 to 2001 recognizing performances and performers in the field of comedy, with an emphasis on television comedy and comedy films...

• Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication - Tracey Ullman

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program - Jane Ruhm (costume designer)

• Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Tracey Ullman

WGA Awards

• Variety - Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event - Tony Sheehan, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Stephen Nathan, Marc Flanagan

DVD release

Tracey Ullman Takes On New York acts as a bonus feature on Tracey Takes On... Complete Season 1 DVDs.