Style and Substance (lost unaired Kathleen Turner pilot; 1996): Difference between revisions
(Created page with "'''Style and Substance''' is a pilot starring Kathleen Turner as Chelsea Stevens. Loosely patterned after Martha Stewart, Chelsea is a homemaker with a media empire. Created by Peter Tolan, directed by Robby Benson, and costarring Melinda McGraw, Lisa Rieffel, Anthony Mangano, JoNell Kennedy, and Danny Zorn, the show came close to securing a spot on the 1996 ABC fall lineup, but test audiences reportedly deemed Turner's character too abrasive. The original pilot was neve...") |
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'''Style and Substance''' is a pilot starring Kathleen Turner as Chelsea Stevens. Loosely patterned after Martha Stewart, Chelsea is a homemaker with a media empire. Created by Peter Tolan, directed by Robby Benson, and costarring Melinda McGraw, Lisa Rieffel, Anthony Mangano, JoNell Kennedy, and Danny Zorn, the show came close to securing a spot on the 1996 ABC fall lineup, but test audiences reportedly deemed Turner's character too abrasive. The original pilot was never broadcast. | '''Style and Substance''' is a workplace comedy pilot starring Kathleen Turner as Chelsea Stevens. Loosely patterned after Martha Stewart, Chelsea is a homemaker with a media empire. Created by Peter Tolan, directed by Robby Benson, and costarring Melinda McGraw, Lisa Rieffel, Anthony Mangano, JoNell Kennedy, and Danny Zorn, the show came close to securing a spot on the 1996 ABC fall lineup, but test audiences reportedly deemed Turner's character too abrasive. The original pilot was never broadcast. | ||
The script was reworked and it was reshot the following year with Jean Smart and Nancy McKeon - that version managed to get on the air at CBS in 1998, but they ran afoul of Stewart, who'd made a home for herself on the network, so the show was quickly and quietly canceled. Smart later reprised the role of Chelsea in a 2019 episode of "Mad About You." | The script was reworked and it was reshot the following year with Jean Smart and Nancy McKeon - that version managed to get on the air at CBS in 1998, but they ran afoul of Stewart, who'd made a home for herself on the network, so the show was quickly and quietly canceled. Smart later reprised the role of Chelsea in a 2019 episode of "Mad About You." | ||
Revision as of 12:31, 1 April 2023
Style and Substance is a workplace comedy pilot starring Kathleen Turner as Chelsea Stevens. Loosely patterned after Martha Stewart, Chelsea is a homemaker with a media empire. Created by Peter Tolan, directed by Robby Benson, and costarring Melinda McGraw, Lisa Rieffel, Anthony Mangano, JoNell Kennedy, and Danny Zorn, the show came close to securing a spot on the 1996 ABC fall lineup, but test audiences reportedly deemed Turner's character too abrasive. The original pilot was never broadcast.
The script was reworked and it was reshot the following year with Jean Smart and Nancy McKeon - that version managed to get on the air at CBS in 1998, but they ran afoul of Stewart, who'd made a home for herself on the network, so the show was quickly and quietly canceled. Smart later reprised the role of Chelsea in a 2019 episode of "Mad About You."