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'''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,<ref>[https://ew.com/article/1996/06/28/mid-season-tv-roundup/ Entertainment Weekly - Midseason Roundup, Peter Tolan blurb (1996-06-28)]</ref> but test audiences reportedly deemed Turner's character too abrasive.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/473801583/ New York Daily News, Kathleen Turner Interview (1996-05-22)]</ref> The original pilot was never broadcast.  
'''Style and Substance''' is a 1996 workplace comedy pilot starring Kathleen Turner as Chelsea Stevens. Loosely patterned after Martha Stewart, Chelsea is an abrasive homemaker who heads a media empire. Created by Peter Tolan and directed by Robby Benson, the show costars Melinda McGraw as her office manager, Lisa Rieffel as her daughter, Danny Zorn as her secretary, plus Anthony Mangano, Scott Stevens, and JoNell Kennedy.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11811084/ IMDb: "Style & Substance" (1996)]</ref> Michael Eisner and ABC executives loved the pilot and penciled the show in on the ABC fall schedule,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/473801583/ New York Daily News, Kathleen Turner Interview (1996-05-22)]</ref> but things fell apart in test screenings.<ref>[https://ew.com/article/1996/06/28/mid-season-tv-roundup/ Entertainment Weekly - Midseason Roundup, Peter Tolan blurb (1996-06-28)]</ref> The original pilot was never broadcast.  


The script was reworked, it was shopped around to other actresses<ref>[https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/sep/09/go-ahead-deepak-and-make-me-dazed/ Spokesman, Recasting blurb (1996-09-09)]</ref> and reshot the following year with Jean Smart<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050210041324/http://www.topthat.net/JeanSmart/Press/PR016.html Smart Choice: Giving sitcoms another try, Smart Stuff, USA Today (1998-01-05)]</ref> and Nancy McKeon - that version managed to get on the air at CBS in 1998,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117769 IMDb: Style & Substance (1998)]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/StyleAndSubstance1998PressKit Style & Substance (1998) Press Kit]</ref> but they ran afoul of Stewart, who'd made a home for herself on the network,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux80Ktqkz-4 Nancy McKeon - Biography (Style & Substance excerpt)]</ref> so the show was quickly and quietly canceled. Copies of that show's 13 episodes are easily found online.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/StyleAndSubstance1998 Internet Archive]</ref> Smart later reprised the role of Chelsea in a 2019 episode of "Mad About You."<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10927684/reference/ IMDb: "Mad About You," Real Estate for Beginners (2019)]</ref>  
The script was reworked, it was shopped around to other actresses<ref>[https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/sep/09/go-ahead-deepak-and-make-me-dazed/ Spokesman, Recasting blurb (1996-09-09)]</ref> and reshot the following year with Jean Smart<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050210041324/http://www.topthat.net/JeanSmart/Press/PR016.html Smart Choice: Giving sitcoms another try, USA Today (1998-01-05)]</ref> and Nancy McKeon. That version managed to get on the air at CBS in January 1998,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117769 IMDb: Style & Substance (1998)]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/StyleAndSubstance1998PressKit Style & Substance (1998) Press Kit]</ref> but they ran afoul of Stewart, who'd made a home for herself on the network,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux80Ktqkz-4 Nancy McKeon - Biography (Style & Substance excerpt)]</ref> so it was quickly and quietly canceled. Copies of that series' 13 episodes are easily found online.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/StyleAndSubstance1998 Internet Archive]</ref> Smart later reprised the role of Chelsea in a 2019 episode of "Mad About You."<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10927684/reference/ IMDb: "Mad About You," Real Estate for Beginners (2019)]</ref>  


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11811084/ IMDb]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_and_Substance Wikipedia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_and_Substance Wikipedia]


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Style and Substance is a 1996 workplace comedy pilot starring Kathleen Turner as Chelsea Stevens. Loosely patterned after Martha Stewart, Chelsea is an abrasive homemaker who heads a media empire. Created by Peter Tolan and directed by Robby Benson, the show costars Melinda McGraw as her office manager, Lisa Rieffel as her daughter, Danny Zorn as her secretary, plus Anthony Mangano, Scott Stevens, and JoNell Kennedy.[1] Michael Eisner and ABC executives loved the pilot and penciled the show in on the ABC fall schedule,[2] but things fell apart in test screenings.[3] The original pilot was never broadcast.

The script was reworked, it was shopped around to other actresses[4] and reshot the following year with Jean Smart[5] and Nancy McKeon. That version managed to get on the air at CBS in January 1998,[6][7] but they ran afoul of Stewart, who'd made a home for herself on the network,[8] so it was quickly and quietly canceled. Copies of that series' 13 episodes are easily found online.[9] Smart later reprised the role of Chelsea in a 2019 episode of "Mad About You."[10]

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References

  1. ↑ IMDb: "Style & Substance" (1996)
  2. ↑ New York Daily News, Kathleen Turner Interview (1996-05-22)
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly - Midseason Roundup, Peter Tolan blurb (1996-06-28)
  4. ↑ Spokesman, Recasting blurb (1996-09-09)
  5. ↑ Smart Choice: Giving sitcoms another try, USA Today (1998-01-05)
  6. ↑ IMDb: Style & Substance (1998)
  7. ↑ Style & Substance (1998) Press Kit
  8. ↑ Nancy McKeon - Biography (Style & Substance excerpt)
  9. ↑ Internet Archive
  10. ↑ IMDb: "Mad About You," Real Estate for Beginners (2019)
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