"Encore! Encore!" (1998)TV-Serie 1998-1999

Directors:

Sheldon Epps
Pamela Fryman

Drehbuchautoren:

John Augustine (writer)
Anne Flett-Giordano (writer)

Staffeln:

1

Premierendatum:

22. September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Plot:

Joe Pinoni is a world-famous opera singer, but because of an accident while pumping his stomach in Italy...

Plot Keywords:

Television Flop | Short Lived | Opera Singer | Sitcom | Vineyard

Nutzerkommentare:

NBC ought to be ashamed for cancelling this so quickly

Besetzung

Nathan Lane	...	Joseph Pinoni (12 Folgen, 1998-1999)
Joan Plowright	...	Marie Pinoni (12 Folgen, 1998-1999)
Glenne Headly	...	Francesca Pinoni (12 Folgen, 1998-1999)
Ernie Sabella	...	Leo (5 Folgen, 1998-1999)

Alternativ:

Bravo! (USA) (working title)
Encore! (USA) (working title)
Applaus! Applaus! (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

30 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M

NBC ought to be ashamed for cancelling this so quickly

This show, like so many, wasn't perfect when it premiered. The tone they were attempting to project was rather delicate--Joe Pinoni was rather self-centered and more than a little pompous, but not a bad person. In other words, the role was perfect for the larger-than-life persona of Nathan Lane; if anyone ever was made to carry a slightly unreal, belly-laugh inducing show, he's the one. The supporting cast was fine, especially Joan Plowright (amazing they were able to sign her), but like virtually every ensemble show, they needed time to gel into a comic team. Unfortunately for this show (and the audience), the nets aren't prepared to let shows develop. The critics tend (whether they realize it or not) to make snap judgments at the beginning of the season based on the pilot, stories they hear about set discord, and comparisons to previous shows from the same people. If a show succeeds, the early negatives are forgotten. But if the show has disappointing ratings, the early negatives harden into rejection. In most cases, negative critical reaction is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. So Encore, Encore doesn't last the season, while Everybody Loves Raymond, a thoroughly unfunny and even repellent show, lives on.