We Got It Made

We Got It Made
We Got it Made season-two opening title
Genre	Situation comedy
Written by	Michael S. Baser Lynne Farr Brao Bob Brunner David Chambers Chet Dowling Gordon Farr Jeffrey Ferro Ken Hecht Arnold Kane Sandy Krinski Susan H. Lee Bowie Lennon C.M. Leon Laura Levine Chick Mitchell Geoffrey Neigher Kim Weiskopf Margaret Weisman Fredric Weiss
Directed by	James R. Drake Alan Rafkin
Starring	Teri Copley Tom Villard Matt McCoy
Theme music composer	Tom Wells
Opening theme	"We Got It Made"
Composer(s)	Tom Wells
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	46
Production
Executive producer(s)	Fred Silverman
Producer(s)	Lynne Farr Brao Gordon Farr Alan Rafkin
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company(s)	InterMedia Entertainment Company The Farr Organization Inc. MGM/UA Television
Release
Original network	NBC (1983-1984) Syndication (1987-1988)
Original release	September 8, 1983 (1983-09-08) – September 3, 1988 (1988-09-03)

We Got It Made was an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 8, 1983 to March 10, 1984 and in first-run syndication from September 11, 1987 to March 30, 1988. The series was created by Gordon Farr and Lynne Farr Brao (credited as simply Lynne Farr during the 1987-88 season), and was executive produced by Fred Silverman in association with MGM Television.

Synopsis

1983 NBC version

The show focuses on Mickey Mackenzie (Teri Copley), a girl in her early 20s who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan. Her employers are two bachelors who share the two-bedroom apartment—conservative attorney David Tucker (Matt McCoy) and goofy, idealistic salesman Jay Bostwick (Tom Villard). Mickey is the first—and-only applicant for the job; in fact, both David and Jay are so taken by her beauty, they immediately hire her.

Both David and Jay had girlfriends—David's was Claudia (Stepfanie Kramer, who left midway through the first season and found far greater fame on the NBC crime drama, Hunter), while Jay dated kindergarten teacher Beth Sorensen (Bonnie Urseth). Both Claudia and Beth were skeptical about their boyfriends having such an attractive maid living with them, but they eventually grew to accept Mickey as a friend.

When it first premiered, We Got It Made looked to be successful, winning its time slot early in the run.^[1] Before long, though, negative reviews from both critics and the general viewing public eroded its viewership. NBC moved the series from its original Thursday night berth to Saturdays in January 1984. The change in its night and time did little in keeping the series on the air; in March 1984, We Got It Made was cancelled.

1987 syndicated version

We Got It Made was revived in first-run syndication for the 1987-1988 season as part of NBC's "Prime Time Begins at 7:30" campaign, in which the network's owned-and-operated stations ran first-run sitcoms in the 7:30-8:00 pm time slot to counterprogram competing stations' game shows, sitcom reruns, and other offerings. However, the series was picked up by non-NBC stations, as well.

Teri Copley and Tom Villard were the only returning cast members, Jay and Beth no longer were a couple (Bonnie Urseth had decided not to participate this time), and David was now played by John Hillner. David, Jay, and Mickey had new neighbors, as well—policeman Max Papavasiolios Sr. (Ron Karabatsos) and his son, Max Jr. (Lance Wilson-White).^[2] Mickey seemed to allow greater physical attention—and affection—from the now-single Jay and David, but at the same time, she doted on them as if they were her young sons. She also had a special relationship with teenaged Max, who frequently came to her for advice in attracting and dealing with women, although he would have preferred putting that advice to use on Mickey alone.

As they had with the NBC version, critics lambasted the series, and We Got It Made lasted only one season in syndication.^[1] The series' final original episode was released on March 30, 1988, with reruns airing until the week of September 3, 1988, in most markets.

Cast

We Got it Made first season cast photo featuring Villard, Copley and McCoy.

Teri Copley as Mickey Mackenzie
Tom Villard as Jay Bostwick
Matt McCoy as David Tucker (1983–1984)
John Hillner as David Tucker (1987–1988)
Bonnie Urseth as Beth Sorensen (1983–1984)
Stepfanie Kramer as Claudia (1983–1984)
Ron Karabatsos as Max Papavasilios Sr. (1987–1988)
Lance Wilson-White as Max Papavasilios, Jr. (1987–1988)

Episode list

Season 1

Episode #	Production Code	Episode Title	Airdate
1	3120	Pilot	September 8, 1983
2	3126	"Mickey Sleepwalks"	September 15, 1983
3	3127	"The Boyfriend"	September 22, 1983
4	3129	"Mickey Goes Topless"	September 29, 1983
5	3124	"David's Birthday"	October 13, 1983
6	3122	"Mickey the Shoplifter"	October 20, 1983
7	3128	"Mickey's Mom"	October 27, 1983
8	3129	"Mickey Gets Married (Part 1)"	November 3, 1983
9	3130	"Mickey Gets Married (Part 2)"	November 10, 1983
10	3131	"The Super"	November 17, 1983
11	3121	"Am I Blue?"	November 24, 1983
12	3132	"Mickey's T-shirt"	December 1, 1983
13	3123	"Sexiest Bachelor"	December 8, 1983
14	3134	"Mickey's Misconception"	January 7, 1984
15	3135	"Mickey's Poster"	January 14, 1984
16	3136	"The Other Tucker"	January 21, 1984
17	3137	"The Break-up (Part 1)"	February 4, 1984
18	3138	"The Break-up (Part 2)"	February 11, 1984
19	3141	"Miss Mom"	February 18, 1984
20	3133	"The Fight"	February 25, 1984
21	3140	"A Paige in David's Life"	March 3, 1984
22	3139	"Mickey Makes the Grade"	March 10, 1984

Season 2

Episode #	Production Code	Episode Title	Airdate
23	201	"Instant Family"	September 11, 1987
24	203	"The Three Faces of Mickey"	September 18, 1987
25	207	"And David Makes Three"	September 25, 1987
26	202	"Mickey Meet Mr. Right?"	October 2, 1987
27	204	"Hello, Dolly"	October 16, 1987
28	210	"Prisoner of Love"	October 30, 1987
29	212	"On the Ropes"	November 6, 1987
30	215	"The Naked Truth"	November 13, 1987
31	208	"Man Around the House"	December 4, 1987
32	224	"Upstairs, Downstairs (a.k.a. Christmas Clip Show)"	December 11, 1987
33	218	"A Dog's Life"	December 25, 1987
34	219	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	January 8, 1988
35	220	"Mickey Times Two"	January 15, 1988
36	222	"Fatal Distraction"	January 20, 1988
37	221	"Jay's on the Roof"	January 27, 1988
38	223	"Centerfold Mickey"	February 3, 1988
39	217	"Confidence Man"	February 10, 1988
40	216	"Not for Love or Money"	February 17, 1988
41	213	"La Vie en Jay (Part 1)"	February 24, 1988
42	214	"La Vie en Jay (Part 2)"	March 2, 1988
43	211	"Four Loves Have I"	March 9, 1988
44	205	"Crime Busters"	March 16, 1988
45	-	"Temporary Mickey"	March 23, 1988
46	-	"Video Mickey"	March 30, 1988

Runner - Russ Timmins. (Summer 1987)

In popular culture

Around the original network airing of the show, SCTV did a satirical television ad for a show starring Pirini Scleroso (Andrea Martin) called 'We Got a Maid' in which Pirini is the maid to two bachelors instead of the expected Teri Copley type that people would usually see.

References

1 2 Hofstede, David (2004). What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. p. 89. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
↑ "Television Obscurities - The Syndicated Season: 1987-1988". tvobscurities.com. 2005-02-15.

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