Style & Substance
| Style & Substance | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Peter Tolan |
| Directed by | Jay Sandrich Iris Dugow Brian K. Roberts Peter Tolan |
| Starring | Jean Smart Nancy McKeon Heath Hyche Linda Kash Joseph Maher Alan Autry |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (1 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Peter Tolan |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Cloudland Company Touchstone Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | January 5 – September 2, 1998 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Style & Substance is an American sitcom starring Jean Smart and Nancy McKeon which aired on CBS from January 5 to September 2, 1998.
Premise
Jean Smart is Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.
Jean Smart's official website describes Stevens as a "neurotic control freak" and a "one-woman cooking, decorating, and entertaining machine who thinks every crisis can be solved by a decorative centerpiece".
It was rumored that Martha Stewart had complained to CBS about the similarities between her and the Chelsea Stevens character, even though on more than one episode Chelsea was referred to as Stewart's rival. Whether Stewart's complaint was true or not, the network cancelled the show after airing only a dozen episodes.
CBS tried another show similar in content in 1998: The Simple Life, starring Judith Light as a lifestyle expert did not fare any better.
Cast
- Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens
- Nancy McKeon as Jane Sokol
- Joseph Maher as Mr. John
- Linda Kash as Trudy
- Heath Hyche as Terry
- Alan Autry as Earl
Episodes
A total of 13 episodes of Style & Substance were produced. After 5 episodes, the series was cancelled and the remaining episodes were shown during the summer months, with one episode remaining unaired.[1]
| Nº | Episode Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot: Style & Substance" | Jan-05-1998 |
| 2 | "A Trip to Chelseatown" | Jan-12-1998 |
| 3 | "The Boss and Other Disasters" | Jan-19-1998 |
| 4 | "A Recipe for Disaster" | Jan-26-1998 |
| 5 | "Chelsea Gets an Opinion" | Feb-02-1998 |
| 6 | "Terry, We Hardly Knew Ye" | July-22-1998 |
| 7 | "Office Management for Beginners" | July-29-1998 |
| 8 | "The Plate" | Aug-05-1998 |
| 9 | "Chelsea's First Date" | Aug-12-1998 |
| 10 | "No Soap Romeo" | Aug-19-1998 |
| 11 | "Chelsea's Ex" | Aug-25-1998 |
| 12 | "I Went To a Garden Party" | Sep-02-1998 |
| 13 | "Do Not Go Squealing into that Good Night" | UNAIRED |
References
- ↑ Style & Substance episode guide, retrieved June 28, 2015.
External links
- 1998 American television series debuts
- 1998 American television series endings
- 1990s American television series
- 1990s American comedy television series
- American television sitcoms
- English-language television programming
- CBS network shows
- Television series by ABC Studios
- Television shows set in New York City
- Television series about television
