I'm shocked this show existed and more shocked that a legend/icon like Rita Moreno was involved. She went to bigger endeavors...after she was done with this flop
This show was doing fine in the ABC ratings until James Komack retooled it for Season 3. Komack removed Valerie Curtain and Jean Marsh causing the show to tumble in the ratings. ABC cancelled 9 to 5 after a few Season 3 episodes.
If memory serves there are actually two versions missing from the Sally Struthers days, at first there was another office manager played by an actress named Dorian Lapinto I believe, originally when the 4 flipped over you saw her. When she was written out they didn't get Applegate right away and there were a few episodes where after Rachel Dennison they skipped to Peter Evans.
I can't understand how they changed so drastically from season 1-2 to season 3 and how the hell they still were able to mantain the series on life support for seaason 4 and 5. Even wikipedia doesn't know how many episodes season 4 and 5 have
I loved the movie - saw it several times in the theater and watched it in HBO probably 20 more times, to the point that I could recite all the dialogue from memory. I was a weird teenager, what can I say? I was so excited to find out it was getting a sitcom! Then I saw the sitcom. Wow, was it awful. I don’t think I made it past the fourth or fifth episode before I gave up on it.
I remember the TV show and the movie as a kid. I can see why it didn't last. Too many damn changes. That's what happens when you have too many cooks in the kitchen.
I never knew this ever existed! Omg lol I’ve seen the movie of course, who hasn’t, but I wish there was a way to watch this like.. the iconic Rita Moreno ?! 🙏🏻
"Dear sir, we hope you will overlook our computer error, and return the $14,000,000 cheque we sent you." "Sure, I'll drive down to the mail office in my new Pontiac Convertible."
Do you know what really ticks me off, so in the movie the three of them work for consolidated companies and then for the first and I believe second seasons they still work for consolidated companies but then when Sally Struthers came around they changed it to Barclay foods