Susan (TV series)

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Television series
German title Susan
Original title Suddenly Susan
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1996-2000
length 22 minutes
Episodes 93 in 4 seasons
genre Sitcom
idea Clyde Phillips
music Nothin 'On Me by Shawn Colvin
First broadcast September 19, 1996 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 10, 2001 on RTL
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Susan (Original title: Suddenly Susan ) is an American sitcom , shot from 1996 to 1999 and broadcast in the US from 1997 to 2000 on NBC . It consists of four seasons. The series was first shown in Germany by RTL in 2001.

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The sitcom is about journalist Susan Keane, who leaves her fiancé Kip standing in front of the wedding altar and takes back her job at the fictional magazine The Gate, which is based in San Francisco and is run by Kip's brother Jack. Over time, affection develops between Susan and Jack, but despite brief affairs, they never really get together.

The rivalry between Susan and her colleague Maddy and Susan's affairs run through all episodes of the first seasons as a common thread. In some cases, however, profound topics such as homosexuality or environmental protection are also dealt with.

The last episode of the third season, which was dedicated to actor David Strickland , has a special position . Strickland hanged himself in March 1999 when the season had started. The producers decided to deal with his demise in the series: Strickland's character Todd disappears without a trace, a possible suicide is hinted at at the end of the episode, which however turns out to be a fatal accident at the end of the episode through a phone call. The episode closes with the words "The gods of comedy looked down on you and smiled."

Characters

main characters

  • Susan Keane, the show's main character and the author of the Suddenly Susan column at The Gate, a fictional San Francisco magazine.
  • The magazine is owned by Jack Richmond, who is also the brother of Susan's ex-fiance Kip.
  • Helen "Nana" Miller, Susan's grandmother and main point of contact.
  • Luis Rivera, the magazine's photographer, was previously employed by Playboy .
  • Susan's best friend Vicki Groener is the weird restaurant critic at The Gate .
  • Todd Styles is a somewhat naive concert critic and best friend of Luis.
  • Maddy Piper is the investigative reporter for The Gate and a former schoolmate of Susan. Since then, both have had a certain rivalry.

From season four:

  • Ian Maxtone-Graham, who, as the new owner and editor-in-chief, turns the once "serious" magazine The Gate into a men's magazine based on the motto "Sex promotes circulation".
  • His assistant is Miranda Charles.
  • Nathan "Nate" Knaborski is hired as the new sports journalist.
  • The photographer Oliver Browne also joins. At the end of last season, he and Susan get married.

Guest actor

Charisma

From January 9, 2001, the series was broadcast by RTL at 0:30 a.m. Immediately after the first run, all episodes were repeated twice on the same slot. In the meantime, VOX also broadcast the episodes on weekdays at 7.15 p.m. After another broadcast on RTL's night program at 1:00 a.m. (after the Golden Girls ), the series ran from September 2005 to June 2006 on weekdays at 10:45 p.m. on NICK Comedy . From January to July 2007 and July to December 2008 it aired on Comedy Central . Einsfestival broadcast the series from February 12 to June 26, 2013 .

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