"Throb" (1986) TV series 1986-1988

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Creator:

Fredi Towbin
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

6 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Genial sitcom about a young record company exec and his attempts to discover new talent, while scouting his own "talent".

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | Punk Satire | Hair Gel | Music Industry

Cast

Diana Canova	...	Sandy Beatty (48 episodes, 1986-1988)
Jonathan Prince	...	Zachary Armstrong (48 episodes, 1986-1988)
Maryedith Burrell	...	Meredith (48 episodes, 1986-1988)
Richard Cummings Jr.	...	Phil Gaines (48 episodes, 1986-1988)
Jane Leeves	...	Prudence Anne 'Blue' Bartlett (48 episodes, 1986-1988)
Sean De Veritch	...	Jeremy Beatty (24 episodes, 1987-1988)
Paul Walker	...	Jeremy Beatty (23 episodes, 1986-1987)

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Series Directed by
Phil Ramuno		(12 episodes, 1986-1988)
Gregory Lehane		(10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Linda Day		(6 episodes, 1986)
Barnet Kellman		(4 episodes, 1986-1987)
Renny Temple		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tony Singletary		(2 episodes, 1986)
Stan Harris		(2 episodes, 1987)
Marc Gass		(2 episodes, 1988)
Joe Regalbuto		(2 episodes, 1988)

Series Writing credits
Fredi Towbin		(16 episodes, 1986-1988)
Hollis Rich		(11 episodes, 1986-1988)
Michael Gordon		(6 episodes, 1987-1988)
Richard Marcus		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Andy Goldberg		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Diana Canova		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Laurie Newbound		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jeffrey Duteil		(2 episodes, 1987)
Sue Herring		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Sy Rosen	....	executive producer (1 episode, 1986)
Fredi Towbin	....	producer (1 episode, 1986)

Series Original Music by
Tena Clark		(unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Tom Caton	....	sound (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
H. Mark Vuille	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 1987)
Tom Beintema	....	lighting director (unknown episodes)
Ron Eisenberg	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Valerie Stulman	....	camera utility (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
The Nylons	....	music performers: theme song (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Distributors

• Swany Inc.

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Trivia:

The show's theme song was performed by star Diana Canova and The Nylons.

A Newly Single Mom At A New Record Company

This syndicated show followed the ups and downs of a new single mom played by Diana Canova (of the short-lived "I'm A Big Girl Now" TV series) as an employee of a small fledgling record company. She juggles life as a divorcee while juggling responsibilities at her new job at a small record company.

If you can ever get a chance to view an episode of this mid-eighties series, you can see an improbably young Jane Leeves (fresh from her stint as a "Benny Hill Show" Girl) as "Blue," the de rigueur British import.

The big hairstyles, 80's wardrobes and '80s music would probably make this series seem even more dated now, but not quite seem old enough to be a classic.

It was partly a poorer-man's "W.K.R.P in Cincinnati" mixed with a less-ambitious "Mary Tyler Moore" but wasn't much worse than other 80's syndicated shows. No ground was broken here as the plots were as formulaic as they were predictable, but it had a certain scrappiness.