"Veronica's Closet" (1997) TV series 1997-2000

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Shelley Jensen

Writers:

Sarah Dunn (writer)
Jonathan Fener (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

25 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Veronica is the best romance expert around. Unfortunately, her expertise only works on others. After dumping her womanizing husband...

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Office | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Kirstie Alley	...	Veronica Chase (64 episodes, 1997-2000)
Dan Cortese	...	Perry Rollins (64 episodes, 1997-2000)
Wallace Langham	...	Josh Blair (64 episodes, 1997-2000)
Daryl Mitchell	...	Leo Michaels (64 episodes, 1997-2000)
Kathy Najimy	...	Olive Massery (64 episodes, 1997-2000)

Runtime:

30 min (66 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions

Trivia:

The final few episodes of Veronica's Closet never aired in the US, but they did tie up the series: Veronica and Perry got together and became a couple. Olive's internet company was bought out and she became a millionaire. She bought out June's half of the company to co-own it with Veronica. It turns out June was not as stupid a she made out and she actually pushed Alec into the volcano to get her hands on Veronica's Closet. Josh goes to the country with Brian to watch the autumn leaves fall. Leo, having pretended to be Josh to appease Brian's parents when they met his boyfriend, is so enamored by the sound of being in the country during autumn decides to go by bus.

Quotes:

Veronica "Ronnie" Chase: Now, where is it that you went to chiropractic school?
Millicent: Oh, well, I wish I could tell you, but I don't speak Spanish.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Roseanne Show: (#1.31)" (1998)

Such A Shame...

OK, I don't know what all you people are talking about. The 3rd season of this sitcom SUCKED.

The first season, on the other hand, was brilliant - it was laugh-out-loud funny (a whole lot better than the boring, repetitive "Friends"), and it satirised the fashion industry and all its air-head models so...beautifully.

I never missed an episode. I would watch each one about 3 times until the following week's episode. But once Hunter came in and took over the company, I felt physically sick. "NO!" I thought. After that, the sitcom got worse and worse, what with the boring Alec Bilson (Ron Silver) and the excruciatingly unfunny 3rd season featuring the great June (one of the redeeming but under-used features of that season). I have not seen those "final-and-previously-unaired" episodes, as I lost interest in the show.

But I wish NBC would just take the show from the first season, before Hunter took over the company, and carry it on from there. Correct the mistakes; forget everything that happened afterwards, don't introduce anybody new (ALWAYS a mistake, in my opinion), keep the great characters of Veronica's dad Pat and ex-husband Bryce, and let "Veronica's Closet" save itself from itself.