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Boston Common (TV series)

American television sitcom

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Boston Common
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Max Mutchnick David Kohan
Starring	Anthony Clark Traylor Howard Hedy Burress Steve Paymer Roger Rees Tasha Smith Vincent Ventresca
Composer	Jonathan Wolff
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producers	David Kohan Max Mutchnick
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	KoMut Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 21, 1996 (1996-03-21) – April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)

Boston Common is an American television sitcom created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick that aired on NBC from March 21, 1996 to April 28, 1997. In its first season, it ranked 8th for the year, with a 15.6 household rating, but with a move to Sundays in its second season, it dropped to 52nd place.^{[citation needed]}

Boyd Pritchett is a genial, easy-going twenty-something from Virginia who delivers his sister Wyleen to college in Boston. Then Boyd falls in love with Joy and decides to stay, much to Wyleen's dismay. Boyd eventually gets a job at the college to help pay his sister's tuition and shares an apartment with Wyleen whose inclination is to be sexually active, but Boyd tries to inspire her with his chaste pursuit of Joy.

• Anthony Clark as Boyd Pritchett
• Hedy Burress as Wyleen Pritchett
• Traylor Howard as Joy Byrnes
• Tasha Smith as Tasha King
• Steve Paymer as Leonard Prince
• Vincent Ventresca as Professor Jack Reed
• Roger Rees as President Harrison Cross (season 2)

• Sam Anderson as President Wesley Butterfield
• Margot Kidder as Cookie de Varen
• Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
• D.C. Douglas as D.C.

• Robin Duke as Brenda Nidorf
• Leah Lail as Anna
• Larry Miller as Warren
• Shelley Long as Louise Holmes

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 30-Jan. 5)". The Los Angeles Times. January 8, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 10-16)". The Los Angeles Times. February 20, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (March 3–9)". The Los Angeles Times. March 12, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (March 10–16)". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (March 17–23)". The Los Angeles Times. March 26, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (March 31-April 6)". The Los Angeles Times. April 9, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ ^{a b} "National Nielsen Viewership (April 7–13)". The Los Angeles Times. April 16, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ ^{a b} "National Nielsen Viewership (April 14–20)". The Los Angeles Times. April 23, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "National Nielsen Viewership (April 28–May 4)". The Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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