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Plot

American Dreamer is a situation comedy which aired in the U.S. on NBC as part of its 1990-91 lineup. American Dreamer stars Robert Urich as fictional character Tom Nash, formerly a high-powered network correspondent who was forced to reassess his priorities following the death of his wife. He decided to give up his career in order to spend more time with his children. To do this, he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he supported his family by contributing a column about "real people" to a Chicago newspaper. His editor, Joe Baines, felt Tom was completely wasting his talents and drove out from Chicago weekly to attempt to convince Tom to return the world of "hard news". Other characters included Tom's zany secretary, Lillian Abernathy, and a friendly waitress at Tom's favorite local diner, Holly Baker. This program was extremely low-key. Tom sometimes "broke the fourth wall" to address the viewers directly about his thoughts regarding the situations he encountered. This philosophizing gained only a small audience and the program was cancelled at midseason, although selected episodes were rerun the following summer.

Cast

Robert Urich as Tom Nash
Robert Urich

as Tom Nash

Carol Kane as Lillian Abernathy
Carol Kane

as Lillian Abernathy

Chay Lentin as Rachel Nash
Chay Lentin

as Rachel Nash

Johnny Galecki as Danny Nash
Johnny Galecki

as Danny Nash

Margaret Welsh as Holly Baker
Margaret Welsh

as Holly Baker

Jeffrey Tambor as Joe Baines
Jeffrey Tambor

as Joe Baines

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Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • September 20, 1990

Last Aired Date

  • June 22, 1991

Production Companies

  • Paramount Television

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 17

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