Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (TV series)
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is an American sitcom broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1973 fall lineup. It was based on the 1969 movie of the same title, and produced by Frankovich Enterprises in association with Screen Gems. Only seven episodes were aired before the series was canceled.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Based on | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky & Larry Tucker |
Developed by | Larry Rosen |
Written by | James S. Henerson Bernard M. Kahn |
Directed by | Rick Edelstein Leo Penn |
Starring | Robert Urich Anne Archer David Spielberg Anita Gillette |
Composer | Artie Butler |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 (5 unaired) |
Production | |
Producer | James S. Henerson |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Frankovich Enterprises Screen Gems |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 26 (1973-09-26) ā November 7, 1973 (1973-11-07) |
Related | |
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was of necessity somewhat different from the R-rated movie upon which it was based. The film involved sexual liberation, and featured the (short-lived) desire of the two title couples to engage in extramarital affairs, mate-swapping and group sex, all of which would have been unacceptable on U.S. broadcast television in 1973 under the network's Division of Standards and Practices. However, the TV series depicted skinny dipping, premarital sex, and unmarried couples cohabiting, which were still thought by many to be racy topics for network television at the time. As with the film, Ted and Alice Henderson were more conservative than the "liberated" Bob and Carol Sanders. No members of the original film cast reprised their roles in the series.