Marblehead Manor is an American sitcom that originally aired in first-run syndication from September 19, 1987, to May 28, 1988. It starred Paxton Whitehead, Phil Morris, Linda Thorson, Bob Fraser and Michael Richards. The series was a Dames-Fraser Production in association with Paramount Television.
Premise The series concerned the goings on at the estate of the wealthy, eccentric Randolf Stonehill, heir to a corn oil fortune, and involved long-suffering butler and head of the household staff Albert, who'd known Randolf when they were children; groundskeeper Rick who had eyes for maid Lupe; chauffeur Jerry; handyman Dwayne; and Randolf's materialistic, yet good-hearted wife Hillary. Rounding out the cast was Lupe's mischievous son Elvis.
Cast Paxton Whitehead as Albert Dudley Linda Thorson as Hillary Stonehill Phil Morris as Jerry Stockton Rodney Scott Hudson as Dwayne Stockton Bob Fraser as Randolf Stonehill Dyana Ortelli as Lupe Humberto Ortiz as Elvis Michael Richards as Rick
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Broadcast This show was part of NBC's "Prime Time Begins at 7:30" campaign, in which the network's owned-and-operated stations would run first-run sitcoms in the 7:30–8:00 pm time slot to counter program competing stations' game shows, sitcom reruns and other offerings. The experiment turned out to be a largely unsuccessful one, as only one of the series was a hit while three of the remaining four were canceled after their only season. Marblehead Manor was one of the three that failed to make it to a second season.
Stations City StationBangorWVII-TV 7BeaumontKFDM-TV 6BuffaloWUTV 29CharlotteWJZY 46ChicagoWMAQ-TV 5ClevelandWBFF 45WKYC 3ColumbusWTTE 28El PasoKVIA-TV 7Los AngelesKNBC-TV 4New YorkWNBC-TV 4OrlandoWESH 2RichmondWVRN-TV 63SpokaneKAYU-TV 28Shreveport KTBS-TV 3ToledoWUPW 36Washington, D.C.WRC-TV 4WichitaKSAS-TV 24
In popular culture The show is referenced in season 3, episode 4 of The Golden Girls, "Blanche's Little Girl". In one scene, Rose Nylund asks if Blanche Devereaux is upset because of a fight she had with her daughter. Dorothy Zbornak sarcastically responds, "No, Rose, she's upset because Marblehead Manor is only on once a week." In the season 8 Newhart episode “Cupcake in a Cage”, Larry notes that “Timing is everything in a farce, hence the failure of Marblehead Manor.”
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