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| show_name = Pearl | image = Pearl-tv.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Cast of Pearl (Back row: Lucy Liu, Malcolm McDowell, Kevin Corrigan. Front row: Carol Kane, Rhea Perlman) | runtime = 30 minutes | creator = Don Reo | starring = Rhea Perlman Carol Kane Kevin Corrigan Dash Mihok Lucy Liu Malcolm McDowell | composer = Craig Safan | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = Paul Junger Witt Rhea Perlman Tony Thomas | network = CBS | opentheme = | camera = Multi-camera | first_aired = {{Start date|1996|09|16}} | last_aired = {{End date|1997|06|25}} | company = Impact Zone Productions Witt/Thomas Productions Warner Bros. Television | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 22 | website = }} Pearl is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 16, 1996 until June 25, 1997. The series starred Rhea Perlman, in what was her return to television after the conclusion of her long-running series Cheers three years earlier on NBC. Don Reo created the series, and Perlman served as an executive producer alongside Reo, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas and Gary S. Levine. Pearl was produced by Impact Zone Productions and Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. PlotPearl Caraldo (Rhea Perlman), a middle-aged widow, is the loading dock manager for University Electronics but who wants to achieve a higher level of education. She is accepted as a night student at the prestigious Swindon University. By contrast, her 20-year-old son Joey (Dash Mihok), a single father with no apparent ambition, is disappointed that his mother is no longer readily available as a live-in babysitter for his infant daughter. Also less than thrilled is Pearl's sister-in-law Annie (Carol Kane), who is concerned that with her greater educational attainment, Pearl will become another "one of them intellectuals." A professor of a required course, Stephen Pynchon (Malcolm McDowell), further complicates matters by his belief that higher education is for a cultured elite, not working-class people like Pearl, and sets out to embarrass and belittle her whenever possible in hopes that she will withdraw from the university. CastMain cast
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ProductionDevelopmentWhen Malcolm McDowell's name was put forward as a candidate to play Prof. Pynchon, creator Don Reo was initially skeptical, feeling that McDowell was more associated with villainous parts, but when McDowell read for the part, it was clear that he was very suitable. McDowell modeled the character on Lindsay Anderson, as well as British comics Eric Morecambe, Benny Hill, and John Cleese[1][2]. Broadcast"Pearl" was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 8:30 p.m. on CBS, opposite "The John Larroquette Show" on NBC, a show that was also created by Don Reo. Reo said "It's a really difficult, bizarre phenomenon, ... the Larroquette show is in its fourth year and the last thing in the world I want to do is contribute to its demise."[3] Episodes
ReceptionCritical receptionPearl received very positive reviews, David Bianculli reviewed it in the New York Daily News comparing it to the 1973 movie The Paper Chase, and calling it "a gem." He also said James Burrows "directs the pilot masterfully."[4] For the Buffalo News, Alan Pergament said that "McDowell really is the star of the show, delivering his sarcastic lines with relish," and that "with some minor polishing" the show "could really give Perlman something more to cheer about."[5] Tom Jicha in the Sun-Sentinel also called it "a gem" and says that Perlman and McDowell's "exchanges crackle with venomous vitality." He also calls McDowell "a revelation in his episodic TV debut" stating that "he has the comedic timing of someone who has been doing it all his life."[6]Awards
References1. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/movies/malcolm-mcdowell-mellows-sort-of.html New York Times: Malcolm McDowell Mellows (Sort Of)] 2. ^Entertainment Weekly: 'Pearls Malcolm McDowell 3. ^L.A. Times: It's Like Watching His Own Kids Fight 4. ^New York Daily News: College-Set Sitcom 'Pearl' Goes Right To Head Of Class 5. ^The Buffalo News: Cosby Puts on the Jell-o Face, Just for Laughs 6. ^Sun-Sentinel: `Pearl' A Sitcom Gem Further reading
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