The Governor & J.J. (1969)

Genre

sitcom, comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 2 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed governor in a Midwestern state relies on his grown daughter to act as first lady. She works at a zoo and often debates politics with him from a more liberal viewpoint.

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What happens

The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from September 1969 to December 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC Television. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Media Ventures now owns the distribution rights to the program. The series starred Dan Dailey and Julie Sommars. It focused on William Drinkwater (Dailey), a governor in an unnamed Midwestern state, who, in lieu of his late wife, had a "first lady" in his 20-something year-old daughter, Jennifer Jo (Sommars). J.J., as Jennifer Jo was called, had a regular job as an assistant curator at a zoo in the capital city and had a love for animals. She was bright and opinionated and could debate political issues with her father as well as anyone else. Despite their difference in opinions (she was more liberal, and he was more conservative), William really loved J.J., and she proved herself to be charming and efficient in her duties being "first lady" for her father. J.J. often gained support and advice from Maggie McLeod (Neva Patterson), the governor's secretary; George Callison (James T. Callahan), the governor's press secretary; and from Sara Andrews (Nora Marlowe), the housekeeper at the governor's mansion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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