Just Our Luck (1983)

Genre

sitcom, fantasy television series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mild-mannered TV weatherman accidentally frees a genie from a bottle. The genie is a hip and fun-loving character who brings chaos into the weatherman's ordinary life.

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What happens

Just Our Luck is an American sitcom that aired on ABC for 13 episodes (two were unaired) from September 20 to December 27, 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie and starred Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries. The series was produced by Lorimar Productions, and initially promoted by ABC as one of its new ambitious comedies along with Webster. Just Our Luck was created to compete against The A-Team on NBC but earned low ratings for much of its run. It was poorly received by critics, however, and was the subject of controversy when the NAACP charged the show with promoting negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The NAACP originally campaigned to have the show removed but later settled for a degree of creative control in the show's development. This included changes to Carter's dialogue, the hiring of black staff writers and the addition of Leonard Simon to the cast. The show was cancelled after three months. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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