Just Our Luck (1983)
Just Our Luck (1983)
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Cast & Crew.
T.K. Carter
Shabu
Richard Gilliland
Keith Burrows
Ellen Maxted
Meagan Huxley
Rod McCary
Nelson Marriott
Charles Gordon
Writer
Leonard Simon
Jim Dexter
Lawrence Gordon
Writer
Larry Gordon
Writer
Richard Schaal
Chuck
Hamilton Camp
Professor Bob
Leonard Simon
Jim Dexter
Ed Kenney
Actor
John Astin
Director
Bob Sweeney
Director
Bruce Bilson
Director
James Berg
Writer
Stan Zimmerman
Writer
Vic Rauseo
Writer
Linda Morris
Writer
Danny Jacobson
Writer
Richard Moll
Dody Goodman
John Steadman
Roy Orbison
Greta Blackburn
Donald Gibb
Danny Dayton
Armando Guerrero
Spice Williams-Crosby
Jack Fletcher
Lynne Moody
Cynthia L. James
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This TV Show Is About.
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Just Our Luck is an American sitcom that aired on ABC for 12 episodes (a 13th was 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.