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It's Always Jan
It's Always Jan is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1955–56 television season. The series stars Janis Paige as a widowed nightclub singer struggling to make ends meet.
Janis Stewart is a war widow and struggling nightclub singer who lives in an apartment in New York City on the East Side of Manhattan with her 10-year-old daughter Josie. Jan faces the challenges of raising Josie as a single mother, and her finances are precarious. To help pay the rent, Jan and Josie share their small apartment with two women who are friends of Jan: Pat Murphy, a secretary for a theatrical producer, and Val Marlowe, an aspiring actress and model. Harry Cooper is Jan's longtime agent and loyal friend. Stanley Schreiber is the 20-year-old son of the man who owns the neighborhood delicatessen and works as a delivery boy there.
Jan performs regularly at Tony's Cellar, a nightclub in Manhattan. She is talented and hopes for bigger things in her career, but never gets the big break in show business she hopes for. Jan, Pat, and Val often bicker with one another over the eligible bachelors they meet and compete with one another for the men's attention.
Desilu Productions and Janard Productions, a partnership of Janis Paige and series producer Arthur Stander, co-produced It′s Always Jan. Paige sang a song in most episodes. Her Jan Stewart character′s hairstyle resembled that of Lucille Ball′s Lucy Ricardo character on the hit series I Love Lucy, also filmed at Desilu. Each episode ended with the Jan Stewart character turning to the camera and saying "Good night" to the television audience.
In mid-December 1955, Patricia Bright broke her right kneecap and Merry Anders had to leave the show to have a baby. Episodes were written so that Bright's Pat Murphy character could appear only while sitting down, and Anders's Val Marlowe character was temporarily written out of the series. After her baby's birth, Anders and her Val character returned to the series.[citation needed]
It′s Always Jan′s premise bore similarities to the plots of two hit movies, 1953′s How to Marry a Millionaire and 1954′s Three Coins in the Fountain, both of which also featured three man-chasing women. Merry Anders, who portrayed Val Marlowe in It's Always Jan, went on to star in the 1958–1959 syndicated television series How to Marry a Millionaire.
It's Always Jan proved to be somewhat popular, as Paige appeared on the cover of TV Guide magazine for the January 28, 1956 issue. The earliest known mention of the program is from a week prior to the show's premiere, stating:
"The term "situation comedy" has fallen into such disrepute even the networks now shun it. They're calling 'em 'comedy dramas.' At least, that's what CBS terms JANIS PAIGE's new show: It's Always Jan."
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It's Always Jan
It's Always Jan is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1955–56 television season. The series stars Janis Paige as a widowed nightclub singer struggling to make ends meet.
Janis Stewart is a war widow and struggling nightclub singer who lives in an apartment in New York City on the East Side of Manhattan with her 10-year-old daughter Josie. Jan faces the challenges of raising Josie as a single mother, and her finances are precarious. To help pay the rent, Jan and Josie share their small apartment with two women who are friends of Jan: Pat Murphy, a secretary for a theatrical producer, and Val Marlowe, an aspiring actress and model. Harry Cooper is Jan's longtime agent and loyal friend. Stanley Schreiber is the 20-year-old son of the man who owns the neighborhood delicatessen and works as a delivery boy there.
Jan performs regularly at Tony's Cellar, a nightclub in Manhattan. She is talented and hopes for bigger things in her career, but never gets the big break in show business she hopes for. Jan, Pat, and Val often bicker with one another over the eligible bachelors they meet and compete with one another for the men's attention.
Desilu Productions and Janard Productions, a partnership of Janis Paige and series producer Arthur Stander, co-produced It′s Always Jan. Paige sang a song in most episodes. Her Jan Stewart character′s hairstyle resembled that of Lucille Ball′s Lucy Ricardo character on the hit series I Love Lucy, also filmed at Desilu. Each episode ended with the Jan Stewart character turning to the camera and saying "Good night" to the television audience.
In mid-December 1955, Patricia Bright broke her right kneecap and Merry Anders had to leave the show to have a baby. Episodes were written so that Bright's Pat Murphy character could appear only while sitting down, and Anders's Val Marlowe character was temporarily written out of the series. After her baby's birth, Anders and her Val character returned to the series.[citation needed]
It′s Always Jan′s premise bore similarities to the plots of two hit movies, 1953′s How to Marry a Millionaire and 1954′s Three Coins in the Fountain, both of which also featured three man-chasing women. Merry Anders, who portrayed Val Marlowe in It's Always Jan, went on to star in the 1958–1959 syndicated television series How to Marry a Millionaire.
It's Always Jan proved to be somewhat popular, as Paige appeared on the cover of TV Guide magazine for the January 28, 1956 issue. The earliest known mention of the program is from a week prior to the show's premiere, stating:
"The term "situation comedy" has fallen into such disrepute even the networks now shun it. They're calling 'em 'comedy dramas.' At least, that's what CBS terms JANIS PAIGE's new show: It's Always Jan."