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.ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>The Ellen Burstyn Show</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ellen_Burstyn_Show.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Ellen_Burstyn_Show.jpg/220px-Ellen_Burstyn_Show.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Ellen_Burstyn_Show.jpg/330px-Ellen_Burstyn_Show.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Ellen_Burstyn_Show.jpg 2x" data-file-width="348" data-file-height="285" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category">Sitcom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">Norman Steinberg<br /><a href="/wiki/David_Frankel" title="David Frankel">David Frankel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Robert Bruce<br /><a href="/wiki/Howard_Gewirtz" title="Howard Gewirtz">Howard Gewirtz</a><br />Bob Rosenfarb<br />Norman Steinberg<br />Martin Weiss</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Norman Steinberg<br />Dolores Ferraro<br /><a href="/wiki/Sam_Weisman" title="Sam Weisman">Sam Weisman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stritch" title="Elaine Stritch">Elaine Stritch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Megan_Mullally" title="Megan Mullally">Megan Mullally</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sobel" title="Barry Sobel">Barry Sobel</a><br />Jesse Tendler</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"Nothing in the World Like Love" performed by <a href="/wiki/Rita_Coolidge" title="Rita Coolidge">Rita Coolidge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data">Artie Butler</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">13 (1 unaired)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Norman Steinberg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Frankel" title="David Frankel">David Frankel</a><br />Ronald E. Frazier</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">George Spiro Dibie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editors</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ackerman" title="Andy Ackerman">Andy Ackerman</a><br />Jimmy B. Frazier</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multiple-camera_setup" title="Multiple-camera setup">Multi-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">30 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data">Ellen Burstyn Productions<br />P.S. 235 Productions<br /><a href="/wiki/ABC_Signature" title="ABC Signature">Touchstone Television</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 20, 1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-09-20</span>)</span>&#160;–<br />September 5, 1987<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="dtend itvend">1987-09-05</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Ellen Burstyn Show</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Situation_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Situation comedy">sitcom</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a>. The series was produced by <a href="/wiki/Touchstone_Television" title="Touchstone Television">Touchstone Television</a> and debuted on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> on September 20, 1986. The series was canceled after 13 episodes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ellen_Burstyn_Show&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Burstyn played Baltimore college professor Ellen Brewer, who sometimes had to deal not only with the students she has to tutor, but also with her meddling mother, Sydney (played by fellow veteran Broadway/film actress <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stritch" title="Elaine Stritch">Elaine Stritch</a>, who was only 7 years older than Burstyn), her divorced daughter, Molly (<a href="/wiki/Megan_Mullally" title="Megan Mullally">Megan Mullally</a>) and her 5<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>&#8260;<span class="den">2</span></span> year old grandson, Nick (played by Jesse Tendler). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ellen_Burstyn_Show&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Actor</th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a></td> <td>Ellen Brewer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Megan_Mullally" title="Megan Mullally">Megan Mullally</a></td> <td>Molly Brewer Ross </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stritch" title="Elaine Stritch">Elaine Stritch</a></td> <td>Sydney Brewer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sobel" title="Barry Sobel">Barry Sobel</a></td> <td>Tom Hines </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jesse Tendler</td> <td>Nick Ross </td></tr> <tr> <td>Timothy Biggins</td> <td>Mike Brewer </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cancellation">Cancellation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ellen_Burstyn_Show&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Cancellation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series debuted on September 20, 1986, and ran until November 15, 1986. It was cancelled after eight episodes but returned in August of <a href="/wiki/1987_in_television" title="1987 in television">1987</a> to burn off the remaining five episodes. The final episode aired on September 5, 1987, ranking as the third-lowest-rated series on network television (81st out of 83 shows, with a 7.6/13 rating/share).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ellen_Burstyn_Show&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="background:#fff;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#;">No. </th> <th style="background:#;">Title </th> <th style="background:#;">Directed by </th> <th style="background:#;">Written by </th> <th style="background:#;">Original air date </th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" 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style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">September&#160;27,&#160;1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-09-27</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Where There's a Will"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">October&#160;4,&#160;1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-10-04</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" 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title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">October&#160;25,&#160;1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-10-25</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Sydney's Night Out"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">November&#160;1,&#160;1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-11-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Reading Between the Lines"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">November&#160;8,&#160;1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-11-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep8" style="text-align:center">8</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Family Affair"</td><td style="text-align:center">Norman Steinberg</td><td style="text-align:center">Bob Rosenfarb</td><td style="text-align:center">November&#160;15,&#160;1986<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-11-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep9" style="text-align:center">9</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Molly Sings the Blues"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">August&#160;8,&#160;1987<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-08-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep10" style="text-align:center">10</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Writer, Wronger"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">August&#160;15,&#160;1987<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-08-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep11" style="text-align:center">11</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Box"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">August&#160;22,&#160;1987<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-08-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep12" style="text-align:center">12</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Writes of Passage"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">September&#160;5,&#160;1987<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-09-05</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep13" style="text-align:center">13</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"I'm Dancing Faster Than I Can"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be determined">TBD</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be determined">TBD</small></td><td style="text-align:center">UNAIRED</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ellen_Burstyn_Show&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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