Love, Sidney (1981)
Ended | 1981-10-28 | Comedy | 30m | 3/10
Ken Hecht (Producer) | Jim Parker (Producer) | Mel Tolkin (Producer) | Rod Parker (Producer) | April Kelly (Producer) | Bob Brunner (Producer) | Ernest Chambers (Producer) | George Eckstein (Executive Producer) | Marilyn Cantor Baker (Short Story) |
A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. Based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend. Love, Sidney was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable presence in the two-hour pilot.
Tony Randall (Sidney Shorr) | Swoosie Kurtz (Laurie Morgan) | Kaleena Kiff (Patricia 'Patti' Morgan) | Lynne Thigpen (Nancy) | Chip Zien (Jason Stoller) | Alan North (Judge Mort Harris) | Barbara Bryne (Mrs. Gaffney) |