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Hildy Granger lives in a town near Lake Tahoe. Her husband's the Sheriff and after his death, she's made his successor. And she tries to balance her work with raising her two children. One of her deputies, Max is irate that he wasn't named Sheriff and is constantly trying to upstage her.

This was set to star Priscilla Barnes as the sheriff. Suzanne Somers replaced her shortly before production began. Ironically, Barnes had replaced Somers in Three's Company (1976).

Originally taped as a Lorimar Television Production pilot for CBS TV in 1982, with Annie Pottsas the Lady Sheriff. "Cass Malloy - She's The Sheriff" was taped at the KTLA (Paramount) TV Studios utilizing its production facilities, including the construction-paint shops, engineering, and lighting facilities. Potts was passed over for the lead role, replaced with Suzanne Somers.

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    • Author: Nightscar
    This show is awful. Awful in a way that can't be described. It's not as boring as NBC's Wings, but awful in its very own way. The plot is that when a sheriff dies, his wife takes his place instead of his Deputy Sheriff who...might know how to do the job? The show tries to be feminist without being annoying but only succeeds in being feminist without logic: why couldn't a woman be a sheriff in the first place? But no, she has to be the wife who suddenly becomes a sheriff and gets into wacky situations.

    Imagine Three's Company with only Somers and you pretty much got it. Impossible to get through. And I pray to God that the negatives to this show have been destroyed enough to prevent a future DVD release. The only shining point in the whole two years of this is the performance of George Wyner, who finally got his due in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. That poor, poor man.
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    • Author: Bloodfire
    I don't remember much about the show, except that Somers is an attractive actress, both of physically (of course) but more importantly as a person.

    But this was part of an odd experiment where in the late 1980s, the powers that be, on NBC, tried to start "prime time" at 7:30 PM rather than 8PM.

    I think they figured if they could rope a viewer in early they might be able to keep that viewer for the following shows.

    Didn't work -- though interesting that Fox did something similar, successfully very soon after.
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    • Author: Precious
    I loved this show, but then again I was only 8 years old. That is the mental capacity you need to have to enjoy this poor excuse for a TV sitcom. I am surprised that it lasted for more than one season. This could not have had really good ratings. With the high saturation of successful TV sitcoms in the 1980's, this one should have been red lighted after episode one. The set looked so cheap, the dialog god awful and the jokes not funny. I doubt that this would ever go to DVD. If it does then they should expect to lose money. I am not surprised because Suzanne Sommers couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Don't get me wrong I like Suzanne (I enjoyed her cameo in Serial Mom), but she should stick to infomercials peddling crappy products.
  • Complete series cast summary:
    George Wyner George Wyner - Dep. Max Rubin 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Pat Carroll Pat Carroll - Gussie Holt 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Lou Richards Lou Richards - Dep. Dennis Putnam 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Taliesin Jaffe Taliesin Jaffe - Kenny Granger 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Nicky Rose Nicky Rose - Alison Granger 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Guich Koock Guich Koock - Dep. Hugh Mulcahy 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Leonard Lightfoot Leonard Lightfoot - Dep. Alvin Wiggins 45 episodes, 1987-1989
    Suzanne Somers Suzanne Somers - Sheriff Hildy Granger 44 episodes, 1987-1989
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