Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best sitcoms and comedy shows from both the UK and the USA.

Today we will be looking at a comedy that ran between 1996-2000 and won 8 awards – Suddenly Susan

About the Show

Summary of Plot

Jack owns a magazine and is the former brother-in-law of Susan. After she runs out on her fiancé on their wedding day, Jack agrees to take her back at the magazine.-iMDB

Number of Seasons / Episodes

4 seasons

Characters:

Brooke Shields – Susan Keane
Nestor Carbonell – Luis Rivera
Kathy Griffin – Vicki Groener
Barbara Barrie – Helen Nana Keane

Trivia

• The character of Luis was changed from Cuban to Russian in the Latin-American dubbed version of the show
• The only four characters to appear throughout the entire series are Susan (Brooke Shields), Vicki (Kathy Griffin), Luis (Nestor Carbonell), and Nana (Barbara Barrie).
• For the final episode, The Beatle’s “In My Life” played over a clip segment of the show’s memorable moments. In versions aired throughout Europe and other countries, the music was changed to Shawn Colvin’s version of the same song. Shawn Colvin had previously contributed to the show: her song “Nothin’ On Me” was the show’s theme tune in the second and third seasons.

Clips

Intro

Promo