''It's a Man's World'' is an American
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
television series which aired on
NBC from September 17, 1962, to January 28, 1963.
[Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., pp. 415–416]
Plot
Cast
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Glenn Corbett as Wes Macauley
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Michael Burns as Howie Macauley
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Ted Bessell as Tom-Tom DeWitt
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Randy Boone
Clyde Randy Boone (born January 17, 1942) is an American actor and singer best known for his role in the series ''The Virginian'' as Randy Benton, a young ranch hand who played guitar and sang.
Early years
Boone was born in Fayetteville, No ...
as Vern Hodges
Episodes
Aftermath
After the show was cancelled as of mid-January 1963, Corbett found work almost immediately on the already-airing show ''
Route 66
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''. ''Route 66'' was thematically similar to ''It's A Man's World'', exploring many of the same issues of American life, particularly the issues of restlessness and idealism. Corbett began his co-starring role as
Lincoln Case on ''Route 66'' in March, 1963.
In 1977,
ABC revisited the premise of ''Its a Mans World'' with ''
The San Pedro Beach Bums'', a 60-minute
situation comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
about five young men living together on a houseboat in
San Pedro,
California. It also was unsuccessful, lasting only ten episodes.
References
External links
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''It's a Man's World''at Television Obscurities
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1962 American television series debuts
1963 American television series endings
1960s American comedy-drama television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
NBC original programming
Television series by Universal Television
Television shows set in Washington County, Ohio