Veronica's Closet is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for three seasons, from September 25, 1997, to December 7, 2000.
The show stars Kirstie Alley as Veronica "Ronnie" Chase, the head of her own lingerie company in New York City.
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Plot
Season one
As the country's leading romance expert and owner of Veronica's Closet, purveyor of lingerie and books designed to keep romance alive, Veronica Chase seems to have it all. Her only problem has been a rocky marriage to a womanizing husband, Bryce (Christopher McDonald), whom she finally gathered the strength to leave. Having written The Guide to a Fairy Tale Marriage and built an empire as the foremost authority on relationships, Ronnie must now confront the charade she's been living in the public eye as the perfect wife and career woman. Helping Ronnie run the company and her personal life is her top executive, Olive, who is always ready with solid business advice or a shoulder to cry on.
Season two
In the second season, Ron Silver joins the cast as Alec, Ronnie's new business partner and nemesis who buys controlling interest of the company she built. In later episodes of the season, Alec and Ronnie develop a relationship, but after Ronnie pushes him away he goes on a romantic trip he'd planned without her. Robert Prosky, who played Ronnie's father in season one, was written out of the show (no explanation is ever given).
Season three
In the third and final season, Alec was killed off the show as it was shown that audiences did not like Ron Silver's character. His widow, June, took over his role in the company and later admitted to pushing Alec into a volcano. Although the final few episodes of Veronica's Closet did not air in the U.S. on NBC, they were later aired on the USA Cable Network during its syndicated run. In the final episodes, Veronica ends up dating Perry, Olive sells her Internet company and buys June's half of Veronica's Closet, making her a co-owner with Veronica, and Josh finally accepts the fact that he is gay and starts dating his neighbor and friend, Brian.
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History
The series premiered on Sept 25, 1997, after Seinfeld, to 35 million viewers. Its title was derived from the "real life" lingerie company, Victoria's Secret. Hammocked between Seinfeld and ER within the Must See TV lineup, the show was a top 10 hit, although the initial ratings died down later in the first season. The sitcom spent the first two seasons on Thursdays at 9:30 (after Seinfeld in season 1 and after Frasier in season 2).
NBC moved the show out of Must See TV to a new time slot, following Suddenly Susan (another NBC sitcom centered around a professional single woman), on Mondays for the 1999-2000 season. Ratings fell more than 50 percent, and NBC put both shows on hiatus. The show returned on Tuesdays at 9:30 (after Will & Grace) with only a slight boost in ratings. NBC canceled the series in 2000, along with Suddenly Susan, due to low ratings. Reruns were shown on USA Network for a short time in 2000-2001 and on TV Guide Network from 2011-2012.
The show was taped Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, on soundstage 25.
Broadcast and ratings history
^[a] End of the series' original broadcast run. Last four episodes were aired on the USA Network five months later.
Cast
Main cast
- Kirstie Alley as Veronica "Ronnie" Chase
- Dan Cortese as Laird "Perry" Rollins, former underwear model and publicist
- Wallace Langham as Josh Nicolé Blair, Veronica's assistant, a man whose sexual identity is unclear
- Daryl Mitchell as Leo Michaels, Veronica's harried marketing manager
- Kathy Najimy as Olive Massery
- Robert Prosky as Pat Chase (Season 1)
- Ron Silver as Alec Bilson, Veronica's business partner and rival (Season 2)
- Lorri Bagley as June Bilson Anderson (Season 3)
Recurring cast
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe (15 episodes)
- Cynthia Mann as Virginia/Receptions (14 episodes)
- Christopher McDonald as Bryce Anderson (9 episodes), Ronnie's ex-husband
- Ever Carradine as Pepper (8 episodes)
- Tamala Jones as Tina (8 episodes)
- Alan F. Smith as Brian (7 episodes)
- David Starzyk as Pete (5 episodes)
- Lupe Ontiveros as Louisa (4 episodes)
- James Wilder as Hunter (3 episodes)
- Erica Shaffer as Waitress/Assistant (3 episodes)
- Mark Harelik as Paul Byrne (3 episodes)
- John Schneider as Tom (3 episodes)
- John Mariano as Chris (3 episodes)
- Holland Taylor as Millicent (2 episodes)
- Jay Leno as Himself (2 episodes)
- Scott Baio as Kevin (2 episodes)
Guest stars
- Eric McCormack as Griffin
- Ted Danson as Nick Vanover
- Michael Jeter as Edwin Murloff
- Conan O'Brien as Himself
- Portia de Rossi as Carolyn
- Leeza Gibbons Herself
- Ingo Rademacher as Reg
- Zooey Deschanel as Elena
- Tia Carrere as Kim
- Tom Arnold as Chris
- John Ritter as Tim
- RuPaul as Brett
- Anna Nicole Smith as Donna
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1997-98)
Season 2 (1998-99)
Season 3 (1999-00)
Reception
The series received recognition from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Arts among other associations.
Accolades
ALMA Awards
- 1998 Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (Lupe Ontiveros) - WON
American Comedy Awards
- 1998 Funniest Lead Female Performer in a Television Series Network, Cable or Syndication (Kirstie Alley) - Nominated
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
- 1998 Top TV Series (Michael Skloff & David Zippel) - WON
- 1999 Top TV Series (Giorgio Bertuccelli, Michael Skloff & David Zippel) - WON
Casting Society of America Awards
- 1998 Best Casting for Television, Comedy Pilot ("Pilot") (Leslie Litt & Barbara Miller) - Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
- 1998 Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy (Kirstie Alley) - Nominated
Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards
- 1998 Favorite Television Actress (Kirstie Alley) - Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Awards
- 1998 Best New Comedy Series (Veronica's Closet) - Nominated
- 1998 Best New Title Sequence in a Series (Veronica's Closet) - Nominated
- 1998 Best Episode of a Comedy Series ("Veronica's First Thanksgiving") - Nominated
- 1998 Best New Theme Song in a Series (Giorgio Bertuccelli & Michael Skloff) - Nominated
- 1998 Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Wallace Langham) - Nominated
- 1998 Best Supporting Actress in a Series (Kathy Najimy) - WON
- 1998 Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Kathy Nijimy) - WON
People's Choice Awards
- 1998 Favorite New Television Comedy Series (Veronica's Closet) - WON
- 1998 Favorite Performer in a New Television Comedy Series (Kirstie Alley) - WON
Primetime Emmy Awards
- 1998 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ("Pilot") (Kirstie Alley) - Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 1998 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Kirstie Alley) - Nominated
References
External links
- Veronica's Closet on IMDb
- Veronica's Closet at TV.com
- Jump The Shark - Veronica's Closet
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