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Just Our Luck

1983 · 1 season · 30m per episode · Comedy

Just Our Luck is a short-lived American sitcom which aired on the American Broadcasting Company in the fall of 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the classic 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The series stars Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries. The series was produced by Lorimar Productions, and initially promoted by ABC as one of its new ambitious comedies along with Webster. Just Our Luck was created to compete against The A-Team on NBC but earned low ratings for much of its run. It was poorly received by critics, however, and was the subject of controversy when the NAACP charged the show with promoting negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The NAACP originally campaigned to have the show removed but later settled for a degree of creative control in the show's development. This included changes to Carter's dialogue, the hiring of black staff writers and the addition of Leonard Simon to the cast. The show was cancelled after three months.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 13 episodes (September 20, 1983)

Cast

• T.K. Carter as Shabu
• Richard Gilliland as Keith Burrows
• Ellen Maxted as Meagan Huxley
• Rod McCary as Nelson Marriott
• Richard Schaal as Chuck
• Hamilton Camp as Professor Bob
• Leonard Simon as Jim Dexter

Details

Created by

Lawrence Gordon

First aired

September 20, 1983

Episodes

13

Genres

Comedy

Network

ABC

Status

Ended

TMDB score

6.7 / 10 from 3 votes