Frannie's Turn

Frannie's Turn
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Chuck Lorre
Written by	Chuck Lorre
Directed by	Sam Weisman Asaad Kelada
Starring	Miriam Margolyes Tomas Milian Stivi Paskoski Phoebe Augustine Alice Drummond
Composer	Michael Linn
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Marcy Carsey Caryn Mandabach Tom Werner Chuck Lorre
Editors	Joe Bella Frank Mazzaro
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Carsey-Werner Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 13 (1992-09-13) – October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)

Frannie's Turn is an American sitcom television series that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1992, and ended on October 10, 1992. The series was the first show Chuck Lorre ever created, after his time as a writer for Roseanne.^[1]

Synopsis

Set on Staten Island, New York, Frannie Escobar (Miriam Margolyes) is a homemaker whose life is making her crazy. But with laughter, wisdom and plenty of heart, Frannie copes with the ups and downs of everyday life with her cantankerous Cuban husband Joseph (Tomas Milian), his eccentric mother, their dim-witted son, and their headstrong daughter. In a house where the sexes battle, the cultures clash and the generation gap is unbridged, life is lively, unpredictable and always entertaining.

Cast

• Miriam Margolyes as Frannie Escobar
• Tomas Milian as Joseph Escobar
• Phoebe Augustine as Olivia Escobar
• Stivi Paskoski as Eddie Escobar
• Alice Drummond as Rosa Escobar
• Taylor Negron as Armando
• LaTanya Richardson as Vivian

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	September 13, 1992 (1992-09-13)
2	"Money Talks, Olivia Walks"	September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19)
3	"Sex and Saints"	September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)
4	"How Do You Say Death in Spanish?"	October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)
5	"Gentlemen, Wrap Your Guava"	October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)
6	"Frannie and the Kitchen Sink"	Unaired

References

1. Tom Bissell (December 6, 2010). "A Simple Medium". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

External links

• Frannie's Turn @ Carsey-Werner.net (en)
• Carsey-Werner Frannie's Turn
• Frannie's Turn at IMDb