Wish You Were Here (American TV series)

Wish You Were Here is an American sitcom that was premiered on July 20, 1990, as a summer replacement on CBS in the 9:30pm slot which lasted for only six episodes. Its premise was that a stockbroker, Donny Cogswell, portrayed by Lew Schneider, quits his job and sends video cassette postcards of his European adventures to family and friends back in the United States.

Wish You Were Here
Created bySteven Bawol
StarringLew Schneider
Sándor Szabó
Anna Feher
Vince Metcalfe
Jayne Eastwood
Tom Riis Farrell
Music byBob Telson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersCarole Hart
Marlo Thomas
Katie Berlin
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesHart, Thomas & Berlin
Those Guys International
Viacom Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJuly 20 (1990-07-20) –
August 24, 1990 (1990-08-24)

Cast

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Plot

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Donny Cogswell, a stockbroker on Wall Street in New York acquires a new video camera. He begins recording with it much to the chagrin of his boss who notes Donny's attitude problem. Donny decides to quit his job before being fired (all the while recording his conversation with his boss) and to travel the world with his camcorder, mailing videotapes of his adventures and interviews he conducts with local people back to his family, friends and girlfriend in the USA near Cleveland. Sometimes his destinations are chosen by other characters met along the way.

Episodes

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No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Paris"George MihalkaPeter TolanJuly 20, 1990 (1990-07-20)
2"Budapest"George MihalkaStory by : Steven Bawol
Teleplay by : Steven Bawol & Sean Kelly
July 27, 1990 (1990-07-27)
3"Barcelona"Steven BawolStory by : Peter Tolan & Larry Jacobson
Teleplay by : Sean Kelly
August 3, 1990 (1990-08-03)
4"Marrakech"Naill LeonardStory by : Peter Tolan
Teleplay by : Sean Kelly & Chris Kelly
August 10, 1990 (1990-08-10)
5"French Riviera"George MihalkaEllis WeinerAugust 17, 1990 (1990-08-17)
6"Balkans"UnknownUnknownAugust 24, 1990 (1990-08-24)

Production

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Some, if not all, of the footage from Donny's camera was shot on Hi-8mm videotape.

Production crew

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  • Created by Steven Bawol
  • Produced by Carole Hart, Robert Altman, Stephen Skip Lane, Steven Bawol
  • Directed by George Mihalka, Nail Leonard, Steve Bawol, Bob Altman
  • Written by Steven Bawol, Sean Kelly, Peter Tolan
  • Director of photography, Robert Draper
  • Executive story editor, Sean Kelly
  • Music by Bob Telson
  • Costumes by Candice Clements
  • Line producer, Rémi Kessler
  • Production designer, Mike Moran
  • Executive producers - Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas & Katie Berlin Productions and Bob Altman, Steve Bawol and Stephen Skip Lane
  • Developed by Those Guys International; Stephen Skip Lane, CEO
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  • Wish You Were Here at IMDb
  • John N Goudas (August 14, 1990). "Lew Schneider's fervent 'Wish You Were Here'". The Times-News. Hendersonville, North Carolina – via Google News.