Shaping Up
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| Also known as | Welcome to the Club |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ken Estin Sam Simon |
| Written by | Ken Estin Merrill Markoe Sam Simon |
| Directed by | Michael Lessac |
| Starring | Leslie Nielsen Michael Fontaine Jennifer Tilly Shawn Weatherly Jake Steinfeld |
| ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Fletcher Adams |
| Template:Pluralize from text of origin | United States |
| Original languageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Ken Estin Sam Simon |
| ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Richard Sakai |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production Template:Pluralize from text | Estin-Simon Productions Paramount Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
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Shaping Up is an American sitcom created by writer-producers Sam Simon and Ken Estin, which ran for five weeks on ABC from March 20 until April 17, 1984.
Synopsis
A spring replacement in 1984, Shaping Up, originally titled Welcome to the Club, was given the 9:00 Tuesday slot following Three's Company. Leslie Nielsen played Buddy Fox, curmudgeonly owner of the Buddy Fox Health Club. Michael Fontaine played Ben, the club's manager who was like a son to Buddy and served as the show's voice of sanity. Other cast members included Jennifer Tilly, Shawn Weatherly and Jake Steinfeld of Body by Jake fame.
Five episodes were broadcast before the cancellation, leaving one unaired.[1] The role of Ben was first played by Tim Robbins, whom the network replaced with Fontaine.
Cast
- Leslie Nielsen as Buddy Fox
- Cathie Shirriff as Zoya Antonova
- Michael Fontaine as Ben
- Jennifer Tilly as Shannon Winters
- Shawn Weatherly as Melissa McDonald
US television ratings
| Episodes | Start date | End date | Nielsen rank | Nielsen rating[2] |
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| 5 | March 20, 1984 | April 17, 1984 | 53 | 15.0[a] |
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- ^ Tied with Silver Spoons and Maggie Briggs
Episodes
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References
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