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Diana (American TV series)

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in her first American television series, as Diana Smythe, a recently divorced British fashion designer who moves to the States in the hopes of becoming more noticed in the fashion world by relocating to New York City. As the series begins she has landed a high-profile job as a fashion coordinator at
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Buckley's Department Store. Since her city-dwelling brother is out of the country indefinitely she moves into his apartment, which to her bemusement becomes the site of many unannounced visits by her brother’s numerous girlfriends.
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during the 1973–74 television season that was created by Leonard Stern, which ran from September 10, 1973 to January 7, 1974. The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience at
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NBC was hoping to capitalize on the success of single and independent women sitcoms by using Rigg, given her credentials in film and TV, with this attempt to copy
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Diana is invited out to a platonic dinner date by her married boss. Though it's absolutely innocent, guilt soon rears its head on all sides.
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Diana arrives in New York, only to find her new job involves a hostile boss – and that her borrowed apartment houses a suicidal writer.
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Each episode finds Diana trying to adjust to American life with help from her next door neighbor Holly Green (
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Confusion reigns as Diana and her office-mates try to keep track of Howard's foot-loose cat.
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guest stars as an old flame of Diana's, who drives her crazy with his self-centered ways.
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Marshall suffers an identity crisis after his psychiatrist suggests a new lifestyle.
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A dentist won't leave Diana alone until she helps him launch a fashion career.
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on Monday nights, eventually leading to its cancellation on January 7, 1974.
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Howard is trying to get Diana together with his charming high-school buddy.
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After getting an obscene phone call, Diana invests in an answering machine.
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Howard, needing a place to stay, temporarily moves into Diana's apartment.
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Diana agrees to keep Howard's money safe from his compulsive gambling.
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Diana enters into a May–December relationship with a friend's father.
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To prove her worth to the company, Diana is asked to fire a friend.
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Prior to being picked up by NBC, the series had the working title
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Diana's friend Holly cannot seem to stop falling for married men.
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Diana receives someone else's alien identification card.
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with Rigg playing Elyse Smythe. Also in the pilot was
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Leonard B. Stern
Diana Rigg
Richard B. Shull
Barbara Barrie
Carole Androsky
Richard Mulligan
Robert Moore
Jerry Fielding
Multi-camera
Talent Associates-Norton Simon, Inc.
NBC
NBC
CBS Studio Center
Diana Rigg
Carole Androsky
Richard B. Shull
Robert Moore
Richard Mulligan
David Sheiner
Barbara Barrie
Nanette Fabray

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