Line #25 Series/SuddenlySusan


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2	[[caption-width-right:305:[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-Foot Brooke Shields!]]]]
3	A Creator/{{NBC}} WorkCom that ran for four seasons from 1996 to 2000. It is about a woman (played by Creator/BrookeShields) who leaves a man at the altar and finds herself without prospects, until her ex-fiancé's brother takes a gamble and hires her as a journalist.
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5	Although originally conceived as a starring vehicle for Brooke Shields, it quickly became more of an ensemble show very similar to ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow''.
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7	The departure of Creator/JuddNelson and the suicide of Creator/DavidStrickland resulted in an extensive {{Retool}}, moving the characters to a grimy warehouse in Chinatown, and Creator/EricIdle joining the cast. This, however, resulted in the ratings dropping off significantly and led to the show's cancellation.
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9	The show is notable for bringing Creator/KathyGriffin to mainstream attention.
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12	!!!Provides Examples Of:
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14	* ActorAllusion: Done when Christopher Atkins guest stars in the episode "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut." His character, Tony, tells Susan he wouldn't date her "if we were [[Film/TheBlueLagoon1980 two horny teenagers trapped on a desert island]]!"
15	%%* TheAlcoholic: Maddy becomes one at one point.
16	* AlliterativeTitle
17	%%* AlphaBitch: Maddy
18	* AmicableExes: Susan and Jack actually manage this after a few weeks of tension.
19	* AndStarring: Done with all the main cast members not named Brooke Shields in a RunningGag ("Also Starring," "Not to Mention," "And Let's Not Forget," etc.)
20	* {{Bookends}}: The series began and ended with Susan's wedding. She runs out on the first one but completes the second.
21	* CaptainErsatz: Vicki, the sassy redhead played by Kathy Griffin, was often accused of being a ripoff of Beth, the sassy redhead played by Vicki Lewis on ''Series/{{Newsradio}}''. The ''Newsradio'' producers sure seemed to think so.
22	* TheCasanova: Luis. It's the accent, of course; when he tries picking up women with a fake American accent ("M'name is Louis.") he spectacularly bombs.
23	* CelebrityParadox: One Halloween episode involved Todd dressing as tennis pro (and then-husband of Brooke Shields) Creator/AndreAgassi. Susan asks, "Isn't he married to-- ooh, what's her name?
24	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Judd Nelson was replaced with Eric Idle at the beginning of Season Four, Nelson's character Jack was never mentioned again, despite having been a very good friend and eventually a pretty important love interest to Susan at one point.
25	%%* {{Costumer}}
26	* DateMyAvatar: Todd subscribes to a lesbian dating site, having reasoned that his lust for women [[InsaneTrollLogic qualifies him as one]]. Predictably, his 'date' turns out to be another horny male.
27	* HotForPreacher: Vicki falls in love with a rabbi.
28	* HotterAndSexier: The later seasons emphasized the main character's sexuality and the theme song was changed to reflect this.
29	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Susan's closest girlfriend is her grandmother.
30	%%* PostRobberyTrauma
31	* PutOnABusToHell: Maddy's departure in Season Four. After the writers painstakingly spent most of Season Three [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting the Ice Queen]] and making Maddy into a sympathetic character, in the Season Four premiere, she dumps Luis for no real reason and hastily exits the show, then later is revealed to have married ''Jerry Springer''. Either the writers totally hated the character, or they assumed the fans did.
32	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: After David Strickland committed suicide, his character Todd died with him. This was addressed in the Season Three finale, in which the cast spends the entire episode looking for Todd. Each scene is interspersed with the series regulars addressing the camera ''Theatre/OurTown''-style and sharing memories of him. The episode ends with the cast sitting in a circle with a telephone between them, still waiting to hear news of Todd's whereabouts. And then the phone rings.
33	* {{Retool}}: The last season sees the magazine going under new management, forcing the cast to move into a seedy warehouse in Chinatown. Jack, Maddy, and Todd are all written out and replaced with a few new characters as well.
34	* RunawayBride: The very first scene of the show has Susan standing at the altar, apparently on the brink of a panic attack... and the next scene has her running out of the church, ripping her dress along the way.
35	%%* StatuesqueStunner: The title character.
36	%%* ThemeTune
37	* UglyGuyHotWife: "Girlfriend", rather. While not outright hideous, Jack is still way out of Susan's league.
38	* TheUnfavorite: When Susan essentially begs Jack for a job in the pilot, Jack notes that she left his brother at the altar and deeply embarrassed his parents. Apparently, Jack was this because he then immediately offers Susan a better job and hires her.
39	* TheUnReveal: At the end of "A Day in the Life", after Susan spent the whole episode looking for Todd, who's disappeared, the whole main cast sits in a circle, waiting for him, when the phone rings. The episode ends before anybody answers it.
40	%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: Susan and Jack.
41	%%* WorkCom

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