History Series / NedAndStacey

* MarriageBeforeRomance[=/=]MarriageOfConvenience: The whole premise.

* ActorAllusion: An inadvertent example. In the pilot, Ned cracks a joke about being “wingless.” Thomas Hayden Church had left the show ''Series/{{Wings}}'' in order to do this series. Creator Michael J. Weithorn admitted that while the reference was not intentional, he understood why many thought it was and was happy for them to interpret it that way.

* ActorAllusion: An inadvertent example. In the pilot, Ned cracks a joke about being “wingless.” Thomas Hayden Church had left the show ''Series/Wings'' in order to do this series. Creator Michael J. Weithorn admitted that while the reference was not intentional, he understood why many thought it was and was happy for them to interpret it that way.

It starred Creator/ThomasHadenChurch as obsessive-compulsive advertising executive Ned Dorsey and Creator/DebraMessing as beautiful, red-haired journalist Stacey Colbert Dorsey.

* YourCheatingHeart: While Ned and Stacey's relationships aren't treated by either of them as adultery, being as this is a marriage of convenience, one of Stacey's dates, Nigel, gets the impression that she's having an affair with him behind Ned's back. He ends up breaking up with her after he learns the truth, leaving them with the impression that he was more interested in the excitement of an affair than Stacey herself.

* MistakenForGay: One of Ned's clients deduces that Med and Stacey have a sham marriage and makes a natural if erroneous guess as to why. This is a problem for Ned because the client actually is gay and out, and isn't happy about his ad rep living a lie.

'''''Ned & Stacey''''' was an American {{sitcom}} airing on [[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox Broadcasting Company network]] from 1995 to 1997.

At first, Ned and Stacey bickered a lot, which slowly progressed into something reassembling a romance.

Eventually, Ned and Stacey fall for each other but the show was cancelled before further relationship can be developed.

The plot is basically that both Ned and Stacey were brought together in a marriage of convenience: Ned needed to be married in order to get a promotion and Stacey wanted to move out of her parents’ house and Ned had the perfect apartment.

* MarriageBeforeRomance: The whole premise.

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''Ned & Stacey'' was an American {{sitcom}} airing on [[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox Broadcasting Company network]] from 1995 to 1997.

It starred Thomas Haden Church as obsessive-compulsive advertising executive Ned Dorsey and Creator/DebraMessing as beautiful, red-haired journalist Stacey Colbert Dorsey.

-->'''Ned''': Why Stacey?
-->'''Stacey''': Why Ned?
-->'''Ned''': It was business.
-->'''Stacey''': ''Strictly'' business.
-->'''Ned''': Here's the deal – to get a promotion, I needed a wife.
-->'''Stacey''': To get a life, I needed his apartment.
-->'''Ned''': So what the hell, we up and got married.
-->'''Stacey''': The only thing we have in common? We irritate each other.
-->'''Ned''': Right! [[OpeningNarration Enjoy the show]].

'''''Ned & Stacey''''' was an American {{sitcom}} airing on [[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox Broadcasting Company network]] from 1995 to 1997.

It starred Thomas Haden Church as obsessive-compulsive advertising executive ''Ned Dorsey'' and Debra Messing as beautiful, red-haired journalist ''Stacey Colbert Dorsey''.

* LosingYourHead: One commercial being pitched by Ned has a basketball player attempting a free throw from half court, but misses. Witht he clock still running, he pulls off his head and uses it instead, making the basket. The TagLine is "Don't Quit When You're Ahead."

* MistakenForGay: One of Ned's clients deduces that Med amd Stacey have a sham marriage and makes a natural if erroneous guess as to why. This is a problem for Ned because the client actually is gay and out, and isn't happy about his ad rep living a lie.

* PairTheSpares: Stacey's parents stop by to make a phone call the same night that Ned is at home with his GirlOfTheWeek. Ned attempts to sneak Veronica out of the apartment but is interrupted when Stacey arrives home with her date Neil at the same time. Thinking quickly, Ned introduces Neil and Veronica as their friends and forces them to pose as a married couple for the rest of the evening. They end up BecomingTheMask, though whether or not the relationship lasted after that episode is unknown.

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