An American Short Runner Sitcom that follows an ad Executive (Tom Selleck) as he gets fired and starts a new ad agency with several other fired employees (Hedy Burress, Edward Asner, David Krumholtz, Suzy Nakamura, and Penelope Ann Miller).
It aired on CBS from February 23 to May 4, 1998.
Tropes for the series:
- Character Title: Dobbs Takes a Holiday.
- Fatal Flaw: One of Jack's problems is his competitiveness, as he refused to lose to the President of the United States and it results him and several others getting fired.
- Firing Day: In the first episode, due to Jack losing the military accounts, he gets fired, along with Alex, Carl, Bruno, Beverly, and Erica, who had just started that very day.
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: John Webber (actor), who worked with Krumholtz on Chicago Sons, appears in My Best Friend's Funeral''.
- One-Word Title: Pilot.
- Shout-Out: The episode My Best Friend's Funeral to My Best Friend's Wedding.
