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The Dumplings (1976)
 Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Robert Leszczak
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
Writers Guild of America (wga)

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THE DUMPLINGS
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T.A.T./ ELP Communications - Norman Lear Production
for
NBC (Wednesdays)
Produced by Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West

US Situation Comedy series 1976 approx 11 episodes x 30 min color videotape
4Oct75 pilot + 28Jan76-31Mar76 series

starring
James Coco as Joe Dumpling
Geraldine Brooks as Angela Dumpling
George S. Irving as Charles Sweetzer, executive vice-president of Bristol Oil Company.
Jane Connell as Bridget McKenna, Sweetzer's secretary
George Furth as Frederic Steele
Marcia Rodd as Stephanie, Angela's sister
Mort Marshall as Cully, the Dumpling's employee

Premise:
Short-lived sitcom about a happily married couple who ran a luncheonette called
"Dudley's Take-Out" on the ground floor of a New York skyscraper owned by the Bristol Oil Company.

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NBC Wednesdays (28Jan76-31Mar76)

1.1 [--] The Dumplings: (pilot episode)
prod. no. 101
4 Oct1975 NBC original airdate
28 Jan 1976 NBC Wednesday, re-broadcast at start of series

1.2 [--] The Dumplings: THE ULTIMATUM
4 February 1976 NBC Wed

1.3 [--] The Dumplings: TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK
11 February 1976 NBC Wed

1.4 [--] The Dumplings: THE PARTING
18 February 1976

1.5 [--] The Dumplings: GOURMET'S DELIGHT
25 February 1976 NBC Wed

1.6 [--] The Dumplings: SWEETZER'S IMAGE
3 March 1976 NBC Wed

1.7 [--] The Dumplings: CULLY'S SISTER
10 March 1976 NBC Wed

1.8 [--] The Dumplings: THE OTHER WOMAN
17 March 1976 NBC Wed

1.9 [--] The Dumplings: THE FOUNDLING
24 March 1976 NBC Wed

1.10 [--] The Dumplings: JOE TAKES A FALL
31 March 1976 NBC Wed

1.11 [--] The Dumplings: JOE GETS JUGGED
airdate not known/ unaired ?

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