My Sister Eileen (TV series)


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My Sister Eileen is an American sitcom broadcast during the 1960–1961 television season. It depicts the lives of two sisters, one a writer and the other an actress, who move to New York City to further their careers.

My Sister Eileen
GenreSituation comedy
StarringElaine Stritch
Shirley Bonne
Jack Weston
Theme music composerEarle Hagen
ComposerHerbert W. Spencer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerDick Wesson
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22–24 minutes
Production companyScreen Gems
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseOctober 5, 1960 –
April 12, 1961
Clockwise from left: Stubby Kaye, Shirley Bonne, and Elaine Stritch in My Sister Eileen in 1960.

My Sister Eileen focuses on Ruth and Eileen Sherwood, sisters from Ohio who moved to New York City to pursue their respective careers. Ruth, the more serious and more sensible of the two, aspires to be a writer, while the younger and more attractive Eileen dreams of achieving success as an actress. The two women find an apartment in a Greenwich Village brownstone owned by Mr. Appopoplous and befriend reporter Chick Adams. Ruth accepts a job with publisher D. X. Beaumont and becomes close with her co-worker Bertha. However, the better part of her time is spent supervising Eileen, who has a tendency to fall for every con artist and potential boyfriend who crosses her path while her agent Marty Scott struggles to find her auditions.

My Sister Eileen was based on a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker and then published in book form in 1938, as well as the 1940 play and 1942 and 1955 film adaptations which the stories inspired.

The pilot for My Sister Eileen aired on May 16, 1960, as an episode of Alcoa-Goodyear Theater entitled "You Should Meet My Sister." Anne Helm portrayed Eileen in this episode.[1]

In addition to the pilot, 26 episodes — all with Shirley Bonne portraying Eileen — were produced for My Sister Eileen′s run as a regular series on CBS. The series premiered on October 5, 1960, and was broadcast at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time throughout its run. It aired opposite Hawaiian Eye on ABC and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall on NBC.The final new episode aired on April 12, 1961.

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  2. ^ Classic TV Archive My Sister Eileen Accessed 5 March 2022
  3. ^ The Evening Review (East Liverpool, Ohio), October 12, 1960, p. 28
  4. ^ The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York), October 12, 1960, p. 25
  5. ^ The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 19, 1960, p. 19
  6. ^ The Record(Hackensack, New Jersey), October 22, 1960, p. 50
  7. ^ The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 26, 1960, p. 9
  8. ^ Daily News (New York, New York), October 26, 1960, p. 22
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  13. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, November 23, 1960, p. 19.
  14. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, December 7, 1960, p. 22.
  15. ^ The Times (San Mateo, California), December 7, 1960, p. 27
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  19. ^ El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas), January 4, 1961, p. 14.
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  21. ^ Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), January 11, 1961, p. 18.
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  23. ^ The Times (San Mateo, California), January 25, 1961, p. 24.
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  27. ^ Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), February 15, 1961, p. 17.
  28. ^ Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), February 15, 1961, p. 12.
  29. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, February 22, 1961, p. 24.
  30. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, March 1, 1961, p. 20.
  31. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, March 8, 1961, p. 22.
  32. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, March 15, 1961, p. 21.
  33. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, March 22, 1961, p. 23.
  34. ^ "Television Highlights," The Schenectady Gazette, March 29, 1961, p. 19.
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