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Spin City

1996–2002 · Ended · 6 seasons

Comedy

First aired: Sep 17, 1996
Last aired: Apr 30, 2002
IMDb rating: 7.3 / 10 32,044 votes
Recall rating: 8.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

This situation comedy takes place in New York's City Hall. It centers on Mike Flaherty, the deputy mayor, who has to protect the slightly moronic mayor, Randall Winston from those who want to ruin his political career, and from himself, cause he is constantly making an ass of himself and Mike has to try and make sure that his little escapades are either not made public or have very little negative effect on the mayor. Helping Mike is Carter, probably the least quirky member of the mayor's staff and Nikki and James. Stuart and Paul are two members of the staff who cause just as much problems. Mike's secretary, who joined the show during the second season was Stacy. Mike's girlfriend during the first season was Ashley, but the character was dropped, his next girlfriend, during the following season was Laurie, and during the third season it was Nikki, and in the fourth season it was Caitlin Moore, the mayor's campaign manager. Michael J. Fox would leave the show after the fourth season. During the next season, the new deputy mayor would be Charlie Crawford.

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 14 wins & 38 nominations total

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Episodes

Specials · 3 episodes

E1 Prime Time Partners Michael J Fox And Gary David Goldberg

25 min

This is a 30 minute excerpt from a 1996 seminar given by the Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio). Fox and Goldberg, who had worked together previously on NBC's Family Ties, share their thoughts on returning to television after 7 years away. An informative, often funny interview with two of television's great talents.
E2 Team Fox Supporting The Michael J Fox Foundation

25 min

Running for a cure - a wonderful six minute clip about TeamFox volunteers who run marathons on behalf of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
E3 The Spin Making Spin City

25 min

A relatively current collection of interviews with the cast and creative crew of Spin City, which combine with clips from the show for a very nice "making of" featurette. Runs apx. 35 minutes.