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Quiz about The First Seasons Club
Quiz about The First Seasons Club

The First Seasons Club Trivia Quiz


Not every show can go on to become a success. This show is about those shows that are either one-season wonders or flops that never stood a chance. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by EJayViera. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
EJayViera
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
395,640
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
128
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Question 1 of 10
1. This show featured Karyn Parson, best known for playing Hillary Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", alongside Lori Petty as two best friends determined to live life to the fullest, without a lot of money. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Jean Smart is a great actress with a flair for comedy. Many remember her for her part on "Designing Women" as well as Pickles on "The Oblongs". However, during the 1990s, she played the lead in two one-season wonders that are quite hysterical. Which ones are they? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. HBO's "Veep" can be considered the comedy version of which of these one-season wonder drama show? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Tony Shalhoub, who is best known for playing Detective Adrian Monk, on the series "Monk", is not immune to the one-season wonder bug. Monk wouldn't exist if which show lasted for a long run? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. As an actress, she has been in several Academy Award-winning films and has even won one herself. However, when she tried her hand at a self-titled sitcom, she saw little success. What is the name of the actress and the show? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Following her seven-year stint as Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Mary Tyler Moore found little success. However, she revisited the world of journalism in a new way, in which of these shows? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. However, these shows were unable to get people to love their love story based plots fast enough, thus leading to their cancellation. Which one of these shows was about how a romance begins and ends with a narrator from a show with no love? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Before she took on the iconic role of Carrie Heffernan on "The King of Queens", which set of these one season shows was Leah Remini a part of? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. If it wasn't for this show, Fran Drescher would have never found her inspiration as well as luck that would lead her to co-create her most iconic series, "The Nanny". Which is it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Before taking on a starring role on the crime drama series, "Criminal Minds", Paget Brewster found herself as a lead in which of these two one-season wonders? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This show featured Karyn Parson, best known for playing Hillary Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", alongside Lori Petty as two best friends determined to live life to the fullest, without a lot of money.

Answer: "Lush Life" (1996)

Parson starred as Margo Hines, a woman who has never lived her own life before. She leaves her philandering husband after he reveals another one of his many trysts to her. She moves in with her best friend George, played by Petty, and the two have many adventures figuring out how to keep financially afloat. The show only lasted for seven episodes, with three unaired.
2. Jean Smart is a great actress with a flair for comedy. Many remember her for her part on "Designing Women" as well as Pickles on "The Oblongs". However, during the 1990s, she played the lead in two one-season wonders that are quite hysterical. Which ones are they?

Answer: "High Society"(1995-1996) & "Style and Substance" (1998)

In "High Society", she played fabulously wealthy literary diva, Eleanor "Ellie" Walker alongside Mary McDonnell, who played her equally wealthy best friend and publisher. For "Style and Substance", she played Chelsea Stevens, a neurotic obsessive parody of Martha Stewart. Despite both shows having semi-decent ratings, they were both cancelled by the end of their first seasons.
3. HBO's "Veep" can be considered the comedy version of which of these one-season wonder drama show?

Answer: "Commander in Chief" (2005-2006)

Geena Davis played former Vice President Mackenzie "Mac" Allen, who ascends to the Presidency after the President dies. However, as an independent and did not share the same views as her predecessor. The show also delves into how her family, the former president's staff and others deal with her being the President.
4. Tony Shalhoub, who is best known for playing Detective Adrian Monk, on the series "Monk", is not immune to the one-season wonder bug. Monk wouldn't exist if which show lasted for a long run?

Answer: "Stark Raving Mad" (1999-2000)

Shalhoub played eccentric and mean-spirited horror novelist, Ian Stark, and Neil Patrick Harris played his germophobic editor, Henry McNeeley. Othe characters included Ian's assistant, Jake; his neighbor and bartender for the restaurant in his building Maddie, and Henry's girlfriend, Tess.
5. As an actress, she has been in several Academy Award-winning films and has even won one herself. However, when she tried her hand at a self-titled sitcom, she saw little success. What is the name of the actress and the show?

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg in "Whoopi" (2003-2004)

Goldberg starred as Mavis Rae, a one-hit wonder Grammy-winning singer, who parlayed her fame into owning and running the Lamont Hotel. She is accompanied by her Persian handyman, Nassim, and the hotel's housekeeper, Judwiga. Her brother, Courtney, lives with her after losing everything he had as a part of the Enron Scandal.

His girlfriend, Rita Nash, is a stereotype of African American women despite being white.
6. Following her seven-year stint as Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Mary Tyler Moore found little success. However, she revisited the world of journalism in a new way, in which of these shows?

Answer: "Mary" (1985-1986)

Moore starred as Mary Brenner, a former fashion writer who is relegated to writing a consumer advice column, "Helpline" consumer advice. Her desk neighbor was Jo Tucker, a columnist played by a pre-"Married with Children" Katey Sagal. John Astin, played temperamental theatre critic, Ed LaSalle and James Farentino played the Managing Editor, Frank DeMarco. Along with sagging ratings, many critics wrote the show was a stale copy of her former sitcom.
7. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. However, these shows were unable to get people to love their love story based plots fast enough, thus leading to their cancellation. Which one of these shows was about how a romance begins and ends with a narrator from a show with no love?

Answer: "A to Z" (2014)

The show was about two people, Adam and Zelda, as viewers were shown how their relationship begins and ends. The narrator was Katey Sagal from the hit series, "Married with Children", who played the indifferent wife, Margaret "Peg" Bundy.
8. Before she took on the iconic role of Carrie Heffernan on "The King of Queens", which set of these one season shows was Leah Remini a part of?

Answer: "First Time Out" (1995) & "Fired Up" (1997-1998)

"First Time Out" was touted as the Latina version of the FOX series, "Living Single". It lasted for a few episodes before being canceled. "Fired Up" had Remini as a former secretary turned partner in a small PR firm.
9. If it wasn't for this show, Fran Drescher would have never found her inspiration as well as luck that would lead her to co-create her most iconic series, "The Nanny". Which is it?

Answer: "Princesses" (1991)

She starred alongside Twiggy Lawson, who, after seeing Fran spend time with Lawson's kids mentioned the idea for Fran as a nanny. Drescher took the ball and ran with it. It took a chance meeting with a CBS executive on a plane for "The Nanny" to be put into production.
10. Before taking on a starring role on the crime drama series, "Criminal Minds", Paget Brewster found herself as a lead in which of these two one-season wonders?

Answer: "Love and Money" (1999-2000) & "The Trouble with Normal" (2000-2001)

In "Love and Money", she portrayed Allison Conklin, a school teacher from a wealthy family who falls in love all over again with the maintenance man of the apartment building her family resides in. In "The Trouble with Normal", she played Claire Garletti, a group therapist for the other main characters of the series.
Source: Author EJayViera

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