Off the Rack

Off the Rack is an American sitcom television series set in the Los Angeles garment industry that aired on ABC^[1] from March 15 until April 19, 1985. The series stars Ed Asner^[2] and Eileen Brennan and was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. Its taping location was the ABC Television Center in Hollywood.

Off the Rack
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Richard Baer Bob Randall Dan Guntzelman Steve Marshall
Written by	Dan Guntzelman Steve Marshall Bob Randall Lissa Levin Timothy James Larry Balmagia
Directed by	Jay Sandrich (pilot) Noam Pitlik (series)
Starring	Edward Asner Eileen Brennan Pamela Brull Dennis Haysbert Sandy Simpson Claudia Wells R. J. Williams Cory Yothers
Theme music composer	Fred Karlin
Composer	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (+1 Pilot Special)
Production
Executive producers	Marc Merson Dan Guntzelman Steve Marshall
Production location	ABC Television Center
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies	Brownstone and Mugwump Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	December 7, 1984 (1984-12-07) – April 19, 1985 (1985-04-19)

It was canceled after six regular episodes and one half-hour pilot, which aired as a special on December 7, 1984 (in which the locale was originally New York; the network insisted the setting be changed to Los Angeles for the series). Off the Rack premiered as a regular series in the middle of the 1984–1985 television season as a mid-season replacement on ABC on the same day as Mr. Belvedere. Writer Lissa Levin and director Noam Pitlik would go on to work for that series, following Off the Rack's cancellation.

Cast

• Ed Asner as Sam Waltman
• Eileen Brennan as Kate Halloran
• Pamela Brull as Brenda Patagorski
• William Brian Curran as J.P. (pilot)
• Dennis Haysbert as Cletus Maxwell
• Sandy Simpson as Skip Wagner
• Claudia Wells as Shannon Halloran
• Cory Yothers as Timothy Halloran (6 episodes)
• R.J. Williams as Timothy Halloran (pilot)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
TBA	"Pilot"	Jay Sandrich	Story by : Bob Randall & Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall Teleplay by : Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall	December 7, 1984 (1984-12-07)
1	"Partners"	Noam Pitlik	Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall	March 15, 1985 (1985-03-15)
2	"A Date with Kate"	Unknown	Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall	March 22, 1985 (1985-03-22)
3	"Here Comes the Bribe"	Unknown	Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall	March 29, 1985 (1985-03-29)
4	"Who Do You Trust?"	Noam Pitlik	Story by : Steve Marshall & Dan Guntzelman Teleplay by : Lissa Levin	April 5, 1985 (1985-04-05)
5	"The Letter"	Unknown	Timothy James	April 12, 1985 (1985-04-12)
6	"Immigration Man"	Unknown	Larry Balmagia	April 19, 1985 (1985-04-19)

References

1. Shales, Tom (March 17, 1995). "'Off the Rack' is ABC's best offering this year". El Paso Times. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
2. Deeb, Gary (March 15, 1985). "Ed Asner returns in 'Off the Rack'". Florida Today. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

External links

• Off the Rack at IMDb