{television} buffalo bill; seasons one and two (1983)

Dabney Coleman stars as Bill Bittinger, egotistical host of a Buffalo, N.Y., talk show in this 1980s comedy series. Bitter on the air and off, Bill resents his job and vents his insecurities on unfortunate talk-show guests, station manager Karl (Max Wright) and other colleagues. But unflappable co-host Jo-Jo (Joanna Cassidy) always remains as cool as a cucumber, and Bill always gets what's coming to him. Geena Davis and Charles Robinson co-star.

ireviewnetflix.com rating: *** A very good show with lots of people who went on to do other things like Charles Robinson went on to star in Night Court and Geena Davis, well she went on to become probably the biggest star of the entire cast. Dabney Coleman is a great lead. I also loved Joanna Cassidy in this as I love her in everything else. She's such a good actress. Overall, this was a good show, but I can understand why it was cancelled. By the way, the laugh track really detracts from the show. Whoever invented the laugh track should be taken out behind a Hollywood studio and shot and all the people who thought it would be a good idea to use it should form a line behind him.