Coming of Age

Coming of Age (1988)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creator: Emily Marshall
  • First Air Date: 1988-03-15
  • Last Air Date: 1989-07-27
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 16
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: Universal Television
  • Network: CBS
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Summary

Coming of Age is a situation comedy that aired briefly on the CBS television network in the United States for three runs in 1988 and 1989. Coming of Age features Paul Dooley and Phyllis Newman as a couple, Dick and Ginny Hale, living in a fictional retirement community, The Dunes, in Arizona. Retirement had not really been their, or at least, Dick's, idea – a former airline pilot, he had been forced to retire by a Federal Aviation Administration rule which requires all U.S. commercial pilots to retire by age 60. Dick hated almost everything about his retirement, including his surroundings. He was appalled by the hot climate, the thin walls separating the Hale's apartment from those of their neighbors Alan Young and Glynis Johns and, apparently, mostly by the contented attitude that most of the other residents expressed. This program was first aired as a midseason replacement in March 1988; although in was apparently not well received and was pulled after only three episodes were aired, it was nonetheless added to the CBS 1988 fall lineup. There, it failed again, and was quickly pulled. The airing of some more episodes in June and July 1989 was apparently a "run-off", an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment in the show by using it as filler during the traditionally low-rated summer months.

  • Keywords: arizona, retirement community, elderly, sitcom
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    Coming of Age Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1988-03-15
    4 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1988-10-24
    12 Episodes

    Coming of Age Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1B... low Job30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Dick and Fanny30 min
    Season 1Episode 3I Suck Coppers30 min
    Season 1Episode 4We Have Been Naughty, Haven't We?30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Up the Botty30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Pussy Boy30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Rudies30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Who Killed Alec the Dwarf?30 min
    Season 2Episode 3French Rs30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Black Eye30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Lederhosen Hero30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Doreen30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Monster30 min
    Season 2Episode 8Live or Die30 min
    Season 3Episode 1Kissy Woo!30 min
    Season 3Episode 2Badvert30 min
    Season 3Episode 3My Idiot BF30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Robbery30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Dib Dib Dib30 min
    Season 3Episode 6Penguin30 min
    Season 3Episode 7Lesbian Jumper30 min
    Season 3Episode 8Fear Itself30 min
    • Paul Dooley

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    • Ruta Lee

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    • Phyllis Newman

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    • Glynis Johns

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    • Alan Young

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    • Kevin Pollak

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    Production Barry Kemp Producer

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