Just Shoot Me
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Just Shoot Me was an American television sitcom airing on NBC from 1997 to 2003.
Description
The show followed the staff at the fictional fashion magazine Blush, and their wacky exploits. Stars included Laura San Giacomo (the anal retentive Maya Gallo), David Spade (the geeky Dennis Finch), Wendie Malick (the ex-model Nina Van Horne), George Segal (the Hefner-like Jack Gallo) and Enrico Colantoni as womanizing photographer Elliot DiMauro. The characters played by Segal and San Giacomo are allegedly modeled after Hugh and Christie Hefner.
Guest stars occasionally appeared on the show, ranging from Saturday Night Live comedians such as Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz, to models such as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
The show ran for 7 seasons between 1997 to 2003. The show performed decently until the final season, when the final three episodes weren't even played until syndication. Rumours abounded that new cast member Rena Sofer as Vicki turned the audience off (and detracted from storylines involving the original core characters).
Important events
During the course of the series, the most important events include:
- Maya Gallo joins Blush
- Jack's wife gives birth to his daughter, Hannah
- Elliot and Maya kiss
- Donnie (Elliot's brother, played by David Cross) is discovered as a fraud
- Nina nearly marries Finch's father, Red
- Finch falls in love with model Adrienne (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), and they marry
- Finch and Adrienne divorce
- Maya and Elliot begin dating again
- Jack divorces his young wife, Allie
- Dennis' old Buddy Bert arrives as Brandy after a sex change (Jenny McCarthy)
- Elliot proposes to Maya, and then panics
- Finch sleeps with Jack's ex-wife Allie
- The Gang meet Finch's inspiration, Betsy (Amy Sedaris).
- Nina's best friend Binnie dies.
- Nina meets her daughter, and grand-daughter.
- Dennis goes to college.
- Jack hires a new staff member, Vicki (Rena Sofer).
- Nina starts dating an ageing rocker, Simon (Simon Templeman).
- Nina marries Simon.
- Jack retires, leaving Maya in charge of Blush.