DHARMA & GREG {DHARMA AND GREG}: RINGING UP BABY {SECOND SEASON PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about two unlikely soulmates: Dharma, a yoga instructor who was raised by hippies, and her husband Greg, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Justice Department. In this episode, Dharma learns that Donna, the check-out clerk at the grocery store, has been abandoned by her boyfriend late in her pregnancy. Sympathetic to her plight, Dharma invites Donna to move in with her and Greg during the pregnancy. When Donna admits that she plans on giving up her baby for adoption, Dharma decides that she and Greg ought to be the new adoptive parents. Greg is horrified by the idea of adopting a stranger's baby on a whim, although Dharma reassures him that Donna is not a stranger because she's their "check-out girl." Greg tries to enlist her parents' help in changing Dharma's mind, but they are thrilled by such a random act of kindness as adoption. When Donna goes into labor, Dharma arranges for Abby to act as midwife rather than send Donna to the hospital, and the Finkelsteins and the Montgomerys show up at the couple's apartment for the baby's birth. Ultimately, some discoveries and decisions are made that surprise everyone. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. Commercials include Joan Lunden for Claritin allergy medicine. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 23, 1998 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:54572
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1997-2002
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Antz" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - "Titanic" (home video)
- TV - Commercials - AT&T communications
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
- TV - Commercials - Claritin allergy medicine
- TV - Commercials - Domino's Pizza
- TV - Commercials - GMC trucks
- TV - Commercials - Gap clothing stores
- TV - Commercials - Infiniti automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Intel pentium processor
- TV - Commercials - Oil of Olay body wash
- TV - Commercials - Pier 1 Imports stores
- TV - Commercials - Volkswagen automobiles
- TV - PSA - Hasbro Family Game Night
- TV - PSA - The Boys Town National Hotline
- TV - PSA - The President's Initiative on Race
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "Boy Meets World"
- TV - Promos - "Brother's Keeper"
- TV - Promos - "Cupid"
- TV - Promos - "Executive Decision" (telecast of a feature film)
- TV - Promos - "Fantasy Island"
- TV - Promos - "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
- TV - Promos - "The Drew Carey Show"
- TV - Promos - "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place"
- TV - Promos - "Two of a Kind"
CREDITS
- Dottie Dartland … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Chuck Lorre … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Erwin More … Executive Producer
- Brian Medavoy … Executive Producer
- Bill Prady … Co-Executive Producer
- Regina Stewart … Co-Executive Producer
- Randy Cordray … Producer
- Michael Collier … Associate Producer
- Don Foster … Production (Misc.), Consulting Producer
- Sid Younger … Production (Misc.), Consulting Producer
- Gail Mancuso … Director
- Dennis C. Brown … Music by
- Jenna Elfman … Cast, Dharma Finklestein
- Thomas Gibson … Cast, Greg Montgomery
- Shae d'Lyn … Cast, Jane
- Joel Murray … Cast, Pete
- Mimi Kennedy … Cast, Abby Finklestein
- Alan Rachins … Cast, Larry Finklestein
- Mitchell Ryan … Cast, Edward Montgomery
- Susan Sullivan … Cast, Kitty Montgomery
- Brigid Brannagh … Cast, Donna
- Joel McCrary … Cast, the Customer
- James Sie … Cast, the Man on Line
- Michael Yavnieli … Cast, the Man
- Joan Lunden … Talent, Claritin commercial