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Rachel Blanchard played the role of Cher that was originated by Alicia Silverstone. Rumor has it that the movie was originally conceived as a TV show before being made as a motion picture first. Stacey Dash (Dionne), Donald Faison (Murray), Elisa Donovan (Amber), Wallace Shawn (Mr. Hall), and Twink Caplan (Ms. Geist) all reprised their roles for the television series, which ran on ABC from 1996 to 1997 and with a network change on UPN from 1997 to 1999. The theme song for the TV series, Ordinary Girl, was performed by China Forbes. Rachel Elise Blanchard (born 19 March 1976 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian actress. ... Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone (born October 4, 1976) is an American actress. ... Stacey Dash (born January 20, 1966 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress, most known as high school student Dionne Davenport in the 1995 movie Clueless, as well as its television sequel, which ran from 1996 to 1999. ... Donald Faison in Scrubs episode My Hypocritical Oath Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974 in New York City) is a television and movie actor, best known for his role as Doctor Chris Turk in the NBC television series Scrubs. ... Elisa Donovan (born Lisa Donovan on February 3, 1974 in Poughkeepsie, NY) is an American actress. ... Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor and writer. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1996. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1997. ... A network change is when a usually long-running television show changes networks. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the more widespread CBS network. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1997. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1999. ... China Forbes is an American singer and songwriter, and the lead singer of Pink Martini. ...

Critical response

Clueless the TV series is often not regarded as highly as the movie. Some fans of the movie believed that Rachel Blanchard, although carrying a slight resemblance to Alicia Silverstone, was not as charismatic or charming as Silverstone. Reportedly, Silverstone was asked to reprise her role before she turned it down in order to focus on her blossoming film career. Silverstone though would eventually move into the world of series television with a starring role on the short-lived NBC series Miss Match. NBC, formerly called the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Miss Match was a 2003 American television series produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. ...

The show was often chastised for its frequent usage of the tried and true very special episode formula (many came during its stint on UPN). Among the topics that were dealt with were: Very special episode is an advertising term originally used in American television commercials to describe an episode of a situation comedy or television drama that deals with a serious and/or controversial social issue. ...

• Teenage pregnancy
• Smoking
• Drunk driving
• Safe sex
• Students living in a neighborhood outside of the school district

Some viewers believe that the edginess of the movie was not translated well to the television screen. The television series was instead looked at as being more (if not too) politically correct (especially during its stint on ABC) for its own good. Various smoking equipment including different pipes, and cigars. ... Drunk driving (drink driving in the UK) or drinking and driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol (i. ... Safe sex, also called safer sex, is a set of practices designed to reduce the risk of sustaining or imparting sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) (also known as sexually-transmitted diseases or STDs). ... School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ...

Differences between the movie and TV series

There were also several inconsistancies between the movie and the TV series. While it was presumed or implied in the movie that Dionne and Murray had been sexually active, on the TV series Dionne suddenly became a virgin again. In the movie, Cher was considerably more selfish and less optimistic where as on the TV series, she's more naturally caring and positive. In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. ...

When Doug Sheehan replaced Micheal Lerner as Cher's father Mel at the start of the second season, Mel had grown sigificantly more mellow and humane than the character that Dan Hedaya portrayed in the movie. Also, the idea of having Josh (played on the TV series by David Lascher) serve as a love interest for Cher (as it was played out in the movie) was pretty much non-existent on the TV series. Josh along with Ms. Geist and Mr. Hall were written out of the series by the time the show moved to UPN. Michael Lerner (born June 22, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ... Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya is a prolific character actor who was born on July 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York to a Sephardic Jewish family. ... David Lascher (b. ...

Julie Brown's character in the movie was named Coach Millie Stoeger, but her name on the TV series was Coach Millie Diemer. In addition, Sean Holland's character in the movie was named Lawrence while his name on the TV series was Sean Holliday. Ironically, Holland, who had a very small part in the movie, had more exposure on the TV series than the Tai character (played on the TV series by Heather Gottlieb). Tai only appeared three episodes during the duration of the series despite her pivotal role in the movie. Julie Brown, born in Van Nuys, California) is an American actor, stand-up comic, comedic singer-songwriter and screenwriter. ...

A couple of the first season episodes were broadcast out of order. The first episode to be broadcast was As If a Girl's Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp on September 20, 1996. The actual pilot episode Don't Stand So Close to Me aired much later, on November 1, 1996. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1996. ...

Other ties to the movie

Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed the movie, wrote and directed several episodes from the first season. In addition, several stars from the movie guest starred on the TV series albeit in the form of different characters. The Clueless movie cast members who guest starred on the TV series include: Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American film director, one of the few women directors to have produced multiple box-office hits. ...

• Breckin Meyer played Travis in the movie and Harrison on the TV series (Do We with Bad Haircuts Not Feel?). Coincidentally, Meyer and Rachel Blanchard would go on to play boyfriend and girlfriend in the 2000 movie Road Trip.
• Paul Rudd played Josh in the movie and Sonny on the TV series (I Got You Babe).
• Brittany Murphy played Tai in the movie and Jasmine on the TV series (Driving Me Crazy).
• Luscious Jackson, who performed the catchy dance song Here for the Clueless movie soundtrack and guest starred on the Clueless TV series episode Sharing Cher to perform the song Naked Eye.

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Network change

After the series was cancelled by ABC, the reruns of the episodes (on their Friday night TGIF line-up) proved to be ratings winners for ABC. However it was too late for ABC to get the series back, and they prevented UPN from broadcasting the series until their contract ran out in late September. Clueless finished #46 in the ratings with 13.3 million viewers. Only Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (a show for which Elisa Donovan and David Lascher would eventually become regulars on) had higher ratings for Friday. Reportedly, the star of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Melissa Joan Hart, was considered for the part of Cher on the Clueless TV series. TGIF is the slogan of a programming block on the ABC TV network. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by the New York City-based firm Nielsen Media Research to determine which shows television viewers watch at what times. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Melissa Joan Hart in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress who is best known for playing the title roles in two successful television series, Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. ...

The writing and style of the first season on ABC has been considered to being more relaxed, confident, and slow paced, while the UPN version of the show had a quicker, sassy, off-the-cuff, and celebrity-reference filled style. UPN cancelled the show after the third season (1998–1999) reportedly because of increasingly dwindling viewership. By the last season, they had about 30% of the viewers left who were still watching the show when it began on ABC in 1996. This is a list of television-related events in 1998. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1999. ...

External links

• Clueless (TV series) at The Internet Movie Database
• Clueless (movie) at The Internet Movie Database
• Jump The Shark's entry for Clueless
• Sitcoms Online Message Boards for Clueless

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