Suddenly Susan 1997 promotional Emmy advertisement.

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Suddenly Susan takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane (played by Brooke Shields), who always has been cared for by someone else. However, when she realizes that she and her wealthy, vain fiancé, Kip, are not meant for each other and that there’s more to life than just being known as the "s" in "The Kip Richmonds", she abruptly leaves him at the altar...and now she’s suddenly just Susan. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Christa Brooke Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. ...

Susan's boss, Jack Richmond (played by Judd Nelson), the rebellious brother of Susan's former fiancé, Kip, assigns Susan to write a regular column about being suddenly single. Susan's coworkers include photographer Luis Rivera (played by Nestor Carbonell), music critic Todd Stites (played by David Strickland), restaurant critic Vicki Groener (played by Kathy Griffin) and investigative reporter Maddy Piper (played by Andréa Bendewald). Susan's grandmother and confidant, Nana (played by Barbara Barrie), stands as a loving pillar of encouragement in Susan's otherwise hectic life. Judd Nelson as John Bender in The Breakfast Club Judd Asher Nelson (born November 28, 1959 in Portland, Maine) is an American actor and writer. ... Nestor Carbonell (born December 1, 1967 in New York, New York) is an American actor best known for his role as Luis Rivera on the sitcom Suddenly Susan. ... David Gordon Strickland Jr. ... Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an Emmy-nominated American stand-up comedian and actress. ... Andrea Bendewald (born 4 March 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Maddy Piper on Suddenly Susan. ... Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman on May 23, 1931 to a Jewish family in Chicago, but raised in Texas) is an American actress and author of childrens books. ...

Besides the task of putting together a magazine and focusing on the lead character's life, Suddenly Susan also focuses on the private lives of many employees in the show.

Original Pilot

In the shows original pilot, Susan worked at a publishing house editing childrens books. After breaking up with her live-in boyfriend Ted (played by Brian McNamara), Susan finds herself "single" for the first time in years. Concurrently, Susan faces even greater challenges at work when her boss Eric (played by Philip Casnoff) assigns her the task of working as an editor with Charlotte (played by Elizabeth Ashley), a hugely successful and highly opinionated novelist. Thankfully, always on hand to provide support is Susan's grandmother, Nana (played by Nancy Marchand), her co-workers; acerbic best friend Marcy (played by Maggie Wheeler) and Neil (played by David Krumholtz) who has a crush on Susan. Image:Brian McNamara Suzanne Marie James Tillamook Treasure. ... Philip Casnoff (born August 3, 1953 in Philadelphia) is an American actor, known mainly from TV movies and series roles. ... Elizabeth Ashley is an American actress who first came to prominence in the Broadway play Take Her, Shes Mine, which earned her a Tony award as Best Featured Actress in a Play. ... Nancy Marchand (June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000) was an American actress. ... Maggie Wheeler (born August 7, 1961 in New York City as Maggie Jakobson) is an American actress. ... David Krumholtz in NUMB3RS David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978 in Queens, New York) is an American actor who currently stars in the CBS television show NUMB3RS. David Krumholtz began his acting career at the age of 13 when he followed his friends to an open audition for the Broadway...

The main office set redeemed most of it's features when it became The Gate in the show, however the major difference was that the elevator was to the right. Brian McNamara later went onto play the part of Cooper Elliot, who won Susan in a poker game at the end of season one. Image:Brian McNamara Suzanne Marie James Tillamook Treasure. ...

Tragedy

Cast member David Strickland committed suicide on March 22, 1999, just prior to the end of the third season. This was a major shock to the cast as they were all close with David. Strickland's death was incorporated into the the third season finale, which was turned into a tribute to Strickland's character, Todd. In the episode, Todd goes missing and Susan spends the episode desperately trying to find him. As the episode progresses, Susan learns about a number of good deeds that Todd had done around his neighborhood that Susan never knew about. Also, interviews about Todd done by the main cast appear throughout the episode. As the episode comes to an end, Todd's favourite song, Fat Boy Slim's "Praise You" plays outside in the street as Susan and her co-workers sit in a circle praying for Todd's well-being. The episode ends with a clip montage of David Strickland and ends with the titles "The Gods of comedy looked down upon you and smiled." David Gordon Strickland Jr. ... Fatboy Slim (born on July 16, 1963, Quentin Cook) also known as Norman Cook is a British musician in the dance music genre. ... Praise You is a 1998 song by dance/electronic musician Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, from his second studio album Youve Come a Long Way, Baby. ...

Fourth Season and Cancellation

Suddenly Susan season four cast photo. Top row (from left to right): Kathy Griffin, Currie Graham, Brooke Shields, Rob Estes. Bottom row (from left to right): Eric Idle, Sherri Shepherd, Nestor Carbonell, & Barbara Barrie.

At the beginning of the fourth season, both Judd Nelson and Andrea Bendewald left the show. The Gate got a new owner, Ian Maxtone-Graham (played by Eric Idle), who transformed The Gate into a men's magazine. He brought along Miranda Charles, his executive assistant and Navy veteran (played by Sherri Shepherd). A sports writer, Nate Knaborski (played by Currie Graham) was added along with a freelance photographer, Oliver Browne (played by Rob Estes). Image File history File links Suddenly_Susan. ... Image File history File links Suddenly_Susan. ... Ian Maxtone-Graham caricatured on The Simpsons, where he has worked since 1994 Ian Maxtone-Graham, born July 3, 1959, is a television writer and producer. ... Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is a British comedian, actor, author and writer of comedic songs. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... Image:Sherri Shepherd. ... Currie Graham (born February 26, 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) stage, film and television actor. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... Rob Estes, sometimes credited as Robert Estes (born on 22 July 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA) is an American actor. ...

Airing between Seinfeld and ER in its first season, Suddenly Susan was a ratings success, attracting approximately 27 million viewers per episode, despite mostly unfavorable critical reviews. When the show was moved to Monday nights in the second season, the show experienced a large ratings fall, sliding from #3 to #65 in one year. The ratings failed to bounce back, and in its final season, the show wasn't in the top 100, prompting NBC to pull it from the prime-time lineup with four episodes left unaired in June of 2000. This final quartet of shows aired in marathon form during the NBC All Night block from 2:00 to 4:00 am (EST) on the morning of December 26, 2000. Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. ... ER is a long-running, Emmy Award winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ...

Trivia

• SFGate is the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Eric Idle's character, Ian Maxtone-Graham, is named after a real TV writer (and Monty Python fan) who currently works on The Simpsons.
• On set, there is a cardboard cut-out of actress Elizabeth Ashley which can be briefly seen behind Susan's desk, near the filing cabnets along the back wall. This was used in the shows original pilot.

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External links

• Suddenly Susan at the Internet Movie Database
• Suddenly Susan page at TV.com
• Kathy Griffin from Suddenly Susan