Hope and Gloria
TV ShowEnded

Hope and Gloria

5.0 / 10
1995
2 seasons
35 episodes
Comedy

Hope and Gloria is an American sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television and aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson and Jessica Lundy, respectively, as the titular characters, both working in an office environment in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local talk show host and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television. The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Are We Having Fun Yet?

    09-03-199530m

    Hope and Gloria strike up a tentative friendship, complicated when Gloria realizes that the man coming on to her in the laundry room of their apartment building is Hope's husband.

  • Ep 2

    2.No Degrees of Separation

    15-03-199530m

    The presence of Dennis, a spiked cake, and Louis's amorous cousin Pete snuff out Hope's birthday plans for a quiet dinner party, her first since her separation.

  • Ep 3

    3.Salon, It's Been Good to Know You

    23-03-199530m

    Hope's plan to get Gloria a job as hair stylist on the show becomes complicated as the temperamental Isaac first quits to move to South America, then returns unexpectedly - just af...

  • Ep 4

    4.A Fine ROM-ance

    30-03-199530m

    Goaded by Dennis into finding a men man via computer, Hope drags a reluctant Gloria on a double blind date - and finds Gloria's match more to her liking.

  • Ep 5

    5.Falling in Bed Again

    06-04-199530m

    Gloria convinces Hope not to see her ex-husband again, inspiring Hope to help another spurned wife do the same, but then Gloria herself succumbs to temptation. Meanwhile, Dennis tr...

  • Ep 6

    6.I Never Sang for Our Father

    13-04-199530m

    An embarrassed and shy Louis secretly joins Hope's church choir, but Gloria isn't singing Hope's praises when she suspects that her friend and ex-husband are having an affair. Mean...

  • Ep 7

    7.My Mamma Done Told Me (1)

    20-04-199530m

    Hope has not told her parents she is divorcing Jeffrey, but when he turns up during their visit, the truth comes out. Big time, as it happens, because Hope's mother then reveals to...

  • Ep 8

    8.Who's Poppa? (2)

    20-04-199530m

    Hope becomes convinced that her father is Bill Anderson, the real name of actor Adam West of Batman fame, unaware that her mother insists it was another actor. Meanwhile, Dennis's...

  • Ep 9

    9.Love With an Improper Stranger

    27-04-199530m

    A lonely Hope spends the night with a handsome stranger, but it's possible that she's in for more of a relationship than she bargained for - he may be her brother. Distraught Hope...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Face with Two Men

    04-05-199530m

    The new station manager orders Hope to arrange a Growing Pains reunion show, but there's a problem - Dennis refuses to be in the same room with his rival, Alan Thicke. Meanwhile, S...

  • Ep 11

    11.Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me

    11-05-199530m

    Gloria learns she's pregnant and contemplates a third marriage to Louis - a decision that could be advantageous for new station manager Gwillem who persuades them to have the cerem...

  • Ep 12

    12.Don't Take Any Wooden Elephants

    10-08-199530m

    Hope's upset when Gwillem 'asks' her to care for his pampered poodle, so she attempts to play a practical joke on him - which, of course, backfires big time when she steals one of...

  • Ep 13

    13.A Midsummer Night's Trim

    07-09-199530m

    Gloria finds Hope's lack of faith in her the unkindest cut of all after Hope reveals she's having recurring nightmares of Gloria ruining her hair. They agree to consult a therapist...

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