Delta
Delta
TV ShowEnded

Delta

6.0 / 10
1992
1 season
22 episodes
Comedy

Delta is a short-lived U.S television sitcom series produced by ABC starring Delta Burke. Burke plays a woman who leaves her life behind to pursue her dream as a country music singer. Burke, most popular for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the popular CBS sitcom Designing Women, reportedly utilized her own singing talents for the role of Bishop, and dyed her familiar brunette hair blonde to play the role. The series premiered September 15, 1992, to healthy ratings following the ABC blockbuster Roseanne. The series then moved to Thursday nights opposite FOX's The Simpsons, and ratings began to sink. The show was pulled from the schedule and returned to ABC the following Spring for six episodes before finally being canceled. In an attempt to infuse ratings, Burke brought her brunette hair back that spring, in the sake of familiarity, but it did little to save the series. The theme song for the show was Reba McEntire's 'Climb That Mountain High' which was not a charted Reba single. The tune appears on the 1990 MCA album Rumor Has It. The show received one Golden Globe Award nomination, to co-star Earl Holliman for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a TV-Series".

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  • Ep 1

    1.Climb That Mountain

    15-09-199230m

    Dreaming of a career in country music, Delta Bishop leaves her unsupportive husband and moves to Nashville -- taking a job waiting table at a country-music bar, where she signs up...

  • Ep 2

    2.Delta Doesn't Get Discovered

    17-09-199230m

    Delta would kill for an audition with a record producer, and he believes it when she punctuates her plea with scissors.

  • Ep 3

    3.Sweet Dreams

    24-09-199230m

    Although Delta hasn't slept for days, her insomnia wreaks havoc at work and during an audition.

  • Ep 4

    4.Shall We Dance?

    01-10-199230m

    Delta makes plans to throw Lavonne a surprise birthday party, but when Buck refuses to attend, it breaks Lavonne's heart, so he finally admits to Delta that he can't dance.

  • Ep 5

    5.How Much Is That Darden in the Window?

    08-10-199230m

    Delta talks a very reluctant Darden into participating in a charity bachelor auction -- with disastrous consequences for both of them.

  • Ep 6

    6.White Women Can't Jump Either

    15-10-199230m

    Delta and Connie compete against Buck and Deke in a basketball game.

  • Ep 7

    7.The Bad Word

    22-10-199230m

    Delta suspects there may be strings attached when country star Jimmy Word (John Schneider) offers her a job as a backup singer.

  • Ep 8

    8.First Time Again

    29-10-199230m

    A childhood neighbor who fawned over Delta, Eugene Dorr ""the bore,"" learns of her recent divorce so he shows up at The Green Lantern hoping for a date. At the urging of Thelma a...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Cabin and the Credit Card

    12-11-199230m

    Darden wants to buy a cabin and Delta wants a credit card, so they pretend to be married.

  • Ep 10

    10.Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E

    03-12-199230m

    Charlie won't sign the divorce papers until she returns the only items she took: her wedding ring and the car.

  • Ep 11

    11.A Christmas Tale

    17-12-199230m

    When Darden's daughter, Taliam, visits for Christmas, Delta realizes that her perfect image is only a façade.

  • Ep 12

    12.The Agent

    06-04-199330m

    Still desperate for a break, Delta jumps through hoops and bends the truth to impress a transplanted L.A. musical agent to get him into the Green Lantern to hear her sing.

  • Ep 13

    13.Mom Comes to Town

    13-04-199330m

    Delta enlists everyone's help to occupy her visiting mother and keep her out of her hair. But things go sour when her mother announces that she's found an apartment for them to sh...

  • Ep 14

    14.Amateur Night

    20-04-199330m

    Delta competes with Sandy's secretary Tess at the amateur-night contest.

  • Ep 15

    15.Red Hot Mama

    27-04-199330m

    Delta has mixed feelings about her mother dating Sandy's boss; Buck is the new chef at The Green Lantern.

  • Ep 16

    16.Roadtrip

    28-07-199330m

    Delta upsets Thelma and Lavonne's plans to see Tanya Tucker's concert in Washington, D.C. and insists on a detour to visit Patsy Cline's grave.

  • Ep 17

    17.Delta's Little Dilemma

    25-08-199330m

    A smitten Delta uses songwriting to get closer to a local performer, but just as she's feeling vulnerable, her ex-husband shows up to try to win her back.

  • Ep 18

    18.The Initiates

    TBA30m
  • Ep 19

    19.Blackout

    TBA30m
  • Ep 20

    20.R.I.P

    TBA30m
  • Ep 21

    21.The Short Sell

    TBA30m
  • Ep 22

    22.Pilot

    TBA30m

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