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Encore! Encore!

1998
1 season
13 episodes
Comedy

Encore! Encore! is an American sitcom starring Nathan Lane as an opera singer. On the verge of becoming "The Fourth Tenor", Lane's character injures his vocal cords and must move in with his family, who run a vineyard in Northern California. The series premiered on NBC on September 22, 1998. Encore! Encore! struggled in the ratings from the start. After its fourth episode aired on October 27, 1998, NBC put the series on hiatus for two months. Thirteen episodes were ordered but the series was cancelled at midseason with two episodes left unaired. The final network episode aired on January 20, 1999. All 13 episodes later ran on Bravo.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    22-09-199830m

    Operatic superstar Joseph Pinoni is forced to retire after a freak accident following a performance causes him to lose his voice. Humiliated, he returns home to his family's vineya...

  • Ep 2

    2.I am Joe's Ego

    29-09-199830m

    Francesca tries to help Joe get out of his funk over losing his career by taking him out to dinner to cheer him up, but quickly regrets her choice when they are mobbed by fans in t...

  • Ep 3

    3.The French Connection

    20-10-199830m

    Joe's best friend from Europe, Jean Claude, visits to announce his recent engagement, but it's to a woman Joe loathes. Jean Claude admits he's flat broke and is only marrying for m...

  • Ep 4

    4.Master Class

    27-10-199830m

    To encourage Joe to get more involved with community, Marie puts him in charge of directing the school play at the youth center. Joe's diva like direction angers the parents, but t...

  • Ep 5

    5.Sour Grapes

    16-12-199830m

    Joe attempts to end a long standing feud with a neighboring family, over a punch bowl Marie claims they never returned, when he notices Michael showing an interest in the youngest...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Diary

    23-12-199830m

    While cleaning out the attic, Michael and Joe come across Marie's old diary, and deduce it was written about the time Marie was expecting Joe. After reading a few pages, Joe gets t...

  • Ep 7

    7.Mr. Joe's Wild Ride

    30-12-199830m

    The family, tired of Joe's constant bumming of rides because he doesn't drive, signs him up for driving lessons, but the instructor they hire turns out to be a psychotic nut who ta...

  • Ep 8

    8.I Know How the Caged Bird Tastes

    06-01-199930m

    Joe and Jean Claude go overboard to try to impress members of a local cultural society by planning an elaborate dinner party, but they get drunk while tasting wine during the meal...

  • Ep 9

    9.Crime and Punishment

    13-01-199930m

    Joe and Jean Claude are forced to serve community service as hospital orderlies after they are arrested for recklessly driving bicycles while drunk. Joe, completely incompetent in...

  • Ep 10

    10.To Soeur With Love

    20-01-199930m

    Jean Claude's sister comes to visit him, but Joe is afraid his friend will want to kill him when he recalls that the last time Joe met her, they had a wild one night stand.

  • Ep 11

    11.The Doubt of the Benefit

    27-01-199930m

    Joe gets a swelled head when he learns a benefit concert is being organized in his honor to recognize his career in theater, but while preparing to go to the hall a comedy of error...

  • Ep 12

    12.A Review to Remember

    TBA30m

    Joe does everything in his power, including seduce a magazine critic he despises, to ensure that Francesca and the winery get a positive review in a prominent wine industry publica...

  • Ep 13

    13.Soul Food

    TBA30m

    When Joseph and Francesca want Marie to write a cookbook to help promote the winery, she agrees to only if Joseph will go to confession. But Joseph doesn't know the secret behind M...

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