Life's Work

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American television series

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Field	Value
genre	Sitcom
runtime	30 minutes
image	LWAnimate1.gif
caption	Title screen with programming information
camera	Multi-camera
country	United States
company	Weest, Inc.
Touchstone Television
network	ABC
first_aired
last_aired
language	English
composer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Bob Mothersbaugh
opentheme	"Life's Work" (instrumental)
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	18
creator	Warren Bell and Lisa Ann Walter
starring	Lisa Ann Walter
Michael O'Keefe
Lainie Kazan
Jenny O'Hara
Alexa Vega
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Life's Work is an American sitcom series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on ABC; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, an assistant district attorney in Baltimore.

Premise

Lisa Ann always wanted to practice law since she was young because she always argued with her parents. She also had a basketball coach husband named Kevin Hunter (Michael O'Keefe) who served as the patriarch of the family. Together, they raised a seven-year-old daughter Tess (Alexa Vega) and a toddler son named Griffin (Cameron and Luca Weibel). During the entire run of the series, an electric guitar & piano instrumental was used as the show's opening theme. Walter helped Mark Mothersbaugh write the theme.

Walter was an actress turned stand-up comic whose "voice" of a busy working mom became a top headlining act in the 1990s. ABC developed Life's Work for Walter, where she played a feisty feminist who could stand up to her mother in addition to her superiors at work. Walter received almost unanimous positive reviews for her portrayal of a harried working mother in a bold departure from the usual working mom shows where you never see the mom actually working.

As of July 2022, 15 (of the 18) episodes are available to purchase on several streaming services including AppleTV, Amazon, and YouTube.

In one of the episodes, Lisa Ann claimed to have a sexual affair with then-current American President Bill Clinton.

Cast

Main

Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter
Michael O'Keefe as Kevin Hunter
Alexa Vega as Tess Hunter
Cameron and Luca Weibel as Griffin Hunter
Larry Miller as Mr. Jerome Nash
Lightfield Lewis as Matt Youngster
Molly Hagan as Dee Dee Lucas

Recurring

Jenny O'Hara and Lainie Kazan as Constance "Connie" Minardi
Tara Karsian as Emily

Episodes

Cancellation

The show was put on hiatus after the episode "Neighbors" aired on January 27, 1997. Months later, having finished the season in 38th place with a 9.5 rating, the show was officially cancelled even though it held on to more than 90% of the viewers who watched the final season of Roseanne.

References

Bibliography

References

"Duration of show (Italian)". Antonio Genna.
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"Series Summary". [[TV.com]].
"Lisa Ann Walter Summary". Sitcoms Online.
{{harvnb. Damerini, Margaria 2001
(2002-10-16). "Why Life's Work Didn't Last". Internet Archive.

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