1st & Ten

80 episodes6 seasons

US Release

Overview:

1st & Ten is an American situation comedy that aired between December 1984 and January 1991 on the cable television network HBO. Featuring series regulars Delta Burke and veteran Reid Shelton, it was one of cable's first attempts to lure the lucrative sit-com audience away from the "Big Three", by taking advantage of their freedom to include occasional cursing and nudity.

Created by:

Carl Kleinschmitt

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

12/2/1984

Last air date:

1/23/1991

Key words:

american football
sports
american football team
sitcom

Seasons

Season 1

13 Episodes

Season 2

10 Episodes

Season 3

13 Episodes

Season 4

14 Episodes

Season 5

14 Episodes

Season 6

16 Episodes

Cast

Reid Shelton

~ as ~

Ernie Denardo

Cliff Frazier

~ as ~

Jethro Snell

Donald Gibb

~ as ~

Leslie 'Dr. Death' Crunchner

Prince Hughes

~ as ~

Bubba Kincaid

O. J. Simpson

~ as ~

T.D. Parker

John Kassir

~ as ~

Zagreb Shkenusky

Michael Toland

~ as ~

Billy Cooper

Jason Beghe

~ as ~

Tom Yinessa

Tony Longo

~ as ~

Mad Dog Smears

Delta Burke

~ as ~

Diane Barrow

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
This is impossible to find, and, honestly, I am bitter about that, I loved this show when I was a little kid.

And shows like this need to make a comeback, it's from an era where comedy could still be sophomoric, stupid, childish, and fun. Today it seems that comedy is either a political statement that the audience is supposed to laugh at not because it's funny, but just to signal that they are in the same tribe...or references that stopped having a punchline and are only asking you to recall something from the past...

...and none of that works for me. 1st & 10 had from highbrow to Eskimo pee jokes and all the stops in between. But it was allowed to back then, it was an era where, with comedy, anything goes. And it was made in an era where HBO ruled comedy and not the dramatic series.

Unfortunately a lot of the jokes do reference the culture and politics of the day, so it comes with a bit of an aged feel to it.

Beyond that, it's one of the rare instances where football and not baseball gets the good comedic showing.