Cadets (1988 TV pilot)
Cadets | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Directed by | Zane Buzby |
Starring | Soleil Moon Frye Richard Roundtree Barclay DeVey Jaleel White William Sadler Remy Auberjonois Michael Goldstrom Corin Nemec Judd Trichter |
Theme music composer | Jeff Harris |
Composer | Peter Matz |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jeff Harris Arlene Sellers Alex Winitsky |
Producer | Al Lowenstein |
Production locations | Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Viacom Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 25, 1988 |
Cadets is a sitcom pilot, which aired on ABC as a summer special[1] on September 25, 1988. The pilot, however, was not picked up.[2]
Plot
[edit]Spunky, immature 13-year-old Tyler McKay has grown up in various public institutions after being abandoned as a small child in the big city. Her guardians decide to enroll her at a very strict, regimental military academy known as Appromattox,[3] which has just begun to accept girls.
Cast and characters
[edit]- Soleil Moon Frye as Tyler McKay
- Richard Roundtree as Sergeant Matt Gideon
- Barclay DeVeau as Lucy Lomparski
- Jaleel White as Cadet Nicholls
- William Sadler as Colonel Tom Sturdivant
- Remy Auberjonois as Squad Leader Brigham
- Michael Goldstrom as Anthony Libonati
- Corin Nemec as Cadet Preston Langly
- Judd Trichter as Cadet Goerke
References
[edit]- ^ ABC Decathlon of Comedy ads - 1988 on YouTube
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "Sunday Highlights". The Modesto Bee. September 24, 1988. pp. A–10. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 9780786486410.