On Our Own (1977 TV series)

On Our Own is an American sitcom broadcast Sundays at 8:30 pm (EST) on CBS as part of their 1977–78 schedule. It featured Lynnie Greene as Maria Bonino and Bess Armstrong as Julia Peters, two employees in the Bedford Advertising Agency in New York City who also share an apartment. Toni McBain (Gretchen Wyler) was their boss, while April Baxter (Dixie Carter) and Phil Goldstein were their coworkers.

On Our Own
Bess Armstrong (standing) and Lynnie Greene.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Bob Randall
Starring	Lynnie Greene Bess Armstrong Gretchen Wyler Dixie Carter Terence Knox Dan Resin Bob Randall
Theme music composer	Score Productions
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer	David Susskind
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Time-Life Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09) – April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30)

The show aired from October 9, 1977, until April 30, 1978.

Cast

• Lynnie Greene as Maria Teresa Bonino
• Bess Armstrong as Julia Peters
• Gretchen Wyler as Toni McBain
• Dixie Carter as April Baxter
• Dan Resin as Craig Boatwright
• John Christopher Jones as Eddie Barnes
• Bob Randall as J.M. Bedford

Production

On Our Own was shot at CBS studios in Manhattan and edited at Unitel. The editor was Frank Herold. The show was videotaped on location in New York in front of a live audience, which was unusual for a show of its genre during the late 1970s, as most sitcoms were taped in Hollywood.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Never Trust an Actor With His Clothes Off"	Unknown	Bob Randall	October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09)
2	"Wood is Not Good"	Doug Rogers	Bruce Kane	October 16, 1977 (1977-10-16)
3	"Goodbye Jim, Hello Father"	Doug Rogers	Andrew Smith	October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23)
4	"The Battling Boninos"	Noam Pitlik	Nicolas DeMarco	October 30, 1977 (1977-10-30)
5	"Julia in the Dark"	Mel Shapiro	Andrew Smith	November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
6	"Julia's Big Bust"	Lee Bernhardi	Jim Rogers	November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13)
7	"Honesty is Not the Best Policy"	Chuck Liotta	Tony DiMarco and David Ketchum	November 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
8	"The Odd Couplet"	Lee Bernhardi	Andrew Smith	December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)
9	"She Makes More Than Me"	James Burrows	Bob Randall	December 11, 1977 (1977-12-11)
10	"The Blind Date"	Unknown	Andrew Smith	January 8, 1978 (1978-01-08)
11	"The Bare Truth"	Chuck Liotta	Arnold Kane	January 22, 1978 (1978-01-22)
12	"Some Like It Glazed"	Lee Bernhardi	David Lerner and Howard Gewirtz	January 29, 1978 (1978-01-29)
13	"The Naked Summer"	Noam Pitlik	Jennie Blackton and Joan Desberg Greenberg	February 5, 1978 (1978-02-05)
14	"A Friend, Indeed"	Lee Bernhardi	Tony Lang	February 19, 1978 (1978-02-19)
15	"Arrivederci Toni"	James Burrows	Bob Randall	February 26, 1978 (1978-02-26)
16	"The Impossible Dream"	Lee Bernhardi	Stephen Fischer and Arlene Sanford	March 5, 1978 (1978-03-05)
17	"When a Body Meets a Body"	Chuck Liotta	Nicholas DeMarco	March 12, 1978 (1978-03-12)
18	"Add Two Children and Stir: Part 1"	Lee Bernhardi	Joseph A. Goodson	April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02)
19	"Add Two Children and Stir: Part 2"	Lee Bernhardi	Joseph A. Goodson	April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09)
20	"That's Entertainment III"	Unknown	Jim Rogers and Jennie Blackton and Joan Desberg Greenberg	April 16, 1978 (1978-04-16)
21	"A Rose is a Rose..."	Chuck Liotta	Jane Richmond	April 23, 1978 (1978-04-23)
22	"Meet Mr. Meat"	Ira Cirker	David Garber and Kevin Hartigan	April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30)

External links

• On Our Own at IMDb