Wings: Season 1

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Wings: I Ain't Got No Bunny

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: April 19, 1990

Starring: Timothy Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard

Summary: The series Wings, could best be described as Cheers 2, as it followed much the same pattern as the other series did. The similarities are numerous, such as both being easy going character comedies and being produced by the same team (David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee). The main difference being the setting. Instead of a Boston barThe series Wings, could best be described as Cheers 2, as it followed much the same pattern as the other series did. The similarities are numerous, such as both being easy going character comedies and being produced by the same team (David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee). The main difference being the setting. Instead of a Boston bar being the main setting, a small airport terminal on the island of Nantucket was used as the main backdrop. The regular "gang" included brothers Joe and Brian Hackett, both pilots, who ran a one-plane local cummuter service called Sandpiper Air. They had little else in common. Joe was button-down, organized and serious, and Brian, a hang loose, free spirit. Thier mutual best friend since childhood was Helen, a once chubby but now beautiful aspiring concert cellist who ran the lunch counter. These three lifelong friends were the "three musketeers". The other regulars included, Faye, Sandpipers rather flighty but always perky, sixtyish ex-stewardess who ran the ticket counter; Lowell Mather, the eccentric airport mechanic and Roy, the loud mouth blow hard who ran rival airline Aeromass.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. All for One and Two for Helen
Air Date: May 24, 1990
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S1:E5. There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket
Air Date: May 17, 1990
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S1:E4. Return to Nantucket (2)
Air Date: May 10, 1990

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Rick Kogan

Aug 1, 2013

Written with a pen dipped in the clever-caustic "Cheers" well, it's high-spirited and clever. Most viewers will want to book future flights. [19 Apr 1990, p.21]

Matt Roush

Aug 5, 2013

This slick new sitcom, from three former producer/writers of Cheers, might be accused of gliding along too smoothly, as opposed to soaring. But what a pleasant journey it promises to be. [19 Apr 1990, p.3D]

Ed Siegel

Aug 5, 2013

The writing is as snappy as it is on "Cheers," but not nearly as seamless. For every good joke there's a dud, often two duds, and that's not good enough. Worse, a formula is beginning to emerge that could become as tiresome as the formulas for less sophisticated comedies. [16 Apr 1990, p.27]

Andy Edelstein

Aug 1, 2013

The writing is occasionally sharp and observational, but the first episode relied too often on smarmy, anatomically based humor. [19 Apr 1990, p.9]

Tom Shales

Aug 5, 2013

More of a let-down than a pick-me-up. [19 Apr 1990, p.E9]

Hal Boedeker

Aug 1, 2013

If Wings wants a long run, it would do well to lay off the plane crash jokes and the sexist bits. It has the cast and concept to go places. [19 Apr 1990, p.F1]

Howard Rosenberg

Aug 1, 2013

The bickering of the brothers -- who spend most of the half hour trying run down an anticipated inheritance from their deceased father -- quickly flattens into a tedious monotone. Loosen your seat belts. [19 Apr 1990, p.F10]

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 19, 1990
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  S1:E6. All for One and Two for Helen
  Air Date: May 24, 1990
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  S1:E5. There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket
  Air Date: May 17, 1990
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  S1:E4. Return to Nantucket (2)
  Air Date: May 10, 1990
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  S1:E3. Return to Nantucket (1)
  Air Date: May 3, 1990
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  S1:E3. Return to Nantucket, Part 1
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E2. Around the World in Eighty Years
  Air Date: April 26, 1990
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  S1:E1. Legacy
  Air Date: April 19, 1990