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  • 1990
  • NBC
Working Girl

Summary Working Girl is another hit movie that failed as a tv series. The 1988 film starred Melanie Griffith in the title role, with Sigourney Weaver as her insufferable boss, but the tv series had to settle for more lesser known talent. Tess, the spunky, independent secretary portrayed here by newcomer "Sandra Bullock" who suddenly becomes a ju...

  • 1990
  • NBC
  • 1990
  • NBC

Working Girl

Season 1 Premiere: Apr 16, 1990
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Working Girl is another hit movie that failed as a tv series. The 1988 film starred Melanie Griffith in the title role, with Sigourney Weaver as her insufferable boss, but the tv series had to settle for more lesser known talent. Tess, the spunky, independent secretary portrayed here by newcomer "Sandra Bullock" who suddenly becomes a ju...

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
34
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33% Mixed
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67% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
34
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33% Mixed
3 Reviews
67% Negative
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50
May 4, 2014
More often than not, however, most of the laughs are junior too.
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
50
May 4, 2014
What may be missing most in the TV mix is the supporting cast and behind-the-camera work that launched Griffith's acting rocket in the movie. [16 Apr 1990, p.C4]
By John Engstrom FULL REVIEW
30
May 4, 2014
Overlaying Working Girl is a subtle, cynical atmosphere of class snobbery...The writers' assumption seems to be that their viewers share their elitist values and viewpoint. [15 Apr 1990, p.TV-8]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
30
May 4, 2014
Bad enough that dark-haired Sandra Bullock lacks the fuzzy but tough quirkiness of Melanie Griffith's Tess. And that Nana Visitor's boss lady, a two-faced Yalie named Bryn, has none of the swagger and venomous sting of Sigourney Weaver's comic caricature...But to make matters worse, by the end of the opener these two now- conventional gals are more allies than adversaries. [16 Apr 1990, p.3D]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
30
May 4, 2014
The writers try to limn the blue-collar vs. white-collar struggle that gave the movie its bite, but end up sounding mushy and sentimental. [16 Apr 1990, p.11]
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30
May 4, 2014
It's but an embryo of the real thing. [16 Apr 1990, p.C7]
By Rick Kogan FULL REVIEW
20
May 4, 2014
It wasn't much of a movie, but Griffith's dewy-eyed charm saved it. By sharp contrast, the TV version has precisely zero compensations, unless one hungers for further proof that NBC programmers are getting softer and softer in the noggin. [16 Apr 1990, p.B8]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Patchett Kaufman Entertainment
  • 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: Apr 16, 1990
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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