James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette to join 8 simple rules.
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Garner to play widow's father in '8 Simple Rules'
By The Denver Post
James Garner has taken on perhaps the toughest roles in prime-time television this season, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The veteran actor will guest star in four episodes of ABC's "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," as its makes the transition after the death of John Ritter, who played the show's harried dad and newspaper columnist. After taping the first three episodes, Ritter collapsed on the set of the fourth taping.
Garner will play the father of Katey Sagal's character, the widowed Cate Hennessy, who supports his daughter and three teenage grandchildren. Garner's character will be recently separated from his wife, who has not yet been cast. Production on the first post-Ritter episode, which will run an hour, is set to begin Monday. The first Garner episode is expected to air in the first or second week of November.
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Pleshette to guest star on '8 Simple Rules'
By wire services
Published October 18, 2003
Suzanne Pleshette will guest star on 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter when the show returns to ABC next month. Pleshette, late of NBC's Good Morning, Miami, will play Cate Hennessy's (Katey Sagal) mother in the hourlong episode, which will air Nov. 4. The show will follow the Hennessy family as it tries to cope with the news of father Paul's (John Ritter) unexpected death. Ritter died Sept. 11 after collapsing on the 8 Simple Rules set while working on the season's fourth episode. ABC decided to continue with the series and aired Ritter's final three episodes at the start of this season to very strong ratings.
In the show's return, Cate's recently separated parents - Pleshette and James Garner - will put their differences aside and try to help Cate and her three kids deal with Paul's death. Garner will have a recurring part in the show; it's unclear how long Pleshette will be with the show.
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Garner to play widow's father in '8 Simple Rules'
By The Denver Post
James Garner has taken on perhaps the toughest roles in prime-time television this season, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The veteran actor will guest star in four episodes of ABC's "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," as its makes the transition after the death of John Ritter, who played the show's harried dad and newspaper columnist. After taping the first three episodes, Ritter collapsed on the set of the fourth taping.
Garner will play the father of Katey Sagal's character, the widowed Cate Hennessy, who supports his daughter and three teenage grandchildren. Garner's character will be recently separated from his wife, who has not yet been cast. Production on the first post-Ritter episode, which will run an hour, is set to begin Monday. The first Garner episode is expected to air in the first or second week of November.
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Pleshette to guest star on '8 Simple Rules'
By wire services
Published October 18, 2003
Suzanne Pleshette will guest star on 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter when the show returns to ABC next month. Pleshette, late of NBC's Good Morning, Miami, will play Cate Hennessy's (Katey Sagal) mother in the hourlong episode, which will air Nov. 4. The show will follow the Hennessy family as it tries to cope with the news of father Paul's (John Ritter) unexpected death. Ritter died Sept. 11 after collapsing on the 8 Simple Rules set while working on the season's fourth episode. ABC decided to continue with the series and aired Ritter's final three episodes at the start of this season to very strong ratings.
In the show's return, Cate's recently separated parents - Pleshette and James Garner - will put their differences aside and try to help Cate and her three kids deal with Paul's death. Garner will have a recurring part in the show; it's unclear how long Pleshette will be with the show.
