Carol & Company

Carol & Company is an American comedy anthology television series starring Carol Burnett, Jeremy Piven, Meagen Fay, Terry Kiser, Anita Barone, Richard Kind and Peter Krause that aired for two seasons on NBC from March 31, 1990, to July 20, 1991.

Overview
Carol & Company began as a mid-season replacement from March 31 to June 2, 1990, and was subsequently picked up for a full season that ran from September 22, 1990, until July 20, 1991.

Unlike Carol Burnett's previous variety shows, Carol & Company was an anthology series that applied an unusual repertory approach to television comedy. Every week, Burnett and her fellow players (Krause, Piven, Fay, Kiser, Barone and Kind) performed a different half-hour comedy playlet. Only the performers remained the same from week to week; there were no ongoing characters or plots, although there were guest stars from time to time including Betty White, Christopher Reeve, Swoosie Kurtz and Burnett's daughter Carrie Hamilton. In 1991, Burnett's cohort, Tim Conway, made a cameo appearance as an audience member in the episode, "That Little Extra Something."

Shortly after the series' cancellation, Burnett switched back to her former network CBS to star in a short-lived revival of The Carol Burnett Show that aired from November 1 to December 27, 1991. It featured a new ensemble cast, including two Carol & Company players (Meagen Fay and Richard Kind) along with Jessica Lundy, Rick Aviles, Chris Barnes, Roger Kabler and weekly guest stars such as Vicki Lawrence, Martin Short, B.B. King and Jim Nabors. However, the series failed to catch on with the public and only nine episodes of this revival were aired.

Guest stars

 * Robert Urich as Mr. Sammy
 * David Strassman as Joe
 * Christopher Reeve as Drew
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Will
 * Betty White as Betty
 * Bernadette Peters as Herself
 * Alex Rocco as Jimmy
 * Nell Carter as Molly
 * Swoosie Kurtz as Emma
 * Glenda Jackson as Tina
 * Tim Conway as Bob
 * Howie Mandel as Howie
 * Carrie Hamilton
 * Dennis Burkley
 * Martin Ferrero
 * Richard Karn
 * Pat Crawford Brown
 * Burt Reynolds

Broadcast history

 * March 1990 – April 1990: NBC Saturday, 9:30–10:00 PM
 * April 1990 – June 1990: NBC Saturday, 10:00–10:30 PM
 * August 1990 – March 1991: NBC Saturday, 10:00–10:30 PM
 * March 1991 – May 1991: NBC Saturday, 10:00-11:00 PM
 * July 1991: NBC Saturday, 10:30–11:00 PM