The Closer (1998 TV series)

The Closer is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for 10 episodes from February 23 to May 4, 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive.

Plot
Jack McLaren (Tom Selleck), a successful advertising executive, starts his own agency. The business, the employees in the agency, and his personal life provide the story lines. The characters include a creative director, Carl Dobson (Ed Asner), an accountant, Erica Hewitt (Penelope Ann Miller), and a bored secretary, Beverly (Suzy Nakamura); McLaren's estranged and eventually divorced wife, Claire McLaren (Joanna Kerns), and daughter Alex (Hedy Burress).

Cast

 * Tom Selleck as Jack McLaren
 * Hedy Burress as Alex McLaren
 * Ed Asner as Carl "Dobbs" Dobson
 * David Krumholtz as Bruno Verma
 * Suzy Nakamura as Beverly Andolini
 * Penelope Ann Miller as Erica Hewitt

Production
The project was originally started off at Paramount Television with Barry Kemp at the helm. Eventually, it parted ways and moved to project to Warner Bros., and recruited Ed Decter and John J. Strauss as the new writer/producing/showrunning team.

Director and writers
The director for the series was Andrew D. Weyman. It had the following writers:


 * Tom Burkhard
 * Howard Busgang
 * Ed Decter
 * David Kidd
 * Laura Perkins-Brittain
 * Ron Burch

Producers

 * Howard Busgang
 * Ed Decter
 * Penny Segal
 * Tom Selleck
 * John J. Strauss
 * Craig Wyrick-Solari

Awards and nominations

 * Emmy Award — Outstanding Music and Lyrics (for the song "You Don't Know Jack") (nominated)