Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 3, 2017 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:53, 19 April 2017 (UTC)



Temperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 12, 1972, to August 29, 1974. The series was developed by William Asher and Harry Ackerman for Ashmont Productions and Screen Gems. During its 46-episode run, it was presented in three iterations with different casts. The first season featured James Whitmore as a no-nonsense hospital chief-of-staff forced to deal with the antics of an intern (Cleavon Little) and three nurses (Joan Van Ark, Reva Rose, and Nancy Fox). Whitmore was replaced for the second season by comedian Paul Lynde as a penny-pinching chief-of-staff. Asher was replaced as producer by Duke Vincent and Bruce Johnson. Re-titled The New Temperatures Rising Show, the season featured new supporting players; Little was the only returning cast member. The series was put on hiatus in January 1974 after 13 episodes due to poor ratings. In July, Asher returned and restored the original format and title. Lynde and Little stayed on; new supporting players included Alice Ghostley and Barbara Rucker, with Fox returning from season one. The third version of the sitcom ran for seven episodes as a summer replacement, then was cancelled.
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 * Main editors: User: jimknut
 * Promoted: January 24, 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: I would like to see this television series become better known and "rescued" from obscurity. Hopefully, making it "Today's Featured Article" will do this and perhaps make its current owners consider putting it back into circulation.
 * Support as nominator. Jimknut (talk) 19:13, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Just noting that this nomination was prepared in January but only added to TFAR in the last couple of days. BencherliteTalk 10:44, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The article looks OK, but the blurb doesn't conform to TFA standards. I've combined it into one paragraph and removed the alternate title bolding, but it's still several hundred characters too long. --RL0919 (talk) 15:07, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I took a stab at it; this was long, jumbled, disjointed, and included stuff unnecessary for a main-page blurb. It's still several hundred characters above the norm, but much of that is formatting/linking. Please let me know how I did. — ATS  &#128406;  talk  19:59, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * We're getting there. I've given it a somewhat more aggressive trim to get it under 1200 visible characters (formatting doesn't count). Feedback welcomed. --RL0919 (talk) 16:13, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Since the blurb seems to be stable now, I will support. --RL0919 (talk) 18:32, 12 April 2017 (UTC)