The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)
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The Odd Couple (titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple) is an American sitcom television series broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC. The show, which stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, was the first of several sitcoms developed by Garry Marshall for Paramount Television. The series is based on the 1965 play, The Odd Couple, written by Neil Simon, which was also adapted into the 1968 film, The Odd Couple. The story examines two divorced men, Oscar and Felix, who share Oscar's Manhattan apartment, and whose contrasting personalities inevitably lead to conflict and laughter.
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Based on | The Odd Couple by Neil Simon |
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Theme music composer | Neal Hefti |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 114 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Garry Marshall |
Running time | 25-26 minutes (Excluding commercials) |
Production company | Paramount Television |
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Network | ABC[1][2] |
Release | September 24, 1970 (1970-09-24) ā March 7, 1975 (1975-03-07) |
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In 1997, the episodes, "Password" and "The Fat Farm", were ranked numbers 5 and 58, respectively, on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.[3] The show received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.