Ivan the Terrible (TV series)
Ivan the Terrible is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for five episodes during the summer of 1976.[1]
| Ivan the Terrible | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Herbert Sargent |
| Starring | Lou Jacobi Christopher Hewett Nana Visitor |
| Theme music composer | Joe Raposo |
| Country of origin |  |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Alan King |
| Producer(s) | Rupert Hitzig |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | King-Hitzig Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | 21 August – 18 September 1976 |
The series parodied American attitudes toward the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Set in Moscow, the sitcom starred Lou Jacobi as a Russian hotel waiter named Ivan Petrovsky and the day-to-day misadventures of Ivan's family plus their Cuban exchange student boarder; all of whom live in a cramped, one-bedroom apartment. (The one bedroom being occupied by the family's extremely vicious and feral Russian wolfhound, "Rasputin", who was frequently heard barking and growling, despite the fact that this is almost unheard of behavior for that breed of dog, but never seen.)
Also appearing in this series were Christopher Hewett, Phil Leeds, Alan Cauldwell and, in her TV series debut, Nana Visitor (here billed under her birth name, Nana Tucker). Harvey Korman appeared as a Soviet bureaucrat in an uncredited cameo at the close of each episode.
The executive producer of this series was Alan King.
References
- "Do you remember these 6 obscure sitcoms from 1976?". Me TV. Retrieved 2018-10-21.