Daddy's Girls aired from September until October 1994 on CBS.
Dudley Walker's ( Dudley Moore's), world was full of aggravation in this single-parent comedy. Dudley's ex-wife Annette, had run off with his partner, leaving him to run their struggling Los Angeles-based women's clothing business by himself. Dudley's 3 daughters contributed to his angst. Amy ( Stacy Galina)the eldest, had married Lenny ( Alan Ruck), the world's most boring opthalmologist; Samantha ( Meredith Scott-Lynn), the ambitios middle daughter, had taken on much of the responsibility of his ex-partner and wanted to be a partner herself; and Phoebe ( Keri Russell), the teenager was a free spirit with a very dumb, long-haired boyfriend named Scar ( Phil Buckman). Dennis Dumont ( Harvey feerstein), the firm's fussy designer, who had an incredibly gravelly voice, despite his bizarre behavior, was a sort of father figure who dispensed generally sound advice.
A Review from Variety
Daddy's Girls
((Wed. (21), 8:30-9 p.m., CBS))
By ADAM SANDLER
Taped at Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood, by Witt-Thomas Prods. Executive producers, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, David Landsberg; co-executive producer , Brenda Hampton; producer, Nina Feinberg; director, Barnet Kellman; writers, Landsberg, Hampton; production designer, Michael Hynes.
Cast: Dudley Moore, Harvey Fierstein, Meredith Scott Lynn, Stacy Galina, Keri Russell, Alan Ruck, Eugene Roche, Phil Buckman, Lorry Goldman, Lenore Kasdorf, Frank Di'Elsi, J. David Krassner, Symba Smith, Akana.
Although Dudley Moore reprises the befuddled-nice-guy persona that has carried him through a dozen or so feature films, his performance in "Daddy's Girls" is often overshadowed by a far-less skilled ensemble cast, with decidedly mixed results.
Moore's turn as Dudley Walker, the chief of a faltering fashion business and the father of a trio ofdaughters, is enjoyable to watch and he delivers some laugh-out-loud punch lines. But that's not likely to sustain viewer interest beyond a handful of episodes.
Naturally, Walker also has a sensitive and sympathetic side, although he more often uses his penchant for perfectly placed one-liners to defuse any conflicts that may arise.
But show's writers Brenda Hampton and David Landsberg turn too often to one-liners, instead of giving Moore anything substantial with which to work.
When Walker's marriage dissolves and his business partner takes a powder, the besieged exec must work at maintaining his seemingly tenuous relationship with his three grown daughters.
But here the scripters also dropthe ball, creating three uninteresting characters, a sort of hear, see and speak-no-evil grouping that plagues this pilot.
Phoebe (Keri Russell) is a dim-bulbed college student who sees the good in everything and is often the butt of jokes in the trio's repartee; eldest daughter Amy (Stacy Galina), who is married to lovable dork Lenny (Alan Ruck), puts everyone else's needs above her own.
Only Samantha (Meredith Scott Lynn) seems to have a pulse, as she aspires to take over daddy's business.
Lynn is convincing and does anadmirable job of keeping up with the witticisms dished out at warp speed by Moore and Harvey Fierstein, who plays a wacky, albeit stereotypical, fashion designer.
But when the last pattern is cut, "Daddy's Girls," directed by Barnet Kellman , comes up a bolt or two short
A Review From USA TODAY
TV PREVIEW/BY MATT ROUSH
DUH-DLEY
Hagard Dudley Moore looks like he hasn't had a good night's sleep in years. Better he should watch than be made to star in Daddy's Girls ( CBS, tonight at 8:30 ET/PT), his tired new sitcom that's guaranteed to put your sense of humor in a coma.
Dudley runs a fashion business-think Oscar de low Renta-with Harvey Fierstein growling like Tallulah as his openly gay designer. This is the closest thing to a break-through in Daddy's Girls, and even that is reduced to dreary camp: jokes about Streisand tickets, Buns of Steel workout tapes and crying at weddings.
Frantic Dudley, whose wife left him for his business partner has three daughters, his " girls," none of whom look remotely related to the other.
The eldest ( Stacy Galina) is a sweet nothing getting married to a nerd( Speed's Alan Ruck). The middle ( Meredith Scott Lynn) is a gruff over achiever who wants to be dad's business partner. The youngest ( Keri Russell) is a bimbo who hangs with a dazed dude named Scar ( Phil Buckman).
That's the set-up. Don't hang around for the follow-through. It's too painful for words.
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