Union Square aired from September 1997 until January 1998 on NBC.
Another of the many friends-hanging-out sitcoms of the '90s, Union Square was set in a brightly covered Manhattan diner of that name-located in the same trendy neighborhood geographically ( if not in terms of popularity) as Seinfeld and Friends. Among the regulars were Gaby ( Constance Marie), a fast-talking , excitable Latin sexpot who was looking for her big break as an actress; Michael ( Michael Landes), a struggling playwright with notably little self-confidence; and Suzanne ( Harriet Sansom Harris), an ecerbic real estate agent who would do anything for a sale. Trading with them were the staff, which included sarcastic, dreadlocked owner Vince ( Jeffrey Anderson-Gunther); waitress and wannabe rock star Carrie (Christine Burke); airheaded waiter Albie (Jonathan Slavin); and short-order cook Jack ( Jim Pirri), a big dumb hunk who thought he was God's giff to women.
A Review from The New York Times
The New TV Season in Review
By WILL JOYNER
Published: September 25, 1997
In the Diner They Come and Go, Bringing to Mind Another Show
'Union Square'
NBC, Thursday night at 8:30
(Channel 4 in New York)
''Union Square'' may be a new show, but it has a disconcertingly familiar feel to it. That's because the diner that serves as its primary locale quickly brings to mind the tavern in ''Cheers'' and even the coffee bar in ''Friends.'' Regular patrons come and go, trading plaints, gibes and occasional words of cut-rate wisdom with the put-upon hired help.
Of course, a familiar formula isn't necessarily a curse in an ensemble comedy, and Marco Pennette and Fred Barron, the same people who created ''Caroline in the City,'' have provided enough variations to give ''Union Square'' some chance of maintaining its choice time slot. At the center of the premiere tonight are Michael (Michael Landes), a lawyer trying to turn playwright; Gabriella (Constance Marie), an actress who has just bombed into Manhattan from Texas; Jack (Jim Pirri), a short-order cook with a good heart and a prison record, and Vince, the diner's gruff Jamaican owner. What's appealing here is the mix of ethnic and social-class types. What's in doubt is the degree to which the writers can persuasively enrich the types. WILL JOYNER
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