The Tortellis (1987)
Synopsis
The Tortellis is an American sitcom that aired from January to May 1987 on NBC. A spin-off of the hit series Cheers, The Tortellis stars Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem. Nick Tortelli, the loutish ex-husband of Cheers waitress Carla Tortelli, moves to Las Vegas to try and reconcile with his bimbo second wife Loretta, who now lives with her more sensible, divorced sister Charlotte and nephew Mark.
First Air Date: 1987-01-21
Last Air Date: 1987-05-12
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Created By: James Burrows, Ken Estin
Networks: NBC
Top Cast
- Dan Hedaya as Nick Tortelli
- Jean Kasem as Loretta Tortelli
- Timothy Williams as Anthony Tortelli
- Carlene Watkins as Charlene Cooper
- Aaron Moffett as Mark Cooper
- Amanda Ingber as Annie Tortelli
Seasons
Season 1 (1987)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Tortellis <i>a.k.a.</i> Pilot
Nick Tortelli leaves Boston to move to Las Vegas and reconcile with his wife, Loretta, who is living with her sister and is trying for a show biz career. His son, Anthony, moves with him to help with the TV repair business.
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Ep. 2: An Affair To Remember
Loretta catches Nick having an affair and threatens to leave him. Nick tries to win back her love
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Ep. 3: Frankie Comes To Dinner
Cliff and Norm leave Boston and come visit Las Vegas, intending to get Frank Sinatra's autograph for Cliff's mother. Meanwhile, Nick promises he will have Frank over for dinner.
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Ep. 4: Svengali
Loretta's new manager gets her work, spurring her former one, Nick, into action.
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Ep. 5: The Ad Game
Nick's new TV ad for his TV hospital guarantees he will fix your TV in a day or eat a bug. A feisty woman may hold him to it.
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Ep. 6: Viva Las Vegas
Nick's newest client as a manager, a struggling Elvis impersonator, becomes involved with Charlotte.
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Ep. 7: Coochie-Coochie
When Loretta kicks nick out of the house, he remembers all the good times they had. He comes back and forgives her. She slams the dor in his face and he has a long talk with his neighbor. Then, he goes back and Loretta lets him in
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Ep. 8: Man of The Year
Nick & Loretta enter a competition for Man & Woman of the year, Nick wns & Loretta loses. Loretta finds out that Nick lied to win though.
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Ep. 9: The Good Life
When Nick starts complaining about how much his life sucks, Loretta reminds him of how much stuff is good in it
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Ep. 10: Father Knows Best
When one of the Tortelli kids gets in trouble at school, good ol' dad gives him some advice which backfires, leaving Loretta to clean up the mess.
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Ep. 11: The Customer's Always Right
At Nick's shop, he gets in an argument with a customer, his boss reminds him that the customer is always right, yet, nick begs to differ
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Ep. 12: Innocent As Charged
Nick is framed for robbery and he must prove himself innocent
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Ep. 13: His Girl Friday
It is Friday & Nick wants to just stay home, but, Loretta wants to go out. They have a huge fight and Nick loses.
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