Off the Rack

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Sitcom | creator = Richard Baer Bob Randall Dan Guntzelman Steve Marshall | developer = | writer = Dan Guntzelman Steve Marshall Bob Randall Lissa Levin Timothy James Larry Balmagia | director = Jay Sandrich (pilot) Noam Pitlik (series) | creative_director = | starring = Edward Asner Eileen Brennan Pamela Brull Dennis Haysbert Sandy Simpson Claudia Wells R. J. Williams Cory Yothers | theme_music_composer = Fred Karlin | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = Fred Karlin | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 6 (+1 Pilot Special) | executive_producer = Marc Merson Dan Guntzelman Steve Marshall | producer = | location = ABC Television Center | cinematography = | editor = | camera = Multi-camera | runtime = 30 minutes (with commercials) | company = Brownstone and Mugwump Productions Warner Bros. Television | network = ABC | first_aired = {{Start date|1984|12|07}} | last_aired = {{End date|1985|04|19}} }}

'''''Off the Rack''''' is an American sitcom television series set in the Los Angeles garment industry that aired on ABC<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shales |first1=Tom |title='Off the Rack' is ABC's best offering this year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102611868/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |work=El Paso Times |date=March 17, 1995}}</ref> from March 15 until April 19, 1985. The series stars Ed Asner<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deeb |first1=Gary |title=Ed Asner returns in 'Off the Rack' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102611949/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |work=Florida Today |date=March 15, 1985}}</ref> and Eileen Brennan and was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. Its taping location was the ABC Television Center in Hollywood.

It was canceled after six regular episodes and one half-hour pilot, which aired as a special on December 7, 1984 (in which the locale was originally New York; the network insisted the setting be changed to Los Angeles for the series). ''Off the Rack'' premiered as a regular series in the middle of the 1984–1985 television season as a mid-season replacement on ABC on the same day as ''Mr. Belvedere''. Writer Lissa Levin and director Noam Pitlik would go on to work for that series, following ''Off the Rack''<nowiki/>'s cancellation.

==Cast== *Ed Asner as Sam Waltman *Eileen Brennan as Kate Halloran *Pamela Brull as Brenda Patagorski *William Brian Curran as J.P. (pilot) *Dennis Haysbert as Cletus Maxwell *Sandy Simpson as Skip Wagner *Claudia Wells as Shannon Halloran *Cory Yothers as Timothy Halloran (6 episodes) *R.J. Williams as Timothy Halloran (pilot)

==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width= |background= |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = | Title = Pilot | DirectedBy = Jay Sandrich | WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Bob Randall & Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall|t= Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall}} | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|12|7}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Partners | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|3|15}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = A Date with Kate | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|3|22}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Here Comes the Bribe | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|3|29}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Who Do You Trust? | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Marshall & Dan Guntzelman|t= Lissa Levin}} | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|5}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = The Letter | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Timothy James | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|12}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Immigration Man | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|19}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} }}

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0088585|Off the Rack}}

Category:1985 American television series debuts Category:1985 American television series endings Category:1980s American multi-camera sitcoms Category:1980s American workplace comedy television series Category:English-language American television shows Category:Television shows set in Los Angeles Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Category:American Broadcasting Company sitcoms