# Boston Common (TV series)

Boston Common is an American television sitcom created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick that aired on NBC from March 21, 1996 to April 28, 1997. In its first season, it ranked 8th for the year, with a 15.6 household rating, but with a move to Sundays in its second season, it dropped to 52nd place.

## Plot

Boyd Pritchett is a genial, easy-going twenty-something from Virginia who delivers his sister Wyleen to college in Boston. Then Boyd falls in love with Joy and decides to stay, much to Wyleen's dismay. Boyd eventually gets a job at the college to help pay his sister's tuition and shares an apartment with Wyleen whose inclination is to be sexually active, but Boyd tries to inspire her with his chaste pursuit of Joy.

## Characters
### Main

* Anthony Clark as Boyd Pritchett
* Hedy Burress as Wyleen Pritchett
* Traylor Howard as Joy Byrnes
* Tasha Smith as Tasha King
* Steve Paymer as Leonard Prince
* Vincent Ventresca as Professor Jack Reed
* Roger Rees as President Harrison Cross (season 2)

### Recurring

* Sam Anderson as President Wesley Butterfield
* Margot Kidder as Cookie de Varen
* Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
* D.C. Douglas as D.C.

### Guest stars

* Robin Duke as Brenda Nidorf
* Leah Lail as Anna
* Larry Miller as Warren
* Shelley Long as Louise Holmes

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | March 21, 1996 (1996-03-21) | September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29) | April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28) |

### Season 1 (1996)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | James Widdoes | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | March 21, 1996 (1996-03-21) | 26.0 |
| 2 | 2 | "Out, Out, Damn Jack!" | James Widdoes | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | March 28, 1996 (1996-03-28) | 27.7 |
| 3 | 3 | "I Thee Endow" | James Widdoes | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | April 4, 1996 (1996-04-04) | 23.3 |
| 4 | 4 | "Relationship of Fools" | James Widdoes | Jenji Kohan | April 11, 1996 (1996-04-11) | 20.4 |
| 5 | 5 | "Boyd Gets Shrunk" | Tom Cherones | Barry Wernick | April 18, 1996 (1996-04-18) | 20.5 |
| 6 | 6 | "Virginia Reeling" | James Widdoes | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | April 25, 1996 (1996-04-25) | 21.9 |
| 7 | 7 | "Hope Springs a Leak" | James Widdoes | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | August 11, 1996 (1996-08-11) | 10.9 |
| 8 | 8 | "Autumn Foliage" | James Widdoes | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | August 18, 1996 (1996-08-18) | 12.2 |
| 9 | 9 | "Everybody's Stalking" | James Widdoes | Barry Wernick | September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08) | 10.4 |
| 10 | 10 | "A Streetcar Named Denial" | Jimmy Hampton | Julia Newton | September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15) | 15.0 |

### Season 2 (1996–97)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 11 | 1 | "Everything's Coming Up Sub-Rosas" | Jimmy Hampton | Kari Lizer | September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29) | 17.6 |
| 12 | 2 | "Conspiracy of Dunces" | Rod Daniel | Bill Canterbury | October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) | 15.4 |
| 13 | 3 | "This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco..." | Jimmy Hampton | Kevin Rooney | October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13) | 13.0 |
| 14 | 4 | "Mercury Retrograde" | Rod Daniel | Kari Lizer | October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) | 15.0 |
| 15 | 5 | "The War Room" | Max Tash | Michael Feldman | October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) | 12.9 |
| 16 | 6 | "Trustee and Sympathy" | Brian K. Roberts | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03) | 14.8 |
| 17 | 7 | "A Triage Grows in Boston" | Max Tash | Bill Canterbury & Barry Wernick | November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10) | 15.1 |
| 18 | 8 | "Gobble, Gobble, Aggch!" | Brian K. Roberts | Bill Canterbury | November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17) | 16.1 |
| 19 | 9 | "Coming Clean" | Jimmy Hampton | Julia Newton | November 20, 1996 (1996-11-20) | 10.3 |
| 20 | 10 | "Arts and Craftiness" | Jimmy Hampton | Barry Wernick | December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08) | 12.2 |
| 21 | 11 | "The Finals Curtain" | Jimmy Hampton | Andrew J. Golden & Gregory V. Sherman | December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15) | 15.2 |
| 22 | 12 | "Soup to Nuts" | Philip Charles MacKenzie | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | January 5, 1997 (1997-01-05) | 15.16 |
| 23 | 13 | "A Night in Camelot" | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | February 16, 1997 (1997-02-16) | 14.77 |
| 24 | 14 | "Commander-in-Grief" | James Widdoes | Joe Fisch | March 9, 1997 (1997-03-09) | 13.53 |
| 25 | 15 | "His and Herpes" | James Widdoes | Kari Lizer | March 16, 1997 (1997-03-16) | 12.58 |
| 26 | 16 | "Extra Credit" | Tom Moore | Barry Wernick | March 23, 1997 (1997-03-23) | 12.56 |
| 27 | 17 | "The Occidental Purists" | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Bill Canterbury | April 6, 1997 (1997-04-06) | 9.88 |
| 28 | 18 | "Here's to You, Mrs. Byrnes" | Linda Day | David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07) | 9.48 |
| 29 | 19 | "I.D. Endow" | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Dean Ollins & David Charles Friedman | April 13, 1997 (1997-04-13) | 9.46 |
| 30 | 20 | "To Bare is Human" | David Trainer | Michael Feldman | April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14) | 8.97 |
| 31 | 21 | "A Cross to Bear" | Jimmy Hampton | Rebecca Parr | April 20, 1997 (1997-04-20) | 9.50 |
| 32 | 22 | "Sophomore's Choice" | Jimmy Hampton | Story by : Jed Elinoff & Hugh Webber Teleplay by : David Kohan & Max Mutchnick | April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28) | 10.12 |