# On Our Own (1977 TV series)

On Our Own is an American sitcom broadcast Sundays at 8:30 pm (EST) on CBS as part of their 1977–78 schedule. It featured Lynnie Greene as Maria Bonino and Bess Armstrong as Julia Peters, two employees in the Bedford Advertising Agency in New York City who also share an apartment. Toni McBain (Gretchen Wyler) was their boss, while April Baxter (Dixie Carter) and Phil Goldstein were their coworkers.
The show aired from October 9, 1977, until April 30, 1978.

## Cast

* Lynnie Greene as Maria Teresa Bonino
* Bess Armstrong as Julia Peters
* Gretchen Wyler as Toni McBain
* Dixie Carter as April Baxter
* Dan Resin as Craig Boatwright
* John Christopher Jones as Eddie Barnes
* Bob Randall as J.M. Bedford

## Production

On Our Own was shot at CBS studios in Manhattan and edited at Unitel. The editor was Frank Herold. The show was videotaped on location in New York in front of a live audience, which was unusual for a show of its genre during the late 1970s, as most sitcoms were taped in Hollywood.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Never Trust an Actor With His Clothes Off" | Unknown | Bob Randall | October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09) |
| 2 | "Wood is Not Good" | Doug Rogers | Bruce Kane | October 16, 1977 (1977-10-16) |
| 3 | "Goodbye Jim, Hello Father" | Doug Rogers | Andrew Smith | October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23) |
| 4 | "The Battling Boninos" | Noam Pitlik | Nicolas DeMarco | October 30, 1977 (1977-10-30) |
| 5 | "Julia in the Dark" | Mel Shapiro | Andrew Smith | November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06) |
| 6 | "Julia's Big Bust" | Lee Bernhardi | Jim Rogers | November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13) |
| 7 | "Honesty is Not the Best Policy" | Chuck Liotta | Tony DiMarco and David Ketchum | November 27, 1977 (1977-11-27) |
| 8 | "The Odd Couplet" | Lee Bernhardi | Andrew Smith | December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04) |
| 9 | "She Makes More Than Me" | James Burrows | Bob Randall | December 11, 1977 (1977-12-11) |
| 10 | "The Blind Date" | Unknown | Andrew Smith | January 8, 1978 (1978-01-08) |
| 11 | "The Bare Truth" | Chuck Liotta | Arnold Kane | January 22, 1978 (1978-01-22) |
| 12 | "Some Like It Glazed" | Lee Bernhardi | David Lerner and Howard Gewirtz | January 29, 1978 (1978-01-29) |
| 13 | "The Naked Summer" | Noam Pitlik | Jennie Blackton and Joan Desberg Greenberg | February 5, 1978 (1978-02-05) |
| 14 | "A Friend, Indeed" | Lee Bernhardi | Tony Lang | February 19, 1978 (1978-02-19) |
| 15 | "Arrivederci Toni" | James Burrows | Bob Randall | February 26, 1978 (1978-02-26) |
| 16 | "The Impossible Dream" | Lee Bernhardi | Stephen Fischer and Arlene Sanford | March 5, 1978 (1978-03-05) |
| 17 | "When a Body Meets a Body" | Chuck Liotta | Nicholas DeMarco | March 12, 1978 (1978-03-12) |
| 18 | "Add Two Children and Stir: Part 1" | Lee Bernhardi | Joseph A. Goodson | April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02) |
| 19 | "Add Two Children and Stir: Part 2" | Lee Bernhardi | Joseph A. Goodson | April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09) |
| 20 | "That's Entertainment III" | Unknown | Jim Rogers and Jennie Blackton and Joan Desberg Greenberg | April 16, 1978 (1978-04-16) |
| 21 | "A Rose is a Rose..." | Chuck Liotta | Jane Richmond | April 23, 1978 (1978-04-23) |
| 22 | "Meet Mr. Meat" | Ira Cirker | David Garber and Kevin Hartigan | April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30) |