Oliver Hailey
Director
Love, Sidney (1981)
Season 1
A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. Based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend. Love, Sidney was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable presence in the two-hour pilot.
Released Oct. 29, 1981
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.new-york-city, tmdb.single-mother, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.character-name-in-series-title, imdb.two-word-series-title, imdb.forename-in-title, imdb.new-york + 30 more, imdb.apartment, imdb.girl, imdb.little-girl, imdb.gay-artist, imdb.artist, imdb.gay, imdb.single-mother, imdb.punctuation-in-title, imdb.gay-protagonist, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.gay-man-straight-woman-relationship, imdb.friendship, imdb.friend, imdb.gay-man-straight-woman, imdb.surrogate-father, imdb.father-figure, imdb.single-parent, imdb.actress, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.roommate, imdb.homosexual, imdb.commercial-artist, tmdb.homosexual, tmdb.apartment, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.5-year-old, imdb.comma-in-title, imdb.character-name-in-title
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Welcome Home
Laurie and Patti move back in with Sidney when Laurie's marriage fails.
Oct. 28, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - Piece of the Rock, A
The trio are in danger of eviction when the building goes condo and the new rules limit occupancy to one family per unit.
Nov. 4, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - The Party
Nov. 11, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - The Cat Burglar
Nov. 18, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - Run With It
Dec. 9, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - Just Folks
Laurie's estranged parents come visit, and she learns that her father never told her mother about her many letters.
Dec. 2, 1981, midnight
S1E7 - Fiddler Under the Roof
Patti takes up the violin, an interest that plays on the nerves of Sidney and Laurie—until they learn that her teacher is virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.
Dec. 16, 1981, midnight
S1E8 - Hello, Yetta
Sidney sits in on a seance and asks to speak to his late mother Yetta.
Dec. 30, 1981, midnight
S1E9 - Grade Expectations
Jan. 6, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - Charlotte's Web
Laurie's boss goes after Sidney.
Jan. 13, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - The Price of Security
Jan. 20, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - Sail Away
Feb. 3, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - Is There Life After Show Business?
Feb. 17, 1982, midnight
S1E13 - Laurie's First Date, A.D.
Laurie considers marrying her new boyfriend.
Feb. 10, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Puppy Love
Laurie tries to cure Patti and Sidney of their dog phobia.
Feb. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - Laurie's Commercial
March 3, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - Patti the Torch
A fire damages the apartment.
March 17, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - Patti's Roots
March 31, 1982, midnight
S1E19 - Visitors from Smoot
April 7, 1982, midnight
S1E20 - Sidney and the Actress
June 16, 1982, midnight
S1E21 - The Activist
Sept. 8, 1982, midnight
S1E22 - Father's Day
Sept. 15, 1982, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: Oct. 29, 1981
Last Air Date: June 6, 1983, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists