Sisters is an American family drama television series that aired from May 11, 1991, to May 4, 1996, on NBC. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were also the executive producers and showrunners.
Overview
Sisters focused on four very different sisters living in Winnetka, Illinois. Their recently deceased father, Thomas Reed, a doctor, had been absent and a workaholic, while their long-suffering mother, Beatrice, turned to alcoholism to cope with his neglect and affairs. Having always wanted sons, their father had called the girls by male versions of their full names: Alexandra was called Alex; Theodora, Teddy; Georgiana, Georgie; and Francesca, Frankie.
For the first two seasons, each episode began with the sisters' weekly ritual of chatting in a steam bath together, but switched to a more traditional opening sequence beginning with the 1992–1993 season: glossy, black-and-white filmed scenes of the sisters engaging in various activities during both their childhood and adult years. Initially, the only soundtrack used for the opening was the sounds of the characters, but in the fall of 1993 a piano solo composed by John Debney was added as theme music.
Most episodes of the show featured a number of flashbacks, in which the characters would interact with or simply observe their younger selves (played by younger actresses).
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Season 1 (1991)
Season 2 (1991–92)
Season 3 (1992–93)
Season 4 (1993–94)
Season 5 (1994–95)
Home media
On June 2, 2015, it was announced that Shout! Factory (under WB license) had acquired the rights to the series in Region 1; they have subsequently released all six seasons on DVD.
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| Seasons One and Two || align="center" |29 || September 15, 2015
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| Season Three || align="center" |24 || January 19, 2016
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| Season Four || align="center" |22 || April 12, 2016
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| Season Five || align="center" |24 || July 19, 2016
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| Season Six || align="center" |29 || November 8, 2016
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Reception
Ratings
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!colspan="2"|Season !!U.S. ratings !!Network !!Rank
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| 1 || 1990-1991 ||N/A ||NBC ||N/A
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| 2 || 1991–1992 ||10.45 million ||NBC ||#55
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| 3 || 1992–1993 ||10.11 million ||NBC ||#56
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| 4 || 1993–1994 ||10.11 million ||NBC ||#52
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| 5 || 1994–1995 ||9.0 million ||NBC ||#75
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| 6 || 1995–1996 ||6.8 million ||NBC ||#103
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Accolades
The series received eight Emmy Award nominations over the course of its run, winning once in 1994 for Sela Ward as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Swoosie Kurtz was also nominated twice in the same category in 1993 and 1994.
References
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