The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)

The story was developed as a TV series by Jean Holloway and filmed at the Hollywood Studios. Hope Lange won two [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series|Emmy Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] for [[1968–69 United States network television schedule#Saturday|1968–1969]][https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-comedy-series 1969 Emmy Award] and [[1969–70 United States network television schedule|1969–1970]].[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1970/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-comedy-series 1970 Emmy Award] Despite Lange's consecutive Emmy wins, the show struggled in the ratings and only ran for two seasons. During its first year on NBC, it followed ''[[Get Smart]]''; its [[Big Three television networks|Big Three]] competition was ''[[My Three Sons]]'' on CBS and the first half of ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' on ABC.

The story was developed as a TV series by Jean Holloway and filmed at the Hollywood Studios. Hope Lange won two [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series|Emmy Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] for [[1968–69 United States network television schedule#Saturday|1968–1969]][https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-comedy-series 1969 Emmy Award] and [[1969–70 United States network television schedule|1969–1970]].[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1970/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-comedy-series 1970 Emmy Award] Despite Lange's consecutive Emmy wins, the show struggled in the ratings and only ran for two seasons. During its first year on NBC, it followed ''[[Get Smart]]''; its [[Big Three television networks|Big Three]] competition was ''[[My Three Sons]]'' on CBS and the first half of ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' on ABC.

In spring 1969, NBC cancelled the series. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] picked it up and scheduled it to be shown on Thursday nights at 7:30 pm in September 1969, followed by ''[[That Girl]]'' and ''[[Bewitched]]''. The series was again unsuccessful in beating out another hit CBS series, ''[[Family Affair]]''. It was later moved to [[Friday night death slot|Friday nights at 8:30 pm]] in January 1970, but ratings did not improve. As a result, ABC cancelled ''The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'' in spring 1970. The following year, ''Family Affair'' was cancelled by CBS after a five-year run because it was in the same time slot as the NBC hit variety series ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''.

In spring 1969, NBC cancelled the series. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] picked it up and scheduled it to be shown on Thursday nights at 7:30 pm in September 1969, followed by ''[[That Girl]]'' and ''[[Bewitched]]''. The series was again unsuccessful in beating out another hit CBS series, ''[[Family Affair (1966 TV series)|Family Affair]]''. It was later moved to [[Friday night death slot|Friday nights at 8:30 pm]] in January 1970, but ratings did not improve. As a result, ABC cancelled ''The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'' in spring 1970. The following year, ''Family Affair'' was cancelled by CBS after a five-year run because it was in the same time slot as the NBC hit variety series ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''.

Reilly was initially engaged just for the first episode rental sequence but, after working with him, Lange recommended to the producers his part become recurring for added comedic opportunities, particularly his terror of the Captain. Reilly's onstage reminiscence in the 2006 [[The Life of Reilly|filmed version]] of his one-man show.

Reilly was initially engaged just for the first episode rental sequence but, after working with him, Lange recommended to the producers his part become recurring for added comedic opportunities, particularly his terror of the Captain. Reilly's onstage reminiscence in the 2006 [[The Life of Reilly|filmed version]] of his one-man show.