Just prior to the end of that season, Linda met real estate mogul Ted Nichols, played by guest star and LaPlaca's then-boyfriend, Philip Charles MacKenzie. Linda then sought a partnership in Laura's catering business. When the 1988–89 season began, Ben and Laura had married, and Linda had lost her job at World Wide Studios. In the 1987–88 season finale, Linda gave birth to a daughter, Amanda, who grew into a three-year-old (Ginger Orsi) capable of speech by the start of the series' third and final season. Geneva ( Arleen Sorkin) was the Phillipses' wisecracking, sexy maid who sometimes fraternized with the sisters. Richard later quit his job to become a professional pianist. Linda's boss at World Wide Studios was Cooper Hayden ( Larry Poindexter), who eventually became infatuated with Jane.

He was in the family patio-furniture business and she was a studio executive.

Richard and Linda Phillips were a high-powered yuppie couple. The series was created by Ruth Bennett and Susan Seeger, and was produced by Paramount Television.īen Coleman is a struggling mystery novelist, while his girlfriend Laura Kelly is a caterer with her younger sister Jane ( Jodi Thelen). Originally, the story centered on the romance of a novelist ( Matthew Laurance) and a caterer ( Mary Page Keller), but gradually the focus shifted to their yuppie friends ( Chris Lemmon, Alison LaPlaca) and the show was rebranded as Open House. Duet is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 19, 1987, to August 20, 1989.

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