| Starring: | Christopher Connelly Jodie Foster |
| Open Theme: | "It's Only a Paper Moon" |
| Composer: | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, and Billy Rose |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
| Executive Producer: | Anthony Wilson |
| Producer: | Robert Stambler |
| Runtime: | ca. 25 minutes[1] |
| Network: | ABC |
| Company: | The Directors Company Paramount Television |
Paper Moon is an American sitcom which aired for one season on ABC in 1974. The series starred Christopher Connelly and Jodie Foster.
Moses "Moze" Pray is a con man and traveling Bible salesman who roams the Midwestern United States in his 1931 Ford Model A roadster during the Great Depression of the 1930s, flim-flamming people with his gold-embossed Bibles.[2] [3] [4] Tagging along with him is Adelaide "Addie" Loggins, a precocious 11-year-old girl who is convinced that Moze is her father – although he denies it – and calls herself "Addie Pray."[2] [3] [4] Usually only a step ahead of the law, they always are working one fast-buck scheme or another, although they never have much money.[3] They get on one another's nerves but have a strong bond, and it often is up to Addie to bail Moze out.[4]
A gentle comedy,[3] Paper Moon was based on the successful 1973 movie of the same name,[3] which in turn was based on Addie Pray, a 1971 novel by Joe David Brown[3] which was retitled Paper Moon after the release of the movie. The series was filmed on location in Kansas.[3] For its theme song, it used an authentic 1933 recording of "It's Only a Paper Moon," composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose.[3] [5]
The Directors Company and Paramount Television produced Paper Moon.[6] Anthony Wilson was the television show's executive producer[2] [6] and Robert Stambler produced it.[2] [6] Episode directors included James Frawley, Herschel Daugherty, Alex March, Jerry Paris, and Jack Shea.[7]
Paper Moon premiered in the United States on September 12, 1974, on ABC.[2] [3] [6] It suffered from low ratings[4] and ran for only 13 episodes, the last of which aired on December 19, 1974.[4] [6] Reruns of the show then were broadcast in its regular time slot until January 2, 1975.[2] [3] [6] It aired at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday throughout its run.[3] [6]
In the United Kingdom, Paper Moon premiered on September 24, 1974.[6] It aired on BBC2 on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm.[6] In Canada, Paper Moon aired on CBC.
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