Shaping Up should not be confused with shape up (disambiguation).
| Alt Name: | Welcome to the Club |
| Genre: | Sitcom |
| Creator: | Ken Estin Sam Simon |
| Director: | Michael Lessac |
| Starring: | Leslie Nielsen Michael Fontaine Jennifer Tilly Shawn Weatherly Jake Steinfeld |
| Composer: | Fletcher Adams |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Executive Producer: | Ken Estin Sam Simon |
| Producer: | Richard Sakai |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Network: | ABC |
| Company: | Estin-Simon Productions Paramount Television |
Shaping Up is an American sitcom created by writer-producers Sam Simon and Ken Estin, which ran for five weeks on ABC from March 20 until April 17, 1984.
A spring replacement in 1984, Shaping Up, originally titled Welcome to the Club, was given the 9:00 Tuesday slot following Three's Company. Leslie Nielsen played Buddy Fox, curmudgeonly owner of the Buddy Fox Health Club. Michael Fontaine played Ben, the club's manager who was like a son to Buddy and served as the show's voice of sanity. Other cast members included Jennifer Tilly, Shawn Weatherly and Jake Steinfeld of Body by Jake fame.
Five episodes were broadcast before the cancellation, leaving one unaired. The role of Ben was first played by Tim Robbins, whom the network replaced with Fontaine.
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