Jenny is an American sitcom

Situation comedy

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 that aired on NBC

NBC

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 from 1997 to 1998. The series was intended to be a star vehicle

Star vehicle

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 for Playboy

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Playmate

Playmate

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 Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a successful television and...

.

Synopsis

The series starred McCarthy as Jenny McMillan, a Utica

Utica, New York

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 convenience store clerk who suddenly inherits a vast fortune from the B movie

B movie

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 star father (George Hamilton

George Hamilton (actor)

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) she never knew. After her father's funeral

Funeral

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, Jenny and her lifelong friend Maggie (Heather Paige Kent

Heather Paige Kent

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) decide to pursue fame in Hollywood

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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.

Cast

Actor	Role
Jenny McCarthy	Jenny McMillan
Heather Paige Kent	Maggie Marino
George Hamilton	Guy Hathaway
Carolyn Hennesy Carolyn Hennesy Carolyn Hennesy is an American actress and writer, who stars in the soap opera General Hospital and the sitcom Cougar Town....	Chaunce Gardener
Dale Godboldo Dale Godboldo Dale Eugene Godboldo III is an American television and film actor.-Life and career:Born in Dallas, Texas, Godboldo began his career as a teen on the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club...	Cooper
Rafer Weigel	Max
Mary Wingler	Mary Donavon

Cancellation

The series, originally scheduled on Sundays opposite CBS

CBS

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's Top 5 hit Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

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, FOX's

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 Top 15 hit King of the Hill

King of the Hill

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, and ABC's

American Broadcasting Company

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 Top 30 hit The Wonderful World of Disney. was moved to Monday nights in December 1997 in an attempt to gain more viewers. The move failed to attract more viewers and Jenny was canceled after 10 of the 17 episodes produced were aired.

Episodes

Episode #	Episode Title	Original Airdate
1	Pilot	September 28, 1997
2	"A Girl's Gotta Pierce"	October 5, 1997
3	"A Girl's Gotta Work"	October 12, 1997
4	"A Girl's Gotta Spike"	November 2, 1997
5	"A Girl's Gotta Live in the Real World"	November 16, 1997
6	"A Girl's Gotta Lie"	December 1, 1997
7	"A Girl's Gotta Deck The Halls"	December 15, 1997
8	"A Girl's Gotta Love a Wedding"	December 22, 1997
9	"A Girl's Gotta Merger"	January 5, 1998
10	"A Girl's Gotta Get It"	January 12, 1998
11	"A Girl's Gotta Hang with a Celebrity"	Never aired
12	"A Girl's Gotta Protect Her Assets"	Never aired
13	"A Girl's Gotta Make Room for Daddy: Part 1"	Never aired
14	"A Girl's Gotta Make Room for Daddy: Part 2"	Never aired
15	"A Girl's Gotta Go Vogue"	Never aired
16	"A Girl's Gotta Get Ready for Her Close-up"	Never aired
17	"A Girl's Gotta Come Through in a Clutch"	Never aired