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Calucci's Department is an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS. It premiered on September 14, 1973, and after failing to compete in the ratings against NBC 's Sanford and Son, was canceled after the December 28 episode.
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Calucci's Department: Created by Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor. With James Coco, Candice Azzara, Peggy Pope, José Pérez. Joe Calucci is a kind-hearted office supervisor working for the New York State Unemployment Department.
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- 1973-09-14
- Comedy
- 30
Calucci finds out his department must downsize and it's up to him to decide who is fired. He wrestles with the decision leading to severe anxiety.
Although on television for a mere three months, the CBS series Calucci’s Department – which starred roly-poly comic James Coco as Joe Calucci, the kind-hearted supervisor at the New York State Unemployment Office – is, for some reason, one of many American viewers’ most fondly remembered shows.
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Calucci's Department was a Syndication network sitcom created by Joseph Bologna & Renée Taylor.
The show aired from September 14, 1973 to December 28, 1973, airing for 11 episodes; it was replaced by a half-hour western series, "Dirty Sally" on January 11, 1974.
The series centered on Joe Calucci, the supervisor of a New York City unemployment office where his day was spent dealing with a disparate group of claimants, the petty squabbles among the members of his staff (represented by a cross-section of ethnic backgrounds), the frustrations of governmental red tape, and his infatuation with his secretary, S...
•James Coco as Joe Calucci
•Candy Azzara as Shirley Balukis
•Rosetta LeNoire as Mitzi Gordon
•Peggy Pope as Elanie Fusco
Calucci's Department (TV Series 1973) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Calucci's Department is an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS on Friday at 8:00pm Eastern Time. It premiered on September 14, 1973 and, after struggling to compete in the ratings against Sanford and Son on NBC, was cancelled after the December 28 episode.
