The Julie Carlyle Show is a top-rated variety series produced in Hollywood. When star Julie Carlyle (Julie Andrews) decides to marry widowed veterinarian Dr Sam McGuire (James Farentino), who has a practice in Sioux City, she also decides to move her show to Iowa to make her marriage work. Her first marriage ended in divorce when her career got in the way, and she wasn’t going to let it happen again.
Her series was now taped at KCDM-TV, Channel 10, in Sioux City, and stories followed Julie as she attempted to divide her time between being a TV star and a wife and mother (Sam had two children: 14-year-old Allie (Hayley Tyrie) and 12-year-old Adam (Rider Strong), and a dog named “Dog”).
I.F. (“Wooley”) Wollstein (Eugene Roche) was Julie’s always complaining, easily upset producer and Clem (Jennifer Edwards) was Sam’s attractive assistant. Bernie (Laurel Cronin) was the housekeeper.
Considering the short-lived summer replacement series was directed by Andrews’ husband, Blake Edwards, it was an abysmal affair that received a critical mauling and did nothing to advance the career of this Emmy and Academy Award-winning actress.
Julie Carlyle
Julie Andrews Dr Sam McGuire
James Farentino Allie McGuire
Hayley Tyrie Adam McGuire
Rider Strong I.F. “Wooley” Wollstein
Eugene Roche Clem
Jennifer Edwards Bernie Farrell
Laurel Cronin
