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Arnie

Season 1 1970 - 1971

  • 1970-09-20T01:00:00Z on CBS
  • 20m
  • 11h 40m (24 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.

24 episodes

Series Premiere

1970-09-20T01:00:00Z

1x01 Arnie (Pilot Episode)

Series Premiere

1x01 Arnie (Pilot Episode)

  • 1970-09-20T01:00:00Z20m

1970-10-27T02:00:00Z

1x02 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

1x02 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

  • 1970-10-27T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie's first executive paycheck brings a sinking stomach, thanks to a premature spending binge (TV Guide)

1970-10-04T01:00:00Z

1x03 Change of a Lifetime

1x03 Change of a Lifetime

  • 1970-10-04T01:00:00Z30m

New executive Arnie kindles resentment among his old blue-collar buddies (TV Guide)

1970-11-05T02:00:00Z

1x04 Wife vs. Secretary

1x04 Wife vs. Secretary

  • 1970-11-05T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie's bragging about his secretary nets him a jealous wife (TV Guide)

1970-10-11T01:00:00Z

1x05 The Friendship Gap

1x05 The Friendship Gap

  • 1970-10-11T01:00:00Z30m

Arnie chooses his replacement as loading foreman - from among his old buddies (TV Guide)

1970-10-18T01:00:00Z

1x06 An Urge to Splurge

1x06 An Urge to Splurge

  • 1970-10-18T01:00:00Z30m

Arnie helps an elderly couple face compulsory retirement (TV Guide)

1970-10-04T01:00:00Z

1x07 Chance of a Lifetime

1x07 Chance of a Lifetime

  • 1970-10-04T01:00:00Z30m

Lil heads a picket line to fight pollution - at Arnie's company (TV Guide)

1970-10-13T01:00:00Z

1x08 Swinging Sixties

1x08 Swinging Sixties

  • 1970-10-13T01:00:00Z30m

Arnie's been ordered to shave off his mustache (TV Guide)

1970-11-21T02:00:00Z

1x09 Let Them Eat Cookies

1x09 Let Them Eat Cookies

  • 1970-11-21T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)

1970-11-17T02:00:00Z

1x10 Trouble in the Air

1x10 Trouble in the Air

  • 1970-11-17T02:00:00Z30m

Boss Majors' latest pet project: on-the-job exercising for his executives (TV Guide)

1970-10-15T01:00:00Z

1x11 One Strike and You're Out

1x11 One Strike and You're Out

  • 1970-10-15T01:00:00Z30m

""Arnie has no heart for the task at hand: negotiating a new union contract with his loading dock buddies. The new executive is still a union man."" (TV Guide)

1x12 For Whom the Whistle Blows

  • 1970-11-07T02:00:00Z30m

A swank San Francisco hotel sets the scene for Arnie's first major sales meeting (TV Guide)

1970-10-31T02:00:00Z

1x13 Why Spy?

1x13 Why Spy?

  • 1970-10-31T02:00:00Z30m

Office protocol calls for Christmas gifts worth $100; the Nuvos are giving homemade cookies (TV Guide)

1970-12-04T02:00:00Z

1x14 To Buy or Not to Buy?

1x14 To Buy or Not to Buy?

  • 1970-12-04T02:00:00Z30m

Boss Majors has a new housing development, and the Nuvos feel pressure to buy a home (TV Guide)

1970-12-16T02:00:00Z

1x15 Second Honeymoon

1x15 Second Honeymoon

  • 1970-12-16T02:00:00Z20m

1x16 You Can't Lose for Winning

  • 1970-12-21T02:00:00Z30m

Lady Luck visits Arnie in a poker game - the big loser is his boss Majors (TV Guide)

1971-01-08T02:00:00Z

1x17 Hello, Holly

1x17 Hello, Holly

  • 1971-01-08T02:00:00Z30m

The executive Arnie replaced is in town; rumor is he wants his old job back (TV Guide)

1971-01-14T02:00:00Z

1x18 Father Meets Daughter

1x18 Father Meets Daughter

  • 1971-01-14T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.

1971-01-22T02:00:00Z

1x19 Citizen Pain

1x19 Citizen Pain

  • 1971-01-22T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie must be in Nassau on the same day the Nuvos have planned a second wedding for Julius and his wife (TV Guide)

1971-01-22T02:00:00Z

1x20 Stand Up for Julius

1x20 Stand Up for Julius

  • 1971-01-22T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie gets symptoms of an ulcer on the eve of his bowling league semifinals (TV Guide)

1971-02-10T02:00:00Z

1x21 Strangeness in the Night

1x21 Strangeness in the Night

  • 1971-02-10T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie's involved in an office feud (TV Guide)

1971-02-03T02:00:00Z

1x22 Feud for Thought

1x22 Feud for Thought

  • 1971-02-03T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie's furtive behavior causes suspicion at the office (TV Guide)

1971-02-20T02:00:00Z

1x23 My Sister's Keeper

1x23 My Sister's Keeper

  • 1971-02-20T02:00:00Z30m

Arnie canvasses the company to find dates for his attractive sister (TV Guide)

1971-02-20T02:00:00Z

1x24 No Harmony in Trying

1x24 No Harmony in Trying

  • 1971-02-20T02:00:00Z30m

An audition for the fourth voice in the company's all-male quartet produces a winner who's a surprise to all (TV Guide)

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