Bosom Buddies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bosom Buddies follows the adventures of Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond, junior ad-men at Livingston Gentry and Mishkin Advertising Agency. Kip was an illustrator, but aspired to be a painter, and Henry, a copywriter and aspiring novelist. When their building is demolished, they dress as women to stay with co-worker Amy Cassidy in her apartment at the Susan B. Anthony Hotel, where men are forbidden anywhere above the lobby. Kip and Henry decide to invent alter egos Buffy and Hildegarde (their fictional sisters) to move into an empty (and cheap) apartment at the hotel; Henry, to write an expose about the experience, and Kip, to get closer to Amy's beautiful roommate, Sonny Lumet, nurse, and part-time dancer.

Series details

• Title: Bosom Buddies
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1980-11-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-03-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 4645

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Hanks — Kip Wilson (Buffy)
• Peter Scolari — Henry Desmond (Hildegarde)
• Donna Dixon — Sonny Lumet
• Wendie Jo Sperber — Amy Cassidy
• Telma Hopkins — Isabelle Hammond
• Holland Taylor — Ruth Dunbar
• Lucille Benson — Lilly Sinclair

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1980-11-27; final listed air date 1981-04-30.
• Season 2: premiered 1981-10-08; final listed air date 1982-03-25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bosom Buddies on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.