Scruples: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The soap operatic story follows the fortunes of three ambitious youngish people: Billy, secretary and then wife to an older zillionaire, whose death frees Billy to start up a Beverly Hills boutique ("Scruples") and to pursue the pretentious and manly but commercially woebegone film director Vito Orsini. Meanwhile, Valentine, a French would be fashion designer, and Spider, a parking lot attendant/photographer/stud, struggle up the ladder, become buddies and put off a romance that seems inevitable despite their difference in height. After Valentine and Spider become Billy's employees, they team up to navigate a number of speed bumps on the road to happiness.

Series details

• Title: Scruples
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 1980-02-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-02-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 50666
• IMDb ID: tt0080270
• TVDB ID: 219941

Cast and credited roles

• Lindsay Wagner — Billy Ikehorn
• Barry Bostwick — Spider Elliott
• Marie-France Pisier — Valentine O'Neill

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1980-02-25; final listed air date 1980-02-28; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Scruples 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.