Suddenly Susan: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Workplace situation comedy centered on the character of Susan, a "somewhat sheltered" magazine writer who has dumped her rich fiancé at the altar and must now cope with being suddenly single - complicated by the fact that her boss at hip San Francisco magazine The Gate is her ex's brother Jack. He has promoted her from copy editor to writer of a column on being single in the '90s, thus irritating her co-workers: caustic lifestyle columnist Vicki, Cuban playboy Luis. Susan's main support is her loving grandmother Nana. In highly publicized trouble before it ever aired, Suddenly Susan had to switch formats from a bookstore to a magazine workplace setting - sort of Mary Richards going to work for Lou Grant at the Trib.

Series details

• Title: Suddenly Susan
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 1996-09-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-12-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 4463

Cast and credited roles

• Brooke Shields — Susan Keane
• Néstor Carbonell — Luis Rivera
• Kathy Griffin — Vicki Groener
• Judd Nelson — Jack Richmond
• David Strickland — Todd Stites
• Andrea Bendewald — Maddy Piper
• Barbara Barrie — Helen "Nana" Miller
• Currie Graham — Nate Knaborski
• Eric Idle — Ian Maxtone-Graham
• Sherri Shepherd — Miranda Charles

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-09-19; final listed air date 1997-05-08.
• Season 2: premiered 1997-09-22; final listed air date 1998-05-18.
• Season 3: premiered 1998-09-21; final listed air date 1999-05-24.
• Season 4: premiered 1999-09-20; final listed air date 2000-12-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Suddenly Susan 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.