The Associates: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

From the makers of Taxi came this ensemble comedy about lawyers, which could have been called Firm. "It revolved around three young law school graduates who had just joined the prestigious firm of Bass and Marshall as associates, beginning their five-to-seven-year trial period. Daughter of a poor New York family, Leslie recently graduated from Columbia, and felt for the oppressed. Bass and Marshall did not usually represent the oppressed. Tucker...was a Midwesterner slightly out of step with his Ivy League Colleagues, a little naive but very charming. Sara was a Boston blueblood, bright as well as sexy. They were all at the mercy of a hierarchy including such oddballs as formidable but slightly dotty Senior Partner Emerson Marshall...and dedicated junior partner Eliot Streeter, who had only one goal -- to take over the firm...Counterpointing all this class was Johnny Danko, the 21-year-old mailboy, whose only goal was to make time with beautiful chicks."

Series details

• Title: The Associates
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1979-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-04-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 57536
• IMDb ID: tt0078563
• TVDB ID: 73341

Cast and credited roles

• Martin Short — Tucker Kerwin
• Joe Regalbuto — Eliot Streeter
• Tim Thomerson — Johnny Danko
• Alley Mills — Leslie Dunn
• Shelley Smith — Sara James
• Wilfrid Hyde-White — Emerson Marshall

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-09-23; final listed air date 1980-04-17; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Associates 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.