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{{short description|American television sitcom (1995–1999)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Caroline in the City (logo).svg
| caption              =
| genre                = [[Sitcom]]
| creator              = {{Plain list|
*Fred Barron
*[[Dottie Zicklin|Dottie Dartland]]
*[[Marco Pennette]]
}}
| developer            = 
| starring             = {{Plain list|
*[[Lea Thompson]]
*[[Eric Lutes]]
*[[Malcolm Gets]]
*[[Amy Pietz]]
*[[Andy Lauer]]
}}
| narrated             = 
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = 
| theme_music_composer = [[Jonathan Wolff (musician)|Jonathan Wolff]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 4
| num_episodes         = 97 (1 unaired)
| list_episodes        = List of Caroline in the City episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plain list|
*Fred Barron
*Dottie Dartland
*Marco Pennette
}}
| producer             = [[Faye Oshima Belyeu]]
| camera               = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = 20–22 minutes
| company              = {{Plain list|
*[[Marco Pennette|Barron/Pennette Productions]]
*[[James Burrows|3 Sisters Entertainment]]
*[[CBS Productions]]
}}
| network              = [[NBC]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1995|9|21}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1999|4|26}} 
}}
'''''Caroline in the City''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] that ran on [[NBC]] from 1995 until 1999. It stars [[Lea Thompson]] as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan. The rest of the cast includes [[Eric Lutes]], [[Malcolm Gets]], [[Amy Pietz]], and [[Andrew Lauer|Andy Lauer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/carolineinthecit_7771230.shtml|title=BBC - Comedy Guide - Caroline In The City|date=December 26, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041226235839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/carolineinthecit_7771230.shtml |archive-date=December 26, 2004 }}</ref> The series premiered on September 21, 1995, in the [[Must See TV|"Must See TV" Thursday night block]] between ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and ran for 97 episodes over four seasons before it was cancelled; the final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999. The series' rights are currently held by [[CBS Media Ventures]].

==Summary==
Caroline Duffy ([[Lea Thompson]]), a cartoonist who lives in Manhattan, spends a lot of time with dates and lovers, and meddles in the lives of her friends and neighbors. In the pilot episode, she has broken up with Del Cassidy ([[Eric Lutes]]), who quickly finds another date. She hires Richard Karinsky ([[Malcolm Gets]]) to be her new colorist, and he pretends to be her new boyfriend during a dinner to prevent her from being embarrassed over Del's moving on. During the first season, Richard develops feelings for Caroline.

Caroline's success as a cartoonist is displayed throughout the [[List of Caroline in the City episodes#Season 1: 1995–1996|first season]]; her cartoon character gets a balloon in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], she has a park dedicated to her in her native [[Peshtigo, Wisconsin]], and she even has an offer for a cereal brand.<ref name="season1summaries"/> When she was a child, she drew violent pictures of her brother Chris, and after dropping out of college, she started doodling at a copywriting job. It took less than five years for her cartoon to become nationally syndicated, and she even appeared on ''[[Today (American TV program)|The Today Show]]''.

Towards the end of season one, Del proposes to Caroline. Richard is distressed by this, and searches for a new job. Although Richard has kept his feelings secret, their friends Annie Spadaro ([[Amy Pietz]]) and Remo (Tom La Grua) figure out that he loves Caroline. The day before the wedding, Richard writes her a love letter where he asks Caroline to meet him at Remo's if she loves him. He leaves the letter in a pile of wedding thank-you cards. Caroline arrives at Remo's but does not mention the letter, and continues with the wedding plans. Richard decides to leave Manhattan. When Caroline and Del call off the wedding, Caroline visits Richard's apartment but he has left.

In the [[List of Caroline in the City episodes#Season 2: 1996–1997|second season]], Richard returns to Manhattan after having been in Paris where he had tried to sell paintings. Caroline gives the thank-you cards to a friend; Richard tries to find and destroy the love letter; he tosses it out of the window, only to have Annie find it. He resumes his old job as Caroline's colorist. Later, Caroline discovers that she has feelings for Richard; however, Richard has reunited with his former girlfriend Julia, whom he met in Manhattan. Caroline leaves a message on his answering machine telling him that she loves him, but Julia discovers it and erases it.

Richard and Julia get married which prompts a bitter love triangle among the three. Richard eventually splits with Julia.

Caroline and Richard eventually become a couple. However, they split after arguing over whether to have children; Richard learned that Julia had a child. In the final episode, which ends on an unresolved cliffhanger, Annie and Del are now in a new relationship, while Caroline is about to marry another man—her childhood friend Randy—when Richard shows up at the wedding.

==Characters==

===Main===
* {{vanchor|Caroline Duffy}} ([[Lea Thompson]]) – Caroline is a cartoonist of the comic strip ''Caroline in the City''. Originally from [[Peshtigo, Wisconsin]], Caroline has a need for people to like her. She meddles in the lives of her friends and people around her, and often gets into trouble because of it. She initially breaks her engagement to Del Cassidy, but remains friends with him. She hires Richard Karinsky to be her colorist. Although Richard has feelings for Caroline, she does not realize or reciprocate until the end of the second season. She dates veterinarian Joe DeStefano in the second season, and former classmates Trevor and Randy in the third and fourth seasons. She becomes engaged to Randy, but her wedding ceremony is interrupted when Richard appears.
* {{vanchor|Del Cassidy}} ([[Eric Lutes]]) – Del works at a greeting card company owned by his father, and manages the ''Caroline in the City'' comic strip card products. He is Caroline's sometimes boyfriend; they get engaged during the first season, but break it off in the season finale.<ref name="about_del">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/bio_dell.html 
 |title=Caroline in the City - cast bios - Eric Lutes as Del Cassidy 
 |access-date=January 4, 2013 
 |work=Caroline in the City 
 |publisher=Eyemark Entertainment 
 |quote=Caroline's former fiancé and partner in the greeting card company that carries the "Caroline in the City" line of cards. 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521111150/http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/bio_dell.html 
 |archive-date=May 21, 2013 
 |df=mdy 
}}</ref> After receiving one too many insults from his callous father, Del quits to build his own business, Eagle Greeting Cards. In the fourth season, he sells the business to a large entertainment conglomerate.
* {{vanchor|Richard Karinsky}} ([[Malcolm Gets]]) – Richard is the colorist for the ''Caroline in the City'' comic strip. He is a struggling artist who usually lives in the slummy parts of New York City, and is regularly embarrassed about the nature of his job. He has several chances for a big break, but they end up in failure. He is also an excellent pianist.  He has a substantial student loan debt from attending an unnamed art school. He has a sarcastic personality, especially with Annie. He falls in love with Caroline during the first season, and does not think highly of Del Cassidy and his lack of intelligence. Eventually he and Caroline have a relationship.
* {{vanchor|Annie Spadaro}} ([[Amy Pietz]]) – Annie is Caroline's across the hall neighbor and her best friend. She is a dancer in the Broadway production of ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''.<ref name="annie_bio">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/bio_annie.html 
 |title=Caroline in the City - cast bios - Amy Pietz as Annie Spadaro 
 |access-date=January 4, 2013 
 |work=Caroline in the City 
 |publisher=Eyemark Entertainment 
 |quote=Caroline's savvy and street-smart neighbor and confidant in the hit comedy series Caroline in the City. Over the course of four years, Annie has been a professional dancer in the long-running Broadway production of "Cats," and a fledging actress in a Hollywood television pilot and various commercials. 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521110723/http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/bio_annie.html 
 |archive-date=May 21, 2013 
 |df=mdy 
}}</ref> She is sexually promiscuous and this makes her a constant target for Richard's wisecracks. After Richard writes Caroline a love letter which he later regrets, Annie comes across the letter and uses it to blackmail him until her sister uses it for a song. After meeting [[Shadoe Stevens]] in Los Angeles, she quits her job and rushes to California to shoot a [[television pilot]]. Unfortunately, the pilot is not picked up, and she becomes unemployed.
* {{vanchor|Charlie}} ([[Andy Lauer]]) – He is a delivery man in Del's father's company, and after Del is fired, they become partners in new company Eagle Greeting Cards. He constantly wears roller blades, even when he is not making deliveries.  He has a poor grasp on reality. In the last season, he moves to Europe.

===Recurring===
* Remo (Tom La Grua) – Remo owns the Italian restaurant, ''Remo's Ristorante'', where the main characters usually hang out.
* Gianni ([[John Mariano]]) – A waiter at ''Remo's Ristorante''.
* Joe DeStefano ([[Mark Feuerstein]]) – A veterinarian who dated Caroline, and came close to moving into her apartment. However, after he tells Caroline that he slept with his ex-girlfriend, he and Caroline split.
* Julia Mazzone Karinsky ([[Sofia Milos]]) – Richard's former girlfriend and love of Richard's life (as he calls it 'sincero amore' – the love that one does not have to question). She first met Richard in Italy, and during the third season, they get married. Her father, an Italian businessman, does not approve of their relationship and tries to destroy Richard, first physically, then economically.
* Trevor ([[Robert Gant]]) – Trevor is Caroline's boyfriend during the third season. He owns a computer company and has a German shepherd dog. When Caroline rushes to Spain to meet Richard and Julia, Trevor realizes that he will never win a place in Caroline's heart.
* Randy ([[Anthony Tyler Quinn]]) – Randy is a pediatrician and schoolmate of Caroline from [[Peshtigo, Wisconsin]]. He initially reunites with Caroline during the fourth season; he buys Caroline's parents' house, but agrees to sell it to Caroline and rent it from her. When he arrives in New York for the pediatricians seminar they meet again, and Caroline realizes that she harbors some feelings for him, even though she is in a relationship with Richard. After Richard goes to Italy to take care of his son, Annie brings Randy to cheer Caroline up, and he falls in love with Caroline. They have a wedding in the final episode.
* Angie Spadaro ([[Candice Azzara]]) – Annie's mother who regularly visits Annie's flat and drives her crazy. She gets divorced in the third season.
* Pete Spadaro ([[Adam Ferrara]]) – Annie's brother who worked at their father's [[funeral director|undertaking]] company. He is influenced by Richard to try some other occupations including an electrician and a painter.
* Shelly ([[Lauren Graham]]) – Richard's short-term girlfriend. Richard was desperate to break up with her, but she always had a reason not to.
* Elevator Lady ([[Cathy Ladman]]) – Caroline's neighbor from one of the upper floors. She often appears in key dialogues when someone enters the elevator.
* Peter Welmerling ([[Peter Krause]]) – Someone Caroline knew from her home town who goes to the opera with her on a date.

===Notable guests===
This is a list of the notable guest stars in the series. Some of them appear as their characters from related NBC series that aired around the same time.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Actor
! style="width:15%;"| Character
! style="width:20%;"| Episode
! style="width:50%;"| Notes
|-
| [[Marvin Hamlisch]]
| Himself
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep58|Caroline and the Bitter Beast]]"
|
|-
| [[Matthew Perry]]
| [[Chandler Bing]]
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep6|Caroline and the Folks]]"
| Crossover appearance. Annie meets Chandler at the video store.<ref name="season1summaries">{{Cite web |title=Caroline in the City - Episode Synopses - Season 1 |url=http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/season1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521113901/http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/season1.html |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=January 4, 2013 |website=Caroline in the City |publisher=Eyemark Entertainment |df=mdy}}</ref> The same night, Thompson appeared as Caroline in the November 2, 1995, ''[[Friends]]'' episode "[[The One with the Baby on the Bus]]".
|-
|[[Jonathan Silverman]]
|Jonathan Eliot
| "Caroline and the Folks"
|Appears briefly as his character from his sitcom ''[[The Single Guy]]''.
|-
| [[Jean Stapleton]]
| Mary Kosky
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep7|Caroline and the Opera]]"
| Stapleton plays Caroline's aunt in the episode.<ref name="season1summaries" />
|-
| [[Jane Leeves]]
| [[Daphne Moon]]
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep4|Caroline and the Bad Back]]"
| ''[[Frasier]]'' cameo crossover appearance at the end of the episode,<ref name="season1sitcomsonline">{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2008 |title=Caroline in the City - The First Season DVD Review |url=http://www.sitcomsonline.com/carolineinthecityseason1dvdreview.html |access-date=January 4, 2013 |publisher=Sitcoms Online}}</ref> as Daphne and Niles read a ''Caroline In The City'' comic in Frasier's Seattle apartment.
|-
|rowspan=2| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| [[Niles Crane]]
| "Caroline and the Bad Back"
| ''Frasier'' cameo crossover appearance at the end of the episode.<ref name="season1sitcomsonline" />
|-
| Jimmy Callahan
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep27|Caroline and the Cat Dancer]]"
| Pierce plays an IRS agent who hopes to win a role alongside Annie in Broadway's ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''.<ref name="season2summaries">{{Cite web |title=Caroline in the City - Episode Synopses - Season 2 |url=http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/season2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521111516/http://www.carolineinthecity.com/citc/theseries/season2.html |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=January 4, 2013 |website=Caroline in the City |publisher=Eyemark Entertainment |df=mdy}}</ref> Appearances were also made by ''Frasier'' actors [[Dan Butler]], [[Harriet Sansom Harris]], and [[Edward Hibbert]], but none of them appeared as their characters from the show.
|-
| [[Sharon Lawrence]]
| Maddie
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep16|Caroline and the Proposal]]"
|
|-
| [[John Landis]]
| Himself
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep19|Caroline and the Movie]]"
|
|-
| [[Florence Henderson]]<ref name="season1summaries" />
| Herself
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep8|Caroline and the Balloon]]"
|
|-
| [[Elizabeth Ashley]]
| Natalie Karinsky
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep21|Caroline and Richard's Mom]]"<br>"[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep47|Caroline and the Bad Trip]]"
| Ashley plays Richard's mother in these episodes.
|-
| [[Morey Amsterdam]]
| Vic Stansky
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep14|Caroline and the Watch]]"
| Alumnus from ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' appeared with Stella Dawson as an elderly married couple.<ref name="season1summaries" /> Amsterdam died later that year, making the episode his last television appearance.
|-
| [[Rose Marie]]
| Stella Dawson
| "Caroline and the Watch"<br>"[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep38|Caroline and the Kept Man]]"
| Alumna from ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' appeared with Vic Stansky as an elderly married couple.<ref name="season1summaries" />
|-
| [[Phil Hartman]]
| Host (uncredited)
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep26|Caroline and the Letter]]"
| In a parody of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', the host describes the viewers entering the "Caroline Zone"
|-
| [[Thomas Gibson]]
| William Stevens
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep30|Caroline and the Nice Jewish Boy]]"
| Gibson plays Caroline's old boyfriend.
|-
| [[Julie Andrews]]
| Herself
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep31|Caroline and Victor/Victoria]]"
| Andrews has an audio cameo in this episode.<ref name="season2summaries" />
|-
| [[Andrea Bendewald]]
| Leslie
| "Caroline and Victor/Victoria"
|
|-
| [[French Stewart]]
| Stu
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep39|Caroline and the Long Shot]]"
| Stewart plays a reporter who covers Richard in this episode.
|-
| [[Debra Jo Rupp]]
| Melody
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep34|Caroline and the Red Sauce]]"
| Rupp plays Richard's boss in this episode.
|-
| [[George Segal]]
| Bob Anderson
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep43|Caroline and the Buyer]]"
|
|-
| [[Brian George]]
| Mr. Tedescu
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep46|Caroline and the Ombudsman]]"
| George plays Caroline's super in the episode.
|-
| [[Shadoe Stevens]]
| Himself
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep49|Caroline and the Wayward Husband]]"
| Stevens inspires Annie to go to Los Angeles to try to become an actress.
|-
| [[Judd Hirsch]]
| Ben Karinsky
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep32|Caroline and the Comic]]"
| Hirsch plays Richard's father in the episode.<ref name="season2summaries" />
|-
| [[Jay Leno]]
| Himself
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep47|Caroline and the Bad Trip]]"
|
|-
| J.C. Wendel
| Candy
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep48|Caroline and Richard & Julia]]"
|
|-
| [[Dan Butler]]
| Kenneth Arabian
| [[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep03|"Caroline and the Gay Art Show"]] [[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep40|"Caroline and the Dearly Departed"]].
| Owner of an art gallery that has dealings with Richard in two episodes.
|-
| [[Dan Futterman]]
| Seth
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep57|Caroline and the Cold Sesame Noodles]]"
|Seth is introduced as a new love interest for Annie. Futterman only appears in one episode but the character becomes recurring, being mentioned in a few other episodes and appearing in one more, "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep63|Caroline and the Quiz Show]]", now played by a new actor, David Kriegel.
|-
|Scott Atkinson
|Brett
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep41|Caroline and the Getaway]]"
|
|-
|[[Shia LaBeouf]]
|Ethan
| "[[List of Caroline in the City episodes#ep85|Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah]]"
|First television appearance; LaBeouf was then aged 12.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orr |first=Tamra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7M6XBgAAQBAJ&q=+%22Caroline+in+the+City%22&pg=PA13 |title=Shia LaBeouf |date=August 20, 2011 |publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |isbn=9781612282336 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2007 |title=Film Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bEqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22+Shia+LaBeouf%22+%22Caroline+in+the+City%22 |publisher=Orpheus Pub. |via=Google Books}}</ref>
|}

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Caroline in the City episodes}}
{{:List of Caroline in the City episodes}}

== Background/production ==
The show was filmed at the [[CBS Studio Center]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="carolineimdb">{{IMDb title|0111910}} Retrieved January 4, 2013</ref>

== Illustrations and animations ==
[[Bonnie Timmons]] drew the illustrations and animations that are supposed to represent Caroline's eponymous in-show comic strip.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonnie Timmons |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Bonnie-Timmons/475487564 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Simon & Schuster |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=bonnie timmons |url=https://www.bonnietimmons.com/gallery.html?gallery=Caroline%20in%20The%20City |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=www.bonnietimmons.com}}</ref>

== Connections with other sitcoms ==

=== Connections with ''[[Frasier]]'' ===

Though not officially a companion show to ''[[Frasier]]'', ''Caroline in the City'' exists in the same universe (so likely also connects to both ''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' as well) with several crossovers and connections. Not only does the end of one early Season 1 episode feature ''Frasier'' characters, Daphne and Niles, in Frasier's apartment (filmed on ''Frasier'''s set and guest-starring Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce as their characters) looking at a ''Caroline in the City'' cartoon,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wolf |first=Mark J. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rc6HgH34s0wC&dq=caroline+in+the+city+crossovers+friends+frasier+single+guy&pg=PT165 |title=Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation |date=2014-03-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-22080-7 |language=en}}</ref> but lead [[Eric Lutes]] played Frasier's boss [[Tom Duran]] in two episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paley Center |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=nbc&p=230&item=T:35203 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=www.paleycenter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Lutes |url=https://web.uri.edu/theatre/profiles/eric-lutes/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[David Hyde Pierce]] also appears a second time as another character, this time playing an IRS man who dreams of being in ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]].'' <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fretts |first1=Bruce |last2=November 01 |first2=Ken Tucker Updated |last3=EST |first3=1996 at 05:00 AM |title=Two sides of ''Caroline in the City'' |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/11/01/two-sides-caroline-city/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Dan Butler]] ([[List of Frasier characters#Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe|Bulldog]] in ''Frasier'') had a recurring role as a museum owner,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tropiano |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNGGDwAAQBAJ&dq=dan+butler+caroline+in+the+city+art+gallery+kenneth+-imdb+-wiki+-tvdb&pg=PT207 |title=The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV |date=2002-05-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4768-4799-3 |language=en}}</ref> plus ''Frasier'' actors [[Harriet Sansom Harris]] ([[List of Frasier characters#Bebe Glazer|Bebe]]) and [[Edward Hibbert]] ([[List of Frasier characters#Gil Chesterton|Gil]]) appear in the same Season 3 episode as each other, playing different characters (and not sharing any scenes). Additionally, [[Scott Atkinson]] (who portrayed Daphne's ex-boyfriend, Clive, in a [[The Two Mrs. Cranes|''Frasier'' episode]]) also appears playing Caroline's love interest in one episode.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Atkinson {{!}} TVmaze |url=https://www.tvmaze.com/people/8825/scott-atkinson |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=www.tvmaze.com}}</ref>

=== Connection with ''[[Friends]]'' ===

Matthew Perry appears as his ''[[Friends]]'' character [[Chandler Bing]] (not named but implied to be him and advertised by the network as such in their crossover promotions) in the episode "Caroline and the Folks" in a crossover appearance in which Annie meets Chandler at the video store. The same night, Lea Thompson appeared as Caroline Duffy (also never named as such but implied to be - and advertised as - her character) in the November 2, 1995, ''Friends'' episode "[[The One with the Baby on the Bus]]".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Brembilla |first1=Paola |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFldDwAAQBAJ&dq=caroline+in+the+city+crossover+single+guy&pg=PT129 |title=Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes: A Narrative Ecosystem Framework |last2=Pascalis |first2=Ilaria A. De |date=2018-05-25 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-62835-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-02 |title=10 Strangest Sitcom Crossovers |url=https://screenrant.com/strangest-sitcom-crossovers/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Connection with ''[[The Single Guy]]'' ===

In the same episode - "Caroline and the Folks" - which featured Chandler from ''Friends'', [[Jonathan Silverman]] also appeared, playing his character Jonathan Eliot (again not named but advertised as such) from the sitcom ''[[The Single Guy]]''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Episode 8: Happy Birthday Parking Lot |url=https://www.carolineandthepodcast.com/episode-6-happy-birthday-parking |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Caroline&the Podcast |language=en}}</ref>

==Broadcast==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! width=80px | Season
! width=120px | Time Slot
! width=300px | Notes
|-
|1 (1995–96)||Thursdays, 9:30 PM || Part of the "[[Must See TV]]" lineup.
|-
|2 (1996–97)||Tuesdays, 9:30 PM ||
|-
|3 (1997–98)||Mondays, 9:00 PM || Part of the "Must She TV" lineup which included ''[[Suddenly Susan]]'', ''[[Fired Up (TV series)|Fired Up]]'', and ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tucker|first = Ken | date = October 17, 1997 |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1997/10/17/tv-show-reviews-suddenly-susan-fired-caroline-city-naked-truth |title=TV Show Reviews: 'Suddenly Susan'; 'Fired Up'; 'Caroline in the City'; 'The Naked Truth' Review |publisher=EW.com |access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|4 (1998–99)||Mondays, 8:30 PM ||
|}

==Reception==

===Ratings===
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! Season
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! TV season
! Season<br />rank
! Households<br />(in millions)
! Rating
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! 1
|{{Start date|1995|9|21}}
|{{end date|1996|5|16}}
|[[1995–96 United States network television schedule|1995–96]]
|4<ref name="season1rating">{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1995.htm |title=TV Ratings: 1995-1996 |publisher=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=January 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109205105/http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1995.htm |archive-date=November 9, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|17.26<ref name="season1rating"/>
|{{N/a}}
|-
! 2
|{{Start date|1996|9|17}}
|{{end date|1997|5|13}}
|[[1996–97 United States network television schedule|1996–97]]
|25<ref name="season2rating">{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm |title=TV Ratings: 1996-1997 |publisher=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=January 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106211716/http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|10.67<ref name="season2rating"/>
|{{N/a}}
|-
! 3
| {{start date|1997|9|22}}
|{{end date|1998|5|18}}
|[[1997–98 United States network television schedule|1997–98]]
|47<ref name="season3rating">{{cite web
   | url = http://www.chez.com/fbibler/tvstats/recent_data/1997-98.html
   | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708143956/http://fbibler.chez.com/tvstats/recent_data/1997-98.html
   | archive-date = July 8, 2011
   | title = TV Ratings 1997-1998
   | work = chez.com
   | url-status = dead
   | access-date = January 3, 2013
  }} - references 1999 Wall Street Journal almanac</ref>
|8.4<ref name="season3rating"/>
|{{N/a}}
|-
! 4
| {{Start date|1998|9|21}}
|{{end date|1999|4|26}}
|[[1998–99 United States network television schedule|1998–99]]
|91<ref name="season4rating">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html 
 |work=The Place (Geocities account) 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528130028/http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html
 |title=TV WINNERS & LOSERS: NUMBERS RACKET, A FINAL TALLY OF THE SEASON'S SHOWS 
 |url-status=dead
 |access-date=May 22, 2014 
 |archive-date=May 28, 2009
 |df=mdy 
}} - references Entertainment Weekly article dated June 4, 1999</ref>
| 8.8<ref name="season4rating"/>
| {{N/a}}
|}

==Home media==
[[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) released the first two seasons on DVD in Region 1 in 2008/2009.<ref name="region1-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1406008 |title=Caroline In The City: The Complete First Season DVD @ DVD Empire |publisher=Dvdempire.com |date=December 8, 2008 |access-date=January 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="region1-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1444061 |title=Caroline In The City: The Complete Second Season DVD @ DVD Empire |publisher=Dvdempire.com |date=October 3, 2009 |access-date=January 2, 2013}}</ref>  A decade later, the remaining two seasons were both released (though lacking episodes) in Region 1 on August 6, 2019.

In Region 2, [[Revelation Films]] released all four seasons on DVD between August 2005 and June 2006.

In Region 4, Visual Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia.<ref name="region4-1">{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100402022438/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/810890
| archive-date = April 2, 2010
| url = http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/810890
| url-status = dead
| work = ezydvd.com
| title = Caroline in the City - The 1st Season (4 Disc Set) (810890)
| access-date = January 3, 2013
}}</ref><ref name="region4-2">{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104447/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/815112
| archive-date = July 6, 2011
| url = http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/815112
| url-status = dead
| work = ezydvd.com
| title = Caroline in the City - The 2nd Season (3 Disc Set) (815112)
| access-date = January 3, 2013
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Season
! rowspan="2"|Ep #
! colspan="3"|Release Dates
|-
! Region 1
! Region 2
! Region 4
|-
| 1
| align="center"|24
| August 12, 2008<ref name="region1-1"/>
| August 22, 2005
| March 8, 2010<ref name="region4-1"/>
|-
| 2
| align="center"|25
| March 10, 2009<ref name="region1-2"/>
| November 7, 2005
| October 15, 2010<ref name="region4-2"/>
|-
| 3
| align="center"|26
| rowspan=2|August 6, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07W8LJL81/tvshowsondvd0d-20|title=Caroline In The City: The Complete Third Season @ Amazon |publisher=amazon.com |date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> 
| February 20, 2006
| TBA
|-
| 4
| align="center"|22
| June 26, 2006
| TBA
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0111910|title=Caroline in the City}}
* {{epguides|id=CarolineInTheCity|title=Caroline in the City}}

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