Original title
Princesses
Released
9/27/1991
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy
Production companies
Bungalow 78 Productions, Universal Television
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
8
Princesses is a short-lived American situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1991. The series was produced by Universal Television and only lasted five episodes because of low ratings, likely due to direct competition from ABC's Top 30 hit Family Matters and NBC's Top 40 show Matlock. The series also aired in Germany on RTL in 2004. The series theme song, "Someday My Prince Will Come" was written by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey, and was sung by The Roches.
Tracy and Melissa have a teary farewell the day before Tracy's marriage. Tracy's fiancé, Michael, surprises her with a wedding gift fit for a princess -- a luxurious Manhattan penthouse that his friend, Tony, is loaning to him for a year. Michael leaves Tracy and Melissa alone to explore the place for themselves, and they discover that it comes with strings attached -- Princess Georgy of Cilly has already taken up residence, as Tony absent-mindedly loaned it to her, too. Georgy's prince husband died, his children are contesting the will, and she has no money. Melissa wants to kick her out, but Tracy takes pity on her, invites her to her wedding, and decides to go to Michael's office to try to track down Tony. Tracy doesn't find Michael, but she does find his partner, Andrea, whom she assumed was a man, because Michael always calls her ""Andy."" That's not the only thing Michael didn't tell her; he and Andrea were married, and haven't yet finalized their divorce. Tracy angrily returns hom
Georgy, now destitute, heads to Broadway in hopes of being a showgirl again.
The princesses make an ""ass"" out of ""u"" and ""me"" when a love letter (or luv leddah, as Melissa would say) arrives, and everyone figures it was for Tracy.
Melissa's annoying, hoity-toity sister, Debra, tries to fix her up via two tickets to the Periodontists' Ball. One for her and one for Murray Lieberman, a dentist who works in the same office as Debra's husband, Len. Melissa hates blind dates (and her sister) and doesn't want to commit to an evening with someone she hasn't seen. Tracy and Georgy convince her to make an appointment with Murray, so he can check out her gums... and she can check out him. Melissa finds Murray so attractive that she puts aside her reservations and invites him to the ball, just like Debra wanted. Unfortunately, Murray already has a girlfriend, and is going with her -- and Melissa needs to have a plaque scraping. Melissa assumes that Murray's nurse, Shannon, is his girlfriend, but when she makes small talk with Shannon, she finds out some good gossip to destroy her sister with: Shannon is having an affair with Len. Tracy and Georgy talk Melissa out of laughing about it to Debra, but now Melissa has to go to t
It's Pygmalion princesses-style when Georgy agrees to teach Melissa how to lose the Queens accent and speak like a lady in order to impress Fisher Hollinger, a wealthy publisher who's taken a liking to her.
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