Original title
Trying Times
Released
10/18/1987
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy
Production companies
KCET, JSD Entertainment
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
12
This half-hour sitcom anthology series that aired on PBS from 1987 to 1989 is about people struggling with the daily routines of life.
Lydia Stone(Garr) tries to deal with her neurotic disdain for driving, by finally taking lessons over 20 years after everybody else, which brings further tension when she finds her Hollywood husband(Ward) working on a project with former ""Dukes of Hazzard"" co-star Catherine Bach.
Jim's high school girlfriend Wanda is coming to visit, which makes his annoyed wife Marsha jealous. As soon as Wanda arrives, she proceeds to bore Jim and Marsha with her entire crazy life story - but they're too polite to interrupt her.
A yuppie couple is horrifed when famine-inflicted children start to climb out of their television.
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