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All-American Girl(TV show/series, 1994-1995)

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 19 episodes

All-American GirlRating: 3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
All-American Girl is an American television sitcom starring Margaret Cho. The series aired on ABC from September 14, 1994, to March 15, 1995. It was loosely based on Cho's own experiences growing up in a Korean American family in San Francisco. Cho starred as Margaret Kim, the rebellious daughter of Korean emigrants and bookstore owners, whose American attitude often comes into conflict with her more traditional parents (Jodi Long and Clyde Kusatsu). Among her co-stars were BD Wong as Margaret's brother, and Amy Hill as her eccentric grandmother. All-American Girl was created by ABC to capitalize on the trend of female comediennes headlining their own sitcoms. Cho was included in a Wednesday night lineup that included other women in lead roles—Brett Butler (Grace Under Fire), Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen), and most successfully, Roseanne Barr (Roseanne). The series is notable for being one of the first primetime sitcoms to focus on an Asian American family. However, it also received criticism for its depiction of Korean Americans and for stereotyping characters. ABC attempted to counter low ratings by retooling... ()
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About All-American Girl

All-American Girl is a 1994 ABC situation comedy starring Margaret Cho and featuring Jodi Long, Clyde Kusatsu, Amy Hill, B.D. Wong, and J.B. Quon as her Korean-American family. It is the second American sitcom centered on a person of Asian descent, namely Cho. Notable guest stars during the run of the show include Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, David Cross, Ming-Na, Vicki Lawrence, Quentin Tarantino, Tsai Chin, Mariska Hargitay, Billy Burke, Robert Clohessy and Garrett Wang. Diedrich Bader was a one time regular in the last episode of All American Girl, which was a pseudo pilot for a proposed but unrealized version of All American Girl, before achieving fame on The Drew Carey Show. On the DVD commentary for the series, Margaret Cho revealed that most of All American Girl's set furniture was reused by The Drew Carey Show.

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All-American Girl Seasons and Episodes

09/14/1994Season 1 - 19 episodes
#1 | 09/14/1994Mom, Dad, This is Kyle
Margaret's mother disapproves of her new non-Korean boyfriend Kyle, prompting a furious Margaret to announce that they are going to move in together.
#2 | 09/21/1994Submission: Impossible
Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.
#3 | 09/28/1994Who's the Boss?
Ruthie tries to take advantage of new manager Margaret; meanwhile, Margaret's grandmother becomes convinced that the family's run of back luck is due to bad feng shui in the house.
#4 | 10/05/1994Yung At Heart
Grandma disappears at the mall, only to return home with a Korean businessman who begins to date her, then propos es. Grandma accepts, then must face moving away from her family to join his family in Florida. Meanwhile, a reluctant Casey learns the bookselling business for a school project.
#5 | 10/12/1994Redesigning Women
Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.
#6 | 10/19/1994Booktopus
A book chain makes an attractive offer to buy out the Kims' shop; when the family decides to refuse, the chain opens a store across the street.
#7 | 10/26/1994Mommie Nearest
When Margaret needs a reliable temp to work with her at the cosmetics counter, Ruthie and Gloria recruit her mother.
#8 | 11/02/1994Take My Family, Please
Margaret does a standup routine about her family in a karaoke bar -- unaware that her parents are in the audience.
#9 | 11/16/1994Exile On Market Street
Margaret has plenty of time to ponder her future when she's jailed the night before she's scheduled to take a law school entrance exam.
#10 | 11/23/1994Ratting On Ruthie
Some expensive perfume vanishes while Ruthie is away from the counter she's supposed to be watching, and Margaret must decide what to tell management -- and she's aghast when for the first time in her life her mother refuses to tell her what to do.
#11 | 11/30/1994Educating Margaret
Margaret dates a British film professor who, despite his passionate work, turns out to be a real bore.
#12 | 12/07/1994Loveless in San Francisco
Margaret is horrified to find she is going through a ""dating slump"" when she can't attract a man; so Stuart suggests that she volunteer for work at his hospital in order to meet guys.
#13 | 12/14/1994Malpractice Makes Perfect
Her brother's misfortune pleases Margaret -- until he decides to quit medicine and she must help him regain his perspective.
#14 | 01/11/1995The Apartment
Hoping to find more privacy away from home, Margaret moves into an apartment with Ruthie and Gloria -- then discovers that Gloria likes to spend her time at home nude.
#15 | 01/18/1995Notes from the Underground
Handyman Cody fixes himself up with Margaret after he works on her new basement living quarters, but her family constantly interrupts their encounters. Meanwhile, Grandmother gets a viewer-tracking device (""I get paid to watch TV? God bless America!"") but finds the responsibility too much for her.
#16 | 01/25/1995Venus de Margaret
Margaret poses in the nude for her sculptor ex-boyfriend Leon; then chills on the idea when the statue is unveiled in front of her family.
#17 | 02/14/1995A Night at the Oprah
Oprah Winfrey attempts to persuade Margaret to stay in college after she announces on live TV that she's dropping out of school to manage a rock band.
#18 | 02/22/1995Pulp Sitcom
Margaret is plunged into a world of intrigue when her dad sets her up with a video distributor who's living a secret criminal life.
#19 | 03/15/1995Young Americans
Margaret awaits a call from a potential employer, but her career aspirations are put on hold when she discovers that her new roommates haven't paid the phone bill.
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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/14/1994
Last episode released on: 03/15/1995
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"All American Girl"
Keywords: sitcom

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