Bette

Details

Release year: 2000

Storyline

Bette is a wildly-successful singer with numerous hits, adoring fans, and showbiz friends who often drop by. Keeping her grounded is her professor husband Roy, 13-year-old daughter Rose, and best friend Connie.

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

Did you know

• Lindsay Lohan played Bette's daughter in the pilot. When filming, the show was switched to Los Angeles, the New York-based Lohan dropped out of the project.

• In one episode, Bette is redoing a room and calls out for "Dave", who is never seen. In real-life, Bette's personal architect and designer is named David.

• This show was not the monstrous success for which CBS had hoped, but it was a modest hit. Unfortunately, Bette Midler went on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) at the beginning of January 2001 and complained about how difficult the whole sitcom experience had been, which erupted into a minor Hollywood scandal. At the last minute, CBS yanked an episode that was supposed to air before the Grammys, then they abruptly flipped the schedule, premiering the brand new series Some of My Best Friends (2001) in Bette's time slot before quickly cancelling both shows. Midler cried foul and claimed she was going to pen a tell-all book about the various behind-the-scenes horrors she endured, but it never came to fruition.

Episodes

18 episodes – 1 seasons

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Stereo

Aspect ratio

1.78 : 1

Color

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