Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. By the final season, the show had retained only 30% of its original 1996 viewing audience.Ĭrossovers Sabrina the Teenage Witch UPN cancelled the show after the third season ( 1998–1999), reportedly because of sharply declining viewership.
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Reportedly, the star of Sabrina, Melissa Joan Hart, was considered for the part of Cher on the Clueless TV series. Only Sabrina the Teenage Witch (a show on which Elisa Donovan, Donald Faison and David Lascher would eventually become regulars) had higher ratings for Friday. Clueless finished #46 in the ratings with 13.3 million viewers.
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However, it was too late for ABC to get the series back, and they prevented UPN from broadcasting the series until their contract ran out in late September. The actual pilot episode, "Don't Stand So Close to Me," aired later on November 1, 1996.Īfter the series was canceled by ABC, the reruns of the episodes on their Friday night TGIF line-up proved to be ratings winners for ABC. The first episode to be broadcast was "As If a Girl's Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp" on September 20, 1996. The band Luscious Jackson, who performed the dance song "Here" for the Clueless movie soundtrack, also guest starred on the series in the episode "Sharing Cher" in order to perform their song " Naked Eye."Ī few of the show's first-season episodes were broadcast out of order. Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed the film, also wrote and directed several episodes of the show's first season, but did not remain on board with the series subsequently.Īlthough they did not reprise their original roles of Josh, Travis and Tai, actors Paul Rudd, Breckin Meyer and Brittany Murphy all made guest appearances in one episode each on the series as new characters Meyer portrayed Harrison in the episode "Do We with Bad Haircuts Not Feel?", Rudd portrayed Sonny in the episode "I Got You, Babe," and Murphy played Jasmine in the episode "Driving Me Crazy." Nicole Bilderback, who played Summer in the movie, returned for three episodes although her character's name was changed to Nicole. The character of Christian, played by Justin Walker, was not included in the television series at all. Regardless, Holland's character had significantly more exposure on the television series (and was considered one of its stars) than the character of Tai Frasier (who was also recast with Heather Gottlieb when Brittany Murphy opted not to reprise the role), who only appeared in three episodes of the show, despite being one of the main characters in the film. In addition, Sean Holland, who only had a very minor role in the film as Murray's friend Lawrence, was playing a new character named Sean Holiday. Julie Brown's character in the original film was Coach Millie Stoeger, but in the television series her character's name was changed to Millie Diemer.
Geist shared the same fate, and were also written out of the show by the time it switched networks. By the time the show moved to UPN, Josh was written out of the series entirely. By this time, Mel had grown significantly more mellow and humane than the character Hedaya had originated.ĭavid Lascher took over the role of Josh from Paul Rudd in the television series, and the idea of having the character serve as a romantic interest for Cher was almost nonexistent in the TV storylines, while it was a major part of the plot of the film version. The role of Cher's father Mel, the part Dan Hedaya originated in the film, was portrayed by Michael Lerner and was again recast with Doug Sheehan by the beginning of the show's second season on the air. In addition to Rachel Blanchard as Cher, two other major roles were recast for the television series. There are several notable inconsistencies in both characters and storylines between the Clueless film and the subsequent television series. The theme song for the TV series, "Ordinary Girl," was written by Charlotte Caffey (of The Go-Go's) and Anna Waronker, and was performed by China Forbes. The program aired on ABC from 1996 to 1997 and with a network change to UPN from 1997 to 1999. Sean Holland, who appeared as Lawrence in the film, portrayed the new character Sean Holiday in the TV series. Geist) all reprised their film roles for the television series. Stacey Dash (Dionne), Donald Faison (Murray), Elisa Donovan (Amber), Wallace Shawn (Mr. Rachel Blanchard played the role of Cher that was originated by Alicia Silverstone in the film. It eventually was picked up by Paramount as a film, which then led to the television series. Though the television program is based on the film, director Amy Heckerling intended it to be a TV show for Fox.
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