On Our Own is an American sitcom broadcast Sundays at 8:30 pm (EST) on CBS as part of the network's 1977–78 schedule. The show featured Lynnie Greene as Maria Bonino and Bess Armstrong as Julia Peters, two employees of the Bedford Advertising Agency in New York City. Toni McBain (Gretchen Wyler) was their boss, while April Baxter (Dixie Carter) and Phil Goldstein were their coworkers.
The show aired from October 9, 1977, until April 30, 1978. The show ranked #29 for the 1977-1978 season; it was the highest-rated new series of that season to be cancelled.
WWL, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans, stopped airing the show after 11 episodes.
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Cast
Lynnie Greene as Maria Teresa Bonino
Bess Armstrong as Julia Peters
Gretchen Wyler as Toni McBain
Dixie Carter as April Baxter
Dan Resin as Craig Boatwright
John Christopher Jones as Eddie Barnes
Bob Randall as J.M. Bedford
Production
On Our Own was shot at CBS studios in New York City and edited at Unitel. The editor was Frank Herold. The show was videotaped in front of a live audience, which was unusual for a sitcom, as most sitcoms were taped in the Los Angeles area.