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SERIES PREMISE Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason , it starred the late John Ritter ('' Three's Company '') and Markie Post ('' Night Court '') playing John Hartman and Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman, respectively. Supporting actors included Billy Bob Thornton and Ed Asner . The show was set in Washington, D.C. and centered on a senator's aide (Ritter) and the wife (Post) whose father served a prison term. The series was itself a satire on current affairs in Washington, D.C. THE PRODUCTION AND RIGHTS ISSUES The series was independently produced by Mozark Productions (series executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason 's company) and Adam Productions (Ritter's company) under the dummy company "Hearts Afire Productions". It did not receive any outside help from any major studio ( Columbia Pictures Television partnered on Bloodworth-Thomason's previous series '' Designing Women ''), although another independent distributor, Genesis Entertainment, handled international distribution outside the U.S. Because of this, the series was never made available for television syndication, although in recent years cable's USA Network aired reruns. The John Ritter estate now owns complete control over the series as to how and when it could be released. In 2005, the Ritter estate awarded the home video rights to Image Entertainment (beating out favorites Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , whose sister studio Columbia produced ''Designing Women''), all three seasons of the series are now available on DVD , albeit in altered versions (due to music rights issues, some music has been re-scored, like presented in their USA Network rerun versions, but the content is all unedited). '' Hooperman '' is expected on DVD soon. TRIVIA
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