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Delta

TV·1992–1993·1 season, 22 episodes·ABC·Comedy·30m

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Delta is a short-lived U.S television sitcom series produced by ABC starring Delta Burke. Burke plays a woman who leaves her life behind to pursue her dream as a country music singer. Burke, most popular for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the popular CBS sitcom Designing Women, reportedly utilized her own singing talents for the role of Bishop, and dyed her familiar brunette hair blonde to play the role. The series premiered September 15, 1992, to healthy ratings following the ABC blockbuster Roseanne. The series then moved to Thursday nights opposite FOX's The Simpsons, and ratings began to sink. The show was pulled from the schedule and returned to ABC the following Spring for six episodes before finally being canceled. In an attempt to infuse ratings, Burke brought her brunette hair back that spring, in the sake of familiarity, but it did little to save the series. The theme song for the show was Reba McEntire's 'Climb That Mountain High' which was not a charted Reba single. The tune appears on the 1990 MCA album Rumor Has It. The show received one Golden Globe Award nomination, to co-star Earl Holliman for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a TV-Series".

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Episodes by season

Season0122Episodes1992–93AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Climb That MountainSeptember 15, 1992Dreaming of a career in country music, Delta Bishop leaves her unsupportive husband and moves to Nashville -- taking a job waiting table at
  2. S01E02Delta Doesn't Get DiscoveredSeptember 17, 1992Delta would kill for an audition with a record producer, and he believes it when she punctuates her plea with scissors.
  3. S01E03Sweet DreamsSeptember 24, 1992Although Delta hasn't slept for days, her insomnia wreaks havoc at work and during an audition.
  4. S01E04Shall We Dance?October 1, 1992Delta makes plans to throw Lavonne a surprise birthday party, but when Buck refuses to attend, it breaks Lavonne's heart, so he finally admi
  5. S01E05How Much Is That Darden in the Window?October 8, 1992Delta talks a very reluctant Darden into participating in a charity bachelor auction -- with disastrous consequences for both of them.
  6. S01E06White Women Can't Jump EitherOctober 15, 1992Delta and Connie compete against Buck and Deke in a basketball game.
  7. S01E07The Bad WordOctober 22, 1992Delta suspects there may be strings attached when country star Jimmy Word (John Schneider) offers her a job as a backup singer.
  8. S01E08First Time AgainOctober 29, 1992A childhood neighbor who fawned over Delta, Eugene Dorr ""the bore,"" learns of her recent divorce so he shows up at The Green Lantern hopin
  9. S01E09The Cabin and the Credit CardNovember 12, 1992Darden wants to buy a cabin and Delta wants a credit card, so they pretend to be married.
  10. S01E10Our D-I-V-O-R-C-EDecember 3, 1992Charlie won't sign the divorce papers until she returns the only items she took: her wedding ring and the car.
  11. S01E11A Christmas TaleDecember 17, 1992When Darden's daughter, Taliam, visits for Christmas, Delta realizes that her perfect image is only a façade.
  12. S01E12The AgentApril 6, 1993Still desperate for a break, Delta jumps through hoops and bends the truth to impress a transplanted L.A. musical agent to get him into the
  13. S01E13Mom Comes to TownApril 13, 1993Delta enlists everyone's help to occupy her visiting mother and keep her out of her hair. But things go sour when her mother announces that
  14. S01E14Amateur NightApril 20, 1993Delta competes with Sandy's secretary Tess at the amateur-night contest.
  15. S01E15Red Hot MamaApril 27, 1993Delta has mixed feelings about her mother dating Sandy's boss; Buck is the new chef at The Green Lantern.
  16. S01E16RoadtripJuly 28, 1993Delta upsets Thelma and Lavonne's plans to see Tanya Tucker's concert in Washington, D.C. and insists on a detour to visit Patsy Cline's gra
  17. S01E17Delta's Little DilemmaAugust 25, 1993A smitten Delta uses songwriting to get closer to a local performer, but just as she's feeling vulnerable, her ex-husband shows up to try to
  18. S01E18The Initiates
  19. S01E19Blackout
  20. S01E20R.I.P
  21. S01E21The Short Sell
  22. S01E22Pilot

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