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Hearts Afire

TV·1992–1995·CBS·Comedy, Romance·30m·Created by Harry Thomason, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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Hearts Afire was a romantic comedy set in Washington, D.C. and centered on a senator's aide and a political reporter whose professional disagreements masked a growing attraction for one another. The series was itself a satire on current affairs in Washington, D.C.

In the second season, the show abruptly changed its setting to the Southern town where John Hartman grew up; he returns to take over the town's failing newspaper, and his wife and several of the other cast members joined him there.

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John RitterJohn RitterJohn HartmanMarkie PostMarkie PostGeorgie Anne LahtiBilly Bob ThorntonBilly Bob ThorntonBilly Bob DavisClark DukeClark DukeElliot HartmanJ. Skylar TestaJ. Skylar TestaBen HartmanJustin BurnetteJustin BurnetteBen HartmanConchata FerrellConchata FerrellDr. Madeline StoessingerDoren FeinDoren FeinCarson Lee Davis

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