Kristin (TV series)
Kristin is an American television sitcom created by John Markus, starring Kristin Chenoweth. The series premiered on NBC on June 5, 2001. It was canceled on July 10, 2001, after six episodes had been screened.
Plot
Kristin Yancey, a perky Oklahoma woman, takes a job as a secretary in New York City while she looks for work in show business. What she does not know is that her boss Tommy Ballantine, hired her sight unseen from a local Baptist Church congregation in hopes of repairing his public image, which had been damaged by nearly nonstop sexual imbroglios.Cast
- Kristin Chenoweth as Kristin Yancey
- Jon Tenney as Tommy Ballantine, Kristin's boss
- Larry Romano as Aldo Bonnadonna, Tommy's right-hand man
- Ana Ortiz as Santa Clemente, Kristin's friend
- Dale Godboldo as Tyrique Kimbrough, an employee of the firm
- Christopher Durang as Reverend Thornhill of the Baptist congregation
Reception
Michael Speier of Variety called the series a "dud" with "incredibly stale one-liners, on-the-cheap production values and boring supporting players". Anita Gates in The New York Times wrote: "The plots and situations are just tired, like the show's saccharine theme song".As of 2025, none of the series has been released on DVD for home consumption.