Ferris Bueller is an American sitcom based on the 1986 John Hughes's film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It debuted on August 23, 1990, on NBC and was cancelled within its first season, a few months after its debut.
The show stars Charlie Schlatter in the title role, which was played by Matthew Broderick in the film. Outside of its fan base, the show is known for having starred a then relatively unknown Jennifer Aniston in the role of Ferris's sister ...
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Ferris Bueller is an American sitcom based on the 1986 John Hughes's film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It debuted on August 23, 1990, on NBC and was cancelled within its first season, a few months after its debut.
The show stars Charlie Schlatter in the title role, which was played by Matthew Broderick in the film. Outside of its fan base, the show is known for having starred a then relatively unknown Jennifer Aniston in the role of Ferris's sister Jeannie Bueller. Jeannie is played by Jennifer Grey in the film. The show was produced by Maysh Ltd Productions in association with Paramount Television.
Hughes was not involved in the show's production, and asked that his name not be used by Paramount Television to promote it.
Though based on the film, the series was not a continuation of the film, rather, the series was set up to portray itself as being the "real life" situations upon which the film was based. In the pilot episode, Ferris (Schlatter) refers to the film and expresses his...
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