Tracey Takes On... is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedian Tracey Ullman.
In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit Fox comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, and Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, were produced and aired on the network. Both received critical praise and awards. HBO approached Ullman and her producer husband, Allan McK...
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Tracey Takes On... is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedian Tracey Ullman.
In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit Fox comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, and Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, were produced and aired on the network. Both received critical praise and awards. HBO approached Ullman and her producer husband, Allan McKeown, about doing a weekly character series for the network. Ullman agreed, and the Takes On series was born.
Ullman created and portrayed a wide spectrum of exotic characters for the series, including both men and women, young and old. Only her 'Kay' character returned from her earlier FOX series.
Each week, each episode would focus on, or "take on," a certain topic, in which each installment would revolve. Unlike her previous series where characters would appear one week, only to never be seen again, Ullman's new roster of characters for the...
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