5.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Arnie (1970)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.0
Overview
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The series explores the comedic and personal challenges of a blue-collar worker transitioning to an executive role, focusing on individual adaptation and culture clash rather than explicit political commentary or systemic critique.
This 1970 animated short film is assessed as having traditional casting and narrative framing. There is no available information to suggest explicit DEI-driven casting or a narrative that critically portrays traditional identities or centers on DEI themes.
Secondary
The sitcom 'Arnie' (1970-1972) centers on the titular character's transition from blue-collar work to an executive role. Based on available information, the series does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes, resulting in no depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Arnie (1970) is an original sitcom. Its characters were created for the series and do not have prior canonical or historical gender baselines from source material, previous installments, or real-world history. Therefore, no gender swaps occurred.
Arnie (1970) is an original sitcom. Its characters were created for the show, meaning there is no prior source material or established canon from which a character's race could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
3.0
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