Getting Together

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Getting Together
Bobby Sherman and Diana Ewing (1971).
Also known as	A Knight in Shining Armor
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Bernard Slade
Developed by	Charles Shyer Alan Mandel
Written by	Richard Baer Dick Bensfield
Directed by	Lou Antonio Jerry Belson
Starring	Bobby Sherman Wes Stern Jack Burns Susan Neher Pat Carroll
Composer	George Duning
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producer	Bob Claver
Producer	Paul Junger Witt
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Thornhill Productions Screen Gems
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) – January 8, 1972 (1972-01-08)
Related
The Partridge Family
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Getting Together is an American musical sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1971–72 U.S. television season. It starred Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo.^[1] The pilot for the series had aired the previous spring as the first-season finale episode of The Partridge Family named "A Knight in Shining Armor", in which Lionel and Bobby were introduced to each other by the Partridges. The unaired version of this episode, entitled "Words And Music", ran 33 minutes, and featured Farrah Fawcett and Pat Boone. The eight extra minutes of footage were filmed on March 15, 1971.

Sherman's and Stern's characters were reportedly based on the real-life songwriting team of Boyce and Hart, who had written hits for the Monkees ("Last Train to Clarksville", "Valleri"), Jay and the Americans ("Come a Little Bit Closer") and others. New music was a staple of the series, provided by much of the same team that had created the Partridge Family music. Most of these songs were from Sherman's album Getting Together, though a few songs were from his other albums (and some songs have never been released).