Co-Ed Fever
American comedy television series
Co-Ed Fever is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1979. The series attempted to capitalize on the success of the motion picture National Lampoon's Animal House. It was the third of three "frat house" comedy series to air in early 1979 – the others were the direct follow-on to Animal House, ABC's Delta House, and NBC's Brothers and Sisters. After CBS aired the first episode of Co-Ed Fever as a "special preview" on February 4, 1979, the airing's low ratings and viewer complaints caused the network to cancel it before it ever aired in its planned Monday-night time slot.
Co-Ed Fever ranked number 32 on TV Guide's 50 Worst Shows of All Time list.
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The series is set in Brewster House, a dormitory on the campus of Baxter College, a formerly all-female college that has just started to admit male students. Co-Ed Fever stars Heather Thomas (as Sandi), Alexa Kenin (Maria a.k.a. "Mousie"), Cathryn O'Neil (Elizabeth), Tacey Phillips (Hope), and Jillian Kesner (Melba) as residents of Brewster House, who are joined by David Keith (Tucker Davis), Christopher S. Nelson (Doug), and Michael Pasternak (Gobo). Jane Rose plays the "spaced-out" housemother Mrs. Selby and Hamilton Camp plays the role of Mr.
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