Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Against its source material, 4 characters were race-changed — Felix Unger (White to Black) 1, Oscar Madison (White to Black) 2. The adaptation scores 60 of 100 for faithfulness to that source 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 35 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White and Hispanic 5.
- 1Race change vs sourceFelix Unger: white in the source, black here (major).The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) - Tony Randall as Felix Unger
- 2Race change vs sourceOscar Madison: white in the source, black here (major).The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) - Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison
- 3FaithfulnessFaithfulness 60 of 100.WhatSphere faithfulness checklist, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 35 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 5RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 96, White 7, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated version of the 1970s television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast. The first was Barefoot in the Park.
Age: 28 — strongly youth-oriented
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Audience Representation
Source Material
| Title | Author | Type | Year | Purchase link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Odd Couple | Neil Simon | remake | 1965 |
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What Changed from the Source
The production decisions behind this adaptation, as recorded — original versus on screen.
Source faithfulness: 60/100
- Felix Unger · Ron GlassWhiteBlack0major
- Oscar Madison · Demond WilsonWhiteBlack0major
- Cecily Pigeon · Sheila AndersonWhiteBlack0minor
- Gwendolyn Pigeon · Ronalda DouglasWhiteBlack0minor
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Advocacy Over Time in Comedy
The average advocacy score of Comedy titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 0 | 2 |
| 1925 | 0 | 3 |
| 1931 | 2 | 2 |
| 1933 | 0 | 2 |
| 1935 | 0 | 4 |
| 1937 | 0 | 2 |
| 1940 | 0 | 4 |
| 1941 | 0 | 2 |
| 1943 | 0 | 2 |
| 1944 | 1 | 6 |
| 1945 | 0 | 4 |
| 1947 | 0 | 2 |
| 1948 | 2 | 2 |
| 1950 | 1 | 4 |
| 1951 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952 | 0 | 4 |
| 1953 | 0 | 10 |
| 1955 | 4 | 2 |
| 1956 | 2 | 3 |
| 1957 | 3 | 4 |
| 1958 | 0 | 6 |
| 1959 | 2 | 3 |
| 1960 | 0 | 5 |
| 1961 | 2 | 10 |
| 1962 | 1 | 6 |
| 1963 | 0 | 6 |
| 1964 | 0 | 8 |
| 1965 | 0 | 9 |
| 1966 | 0 | 6 |
| 1968 | 0 | 7 |
| 1969 | 2 | 5 |
| 1970 | 1 | 7 |
| 1971 | 0 | 5 |
| 1972 | 0 | 6 |
| 1973 | 0 | 9 |
| 1974 | 1 | 8 |
| 1975 | 0 | 9 |
| 1976 | 0 | 12 |
| 1977 | 2 | 7 |
| 1978 | 1 | 4 |
| 1979 | 1 | 8 |
| 1980 | 0 | 7 |
| 1981 | 0 | 9 |
| 1982 | 4 | 10 |
| 1983 | 1 | 12 |
| 1984 | 0 | 10 |
| 1985 | 1 | 14 |
| 1986 | 0 | 20 |
| 1987 | 0 | 17 |
| 1988 | 0 | 13 |
| 1989 | 1 | 24 |
| 1990 | 0 | 21 |
| 1991 | 1 | 14 |
| 1992 | 0 | 17 |
| 1993 | 0 | 20 |
| 1994 | 3 | 25 |
| 1995 | 1 | 19 |
| 1996 | 2 | 15 |
| 1997 | 1 | 22 |
| 1998 | 1 | 24 |
| 1999 | 2 | 36 |
| 2000 | 1 | 33 |
| 2001 | 1 | 31 |
| 2002 | 1 | 32 |
| 2003 | 1 | 29 |
| 2004 | 1 | 40 |
| 2005 | 2 | 41 |
| 2006 | 1 | 44 |
| 2007 | 1 | 53 |
| 2008 | 0 | 20 |
| 2009 | 2 | 18 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 1 | 21 |
| 2012 | 0 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 13 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 13 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 | 16 |
| 2020 | 4 | 19 |
| 2021 | 5 | 19 |
| 2022 | 13 | 22 |
| 2023 | 17 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 |
| 2025 | 2 | 17 |
| 2026 | 2 | 17 |
| This title (1982) | 35 | 1 |
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