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Hugh Wilson 1943-2018

Hugh Wilson died on Sunday, but word of his passing did not hit the web until today. That fact fits the man's outsider status throughout a long career working in Hollywood. He lived in Charlottesville, Virginia the last 26 years of his life, teaching screenwriting at the University of Virginia, even as he continued to be active writing and directing.

Wilson created a damned good TV show called Frank's Place, starring Tim Reid, that lasted only the 1987-88 season but was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. It was the writer's follow-up to his creation of WKRP in Cincinnati, which ran from 1978 to 1982, earned two Outstanding Comedy nominations, and is the greatest television show in history. Here's what I wrote about it when I counted down the 50 greatest shows back in 2009.

posted by CM @ 10:37 PM