Home > Boston Common > Season 1 « TV Series Page Boston Common: Season 1 (1996) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Boston Common Critics Consensus No consensus yet. 33% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 6 No Score Yet Audience Score User Ratings: 0 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Pilot Episode Air date: Mar 21, 1996 In the series pilot, Virginia handyman Boyd Pritchett (Anthony Clark) accepts a job at his sister's college and sets his sights on an attractive grad student (Traylor Howard) who's taken with his Southern ways. Leonard: Steve Paymer. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. More 2 Out, Out Damn Jack Air date: Mar 28, 1996 Jack (Vincent Ventresca) considers a job offer from Stanford and Boyd tries to hasten his departure. Andy: Nick Stabile. Joy: Traylor Howard. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Boyd: Anthony Clark. Leonard: Steve Paymer. More 3 I Thee Endow Air date: Apr 4, 1996 Boyd (Anthony Clark) tries to save Joy's storytelling program by joining a fund-raising effort chaired by Jack (Vincent Ventresca). Butterfield: Sam Anderson. D.C.: D.C. Douglas. Joy: Traylor Howard. More 4 Relationship of Fools Air date: Apr 11, 1996 Boyd (Anthony Clark) takes a friend of Joy's on a double date with Joy and Jack in order to get closer to Joy (Traylor Howard). Jack: Vincent Ventresca. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Tasha: Tasha Smith. More 5 Boyd Gets Shrunk Air date: Apr 18, 1996 Boyd fears that Joy overheard his and Wyleen's session with a counselor when he sees her in the waiting room afterward. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Leonard: Steve Paymer. Tasha: Tasha Smith. Joy: Traylor Howard. More 6 Virginia Reeling Air date: Apr 25, 1996 Boyd tries to work up the courage to ask Joy out and also encourages Leonard (Steve Paymer) to date Liz (Lori Alan). Boyd: Anthony Clark. Joy: Traylor Howard. Jack: Vincent Ventresca. Tasha: Tasha Smith. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. More 7 Hope Springs a Leak Air date: Aug 11, 1996 Joy (Traylor Howard) insists that Boyd (Anthony Clark) not display any public affection toward her until she can tell Jack (Vincent Ventresca) about their mutual attraction. Tasha: Tasha Smith. More 8 Autumn 'Foilage' Air date: Aug 18, 1996 Boyd's plan to take Joy on a drive in the country stalls when his car is towed and he must take desperate measures to get it back. Boyd: Anthony Clark. Joy: Traylor Howard. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Jack: Vincent Ventresca. More 9 Everybody's Stalking Air date: Sep 8, 1996 Joy's no-contact rule has a peculiar effect on Boyd: he starts rummaging through her garbage and takes one of her gloves. Meanwhile, Leonard is having problems with a stalker who believes he's the new "messiah." More 10 A Streetcar Named Denial Air date: Sep 15, 1996 Margot Kidder appears as Wyleen's drama teacher; Boyd and Tasha try to market the family tuna-sandwich recipe. Anthony Clark, Steve Paymer, Tasha Smith. More Tv Season Info Genre: Comedy Network: NBC Premiere Date: Mar 21, 1996 Cast Anthony Clark as Boyd Pritchett Hedy Burress as Wyleen Pritchett Traylor Howard as Joy Burns Tasha Smith as Tasha Steve Paymer as Leonard Vincent Ventresca as Jack Sam Anderson as President Butterfield Lori Alan as Wyleen's Friend Margot Kidder as Cookie Fred Applegate as Sherman Larry Miller as Warren Nick Stabile as Andy Robin Duke as Brenda Patrick Fabian as Jack D.C. Douglas as D.C. John Fleck as Pam Paul Parducci as Joey Show More Cast Episodes 1 Pilot Episode Air date: Mar 21, 1996 In the series pilot, Virginia handyman Boyd Pritchett (Anthony Clark) accepts a job at his sister's college and sets his sights on an attractive grad student (Traylor Howard) who's taken with his Southern ways. Leonard: Steve Paymer. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. More 2 Out, Out Damn Jack Air date: Mar 28, 1996 Jack (Vincent Ventresca) considers a job offer from Stanford and Boyd tries to hasten his departure. Andy: Nick Stabile. Joy: Traylor Howard. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Boyd: Anthony Clark. Leonard: Steve Paymer. More 3 I Thee Endow Air date: Apr 4, 1996 Boyd (Anthony Clark) tries to save Joy's storytelling program by joining a fund-raising effort chaired by Jack (Vincent Ventresca). Butterfield: Sam Anderson. D.C.: D.C. Douglas. Joy: Traylor Howard. More 4 Relationship of Fools Air date: Apr 11, 1996 Boyd (Anthony Clark) takes a friend of Joy's on a double date with Joy and Jack in order to get closer to Joy (Traylor Howard). Jack: Vincent Ventresca. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Tasha: Tasha Smith. More 5 Boyd Gets Shrunk Air date: Apr 18, 1996 Boyd fears that Joy overheard his and Wyleen's session with a counselor when he sees her in the waiting room afterward. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Leonard: Steve Paymer. Tasha: Tasha Smith. Joy: Traylor Howard. More 6 Virginia Reeling Air date: Apr 25, 1996 Boyd tries to work up the courage to ask Joy out and also encourages Leonard (Steve Paymer) to date Liz (Lori Alan). Boyd: Anthony Clark. Joy: Traylor Howard. Jack: Vincent Ventresca. Tasha: Tasha Smith. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. More 7 Hope Springs a Leak Air date: Aug 11, 1996 Joy (Traylor Howard) insists that Boyd (Anthony Clark) not display any public affection toward her until she can tell Jack (Vincent Ventresca) about their mutual attraction. Tasha: Tasha Smith. More 8 Autumn 'Foilage' Air date: Aug 18, 1996 Boyd's plan to take Joy on a drive in the country stalls when his car is towed and he must take desperate measures to get it back. Boyd: Anthony Clark. Joy: Traylor Howard. Wyleen: Hedy Burress. Jack: Vincent Ventresca. More 9 Everybody's Stalking Air date: Sep 8, 1996 Joy's no-contact rule has a peculiar effect on Boyd: he starts rummaging through her garbage and takes one of her gloves. Meanwhile, Leonard is having problems with a stalker who believes he's the new "messiah." More 10 A Streetcar Named Denial Air date: Sep 15, 1996 Margot Kidder appears as Wyleen's drama teacher; Boyd and Tasha try to market the family tuna-sandwich recipe. Anthony Clark, Steve Paymer, Tasha Smith. More Critic Reviews for Boston Common Season 1 All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (4) It's astonishing that a college-based comedy could be magna cum lousy. Jul 17, 2019 | Full Review… Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel Top Critic Boston Common has one thing going for it -- Anthony Clark. And he's enough. Due in large part to the star's considerable talents, Boston is one very likeable, funny new sitcom. Jul 17, 2019 | Full Review… Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) These Beacon Hillbillies should flunk out fast. Jul 17, 2019 | Rating: D | Full Review… Elaine Showalter People Magazine [Anthony] Clark is occasionally witty as the softer-resonating Boyd. But every time the screechy Wyleen [Pritchett] opens her mouth, you wish you had a couple of cream pies to throw. One at her, the other at the writers of this crock. Jul 17, 2019 | Full Review… Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times Top Critic Couple of good chuckles do not a sitcom make, but the creators have set up an impressively loony-yet-possible Randolph Harrington College in Boston. Jul 17, 2019 | Full Review… Tony Scott Variety Top Critic [Anthony] Clark's willful ignorance is amusing and ultimately winning, but [Hedy] Burress' over-the-top energy is tedious in a premiere that too readily casts aside reality for the sake of a mediocre joke. Jul 17, 2019 | Full Review… Steve Johnson Chicago Tribune Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (6) Audience Reviews for Boston Common: Season 1 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Boston Common: Season 1! 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