All About Us (Situation Comedy)

All About Us (Television Situation Comedy)

Genre:     Comedy-drama

Created by:     Lois Bromfield

Developed by:     Pamela Pettler

Written by:     Lois Bromfield, Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain, Amy Engelberg, Wendy Engelberg, Terry Maloney Haley, Chad Hodge, Mindy Morgenstern, David Nichols, Pamela Pettler, and Al Sonja L. Rice

Directed by:     John Bowab and Fred Savage

Starring:     Alecia Elliott, Marieh Delfino, Crystal Grant, Alicia Lagano

Theme music composer:     Alecia Elliott

Composer(s):     John Adair and Steve Hampton

Country of origin:     United States

Original language(s):     English

No. of seasons:     1

No. of episodes:     13


Production

Executive producer(s):     Peter Engel

Producer(s):     Terry Maloney Haley and Al Sonja L. Rice

Camera setup:     Multi-camera

Running time:     22-24 minutes

Production company(s):     NBC 

Enterprises and Peter Engel Productions

Distributor:     NBC Universal Television Distribution


Broadcast

Original channel:     NBC

Original run:     August 4, 2001 – November 10, 2001

All About Us is an American teen comedy-drama series that aired on NBC during the station's TNBC lineup from August 4, 2001 to November 10, 2001. It was produced by Peter Engel Productions.

The teenage "dramady" follows the fast friendship of four high school girls in Chicago with varied personalities and from different backgrounds. Alecia is a transplanted Alabamian whose passion is music and who wants to sing more than anything else. Niki is from a well-to-do family and enjoys the lifestyle of the rich--and boys--very much. Sierra is an idealist fervently committed to the causes she believes in and has a talent for organizing. Finally, Cris, usually called by her last name Castelli, is the athlete of the group and comes from an Italian-American family which runs its own restaurant.

The series focuses on the development of four teenage girls who live and attend high school in Chicago In the show, the girls' divergent talents, perspectives, and family experiences become the platform for illustrating alternative approaches to understanding and solving problems. It was the first TNBC series shot on videotape that did have the use of laughing track. The show was later canceled after one season.