The "Dirty Dancing" Television Series in 1988-1989

Wikipedia describes Dirty Dancing, an 11-episode television series that was broadcast on CBS from October 29, 1988, through January 21, 1989.

The television series followed the same basic premise of the film, with only a few variations. The series was still set at Kellerman's during the summer of 1963, but instead of being the daughter of a resort guest, Baby became the daughter of Max Kellerman (in the film, Baby's last name was Houseman), and was put in charge of Johnny as Kellerman's talent director.

Much like the movie, Baby noted that she intended to attend Mount Holyoke in the fall, so it was not clear how the series would continue once the summer ended. As was the case in the film, Baby and Johnny had an adversarial relationship, but eventually came to respect each other.

As this was a weekly series, Baby and Johnny did not fall in love immediately, but as the series progressed, their feelings grew.

The following video shows episode #4, dubbed into German.

The following video shows episode #10, dubbed into German.

The following video shows episode #11, the final episode, dubbed into German.

The following video shows what happened to the cast members afterwards.

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Facebook has a good video clip of the TV show, apparently the first episode, but I don't know how to embed the video here.

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See also my later article A Look Back at the 1988 Television Series.