Union Square is an American sitcom television series created by Marco Pennette and Fred Barron, that was broadcast on NBC for one season from September 25, 1997, to January 22, 1998.
Armed with her wits and her large dog named Bird, Mel heads for New York City to stay with her friend Lana.
Michael used to be a lawyer but gave it up to focus on his passion of becoming a playwright, but writes instructional manuals to make money.
After poor test screenings and negative assessments from advertisers for the pilot, the producers retooled the show and replaced Gorham,[1][2] who played a struggling actress named Mel Suarez, with Constance Marie as Gabriella.
Despite the advantages of its timeslot, Union Square lost a large portion of its lead-in audience from Friends, and was cancelled in January 1998,[17] after 14 episodes had been made.
Ray Richmond of Variety described the show as having "all the wit and charm of a pepper-spray canister", and concludes ""Union Square" is like "Friends" on decaf — grumpy, disconnected, tired.