Wish You Were Here (American TV series)


Wish You Were Here is an American sitcom that premiered on July 20, 1990 as a summer replacement on CBS in the 9:30pm slot which lasted for only six episodes. Its premise was that stockbroker Donny Cogswell, portrayed by Lew Schneider, quits his job and sends video cassette postcards of his European adventures to family and friends back in the United States.

Cast

Donny Cogswell, a stockbroker in New York on Wall Street acquires a new video camera. He begins recording with it much to the chagrin of his boss who notes Donny's attitude problem. Donny decides to quit his job before being fired and travel the world with his camcorder, mailing videotapes of his adventures and interviews he conducts with local people back to his family, friends and girlfriend in the USA near Cleveland. Sometimes his destinations are chosen by other characters met along the way.

Episode air dates & destinations

Season 1

  1. Paris, France
  2. Budapest, Hungary
  3. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  4. Marrakech, Morocco
  5. The French Riviera, Côte d'Azur, France
  6. The Balkans

    Production

Some, if not all of the footage from Donny's camera was shot on Hi-8mm Videotape.

Production crew