Style & Substance

Style & Substance was a Syndication network sitcom series created by Peter Tolan which aired from January 5 to September 2, 1998, lasting for one season & 13 episodes (leaving one episode unaired).

It was produced by The Cloudland Company & Touchstone Television.

Plot
The series centered on Chelsea Stevens, a neurotic, egocentric star of her own how-to-home show in New York City who finds herself reluctantly answering to naive Midwesterner Jane Sokol after her empire is bought out by another company.

Cast

 * Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens
 * Nancy McKeon as Jane Sokol
 * Joseph Maher as Hadley John
 * Linda Kash as Trudy Weissman
 * Heath Hyche as Terry
 * Alan Autry as Earl

Production
It was rumored that Martha Stewart had complained to Syndication about the similarities between her and the Chelsea Stevens character, even though on more than one episode Chelsea was referred to as Stewart's rival.

Whether Stewart's complaint was true or not, "Style & Substance" was cancelled after five episodes were aired, and the remaining episodes were shown during the summer months, with one episode remaining unaired.

Syndication tried another show similar in content in 1998 called "The Simple Life", starring Judith Light as a lifestyle expert, which didn't fare any better.