The Building

The Building was a CBS network sitcom series created by, written by & starring Bonnie Hunt.

The show aired from August 20 to September 17, 1993 after five episodes aired.

It was produced by Bob & Alice Productions, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, Columbia Pictures Television & CBS Entertainment Productions.

Plot
The series centered on Bonnie Kennedy, a struggling Chicago actress who lives in an apartment building full of colorful characters.

Cast

 * Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Kennedy
 * Holly Wortell as Holly
 * Don Lake as Brad
 * Tom Virtue as Stan
 * Richard Kuhlman as Big Tony
 * Mike Hagerty as Finley

Production
Making heavy use of The Second City alum, "The Building" had a theatrical sensibility wherein minor mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode, and there was a loose improv feel to certain scenes.

It was the first sitcom production of David Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company; Letterman appears (unbilled) in a character role in the second episode.

Bonnie Hunt created the show, and wrote four of the five broadcast episodes; a sixth episode was produced, but did not air.

Two years after "The Building" was cancelled, cast members Hunt, Lake, Virtue and Wortell would return in the series, "The Bonnie Hunt Show" which retained many of the distinguishing characteristics of the show, including the Chicago setting, an improv/theatrical feel, and the essential nature of the character relationships between the principals (although they were playing different characters).