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The Governor & J.J.

The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from September 1969 to December 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC Television. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Media Ventures now owns the distribution rights to the program.

Trivia
The series won two Golden Globe Awards in 1970 for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV Series for Sommars and Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical TV Series for Dailey. It was also nominated for Best Comedy/Musical TV Series that year. Later in the series, J.J. adopted a stray basset hound. They discovered its name "Governor" when it barked when people addressed Governor Drinkwater. Francis DeSales guest-starred as Senator Loomis in the 1970 episode "Charley's Back in Town". The series sometimes featured guest appearances by then current governors, including Robert Docking of Kansas and Deane C. Davis of Vermont. In real life, Sommars has been involved in politics, mostly behind the scenes with the Republican Party. When the program was canceled by CBS, it was replaced in its Wednesday timeslot by To Rome with Love, which had moved from Tuesdays to make room for All in the Family. To Rome with Love was canceled at the end of the 1970–71 season. CBS aired reruns of the series in the summer of 1972. ==Episodes==
Episodes
Season 1 (1969–70) Season 2 (1970) ==External links==
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