All That Glitters (American TV series)

All That Glitters
  • Screen shot from promotional ad for the series,
  • from Chicago station WFLD
Genre
Created byNorman Lear
Directed by
Theme music composerAlan and Marilyn Bergman
Opening theme"Genesis Revisited" performed by Kenny Rankin
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes65
Production
Executive producerNorman Lear
Producers
  • Norman Lear
  • Stephanie Sills
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time25 mins.
Production companyT.A.T. Communications Company
Original release
NetworkSyndicated
ReleaseApril 18 (1977-04-18) 
July 15, 1977 (1977-07-15)

All That Glitters is an American sitcom by producer Norman Lear. It consisted of 65 episodes, running five nights a week between April 18 and July 15, 1977, in broadcast syndication. The show, a spoof of the soap opera format, depicted the trials and tribulations of a group of executives at the Globatron corporation. The twist of the series was that it was set within a world of complete role-reversal: Women were the "stronger sex," the executives and breadwinners, while the "weaker sex" – the men – were the support staff or stay-at-home dads. Men were often treated as sex objects.

The series featured Eileen Brennan, Greg Evigan, Lois Nettleton, Gary Sandy, Tim Thomerson and Jessica Walter. Comic actor and cartoon voice artist Chuck McCann was also a regular. Linda Gray played transgender fashion model Linda Murkland, the first transgender series regular on American television. Critically, All That Glitters was negatively received and a ratings disappointment across syndicated television stations.