Style & Substance

Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998.

The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.

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Created By

Peter Tolan

Status

Ended

Original Name

Style & Substance

First Air Date

January 5, 1998

Last Air Date

September 2, 1998

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Touchstone Television The Cloudland Company

Networks

CBS

S01E12

I Went to a Garden Party

In an effort to win recognition as a humanitarian, Chelsea agrees to host a garden party for a charitable foundation in the fight against substance abuse; unfortunately, she buys fresh produce from a roadside vendor and mistakenly serves psychedelic mushrooms to her guests. Meanwhile, Terry finds a wingnut in his candy bar, so Trudy writes a letter of complaint that lands them both in hot water.

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