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Calucci's Department: Created by Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor. With James Coco, Candice Azzara, Peggy Pope, José Pérez. Joe Calucci is a kind-hearted office supervisor working for the New York State Unemployment Department.
Calucci's Department is an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS. It premiered on September 14, 1973, and after failing to compete in the ratings against NBC 's Sanford and Son, was canceled after the December 28 episode.
Although on television for a mere three months, the CBS series Calucci’s Department – which starred roly-poly comic James Coco as Joe Calucci, the kind-hearted supervisor at the New York State Unemployment Office – is, for some reason, one of many American viewers’ most fondly remembered shows.
Calucci finds out his department must downsize and it's up to him to decide who is fired. He wrestles with the decision leading to severe anxiety.
S1.E2 ∙ Calucci, His Brother's Keeper. September 21, 1973. Gonzalez is threatened by a criminal gang and needs a cash loan as protection payment. Gonzalez asks Calucci for $400 which puts the well meaning boss in a difficult situation. Rate.
Calucci is the harassed supervisor of a state unemployment office strapped in the usual red tape and staffed by government employees who cannot show any love to the public because they hate themselves.
S01 | E06. The Bloom is Off the Rose; Oct 19, 1973; S01 | E07. Life is an Anchovy; Nov 2, 1973; S01 | E08. A Mother's Love; Nov 9, 1973
