Hearts Afire
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| Hearts Afire | |
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| Format | Comedy |
| Created by | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason |
| Starring | John Ritter Markie Post Billy Bob Thornton Doren Fein Clark Duke |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 54 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
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| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | September 14, 1992 – February 1, 1995 |
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| IMDb profile | |
Hearts Afire is a sitcom that aired from September 14, 1992 to February 1, 1995 on CBS. It starred John Ritter and Markie Post as husband and wife , with Post portraying a journalist and columnist and Ritter playing a senator's aide.
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[edit] Series Premise
[edit] Production and Rights Issues
The series was independently produced by Mozark Productions (series executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's company) and Adam Productions (Ritter's company) under the dummy company "Hearts Afire Productions". It did not receive any outside help from any major studio, although another independent distributor, Genesis Entertainment, handled international distribution outside the U.S. Because of this and the fact that only 54 episodes were produced, the series was never made available for television syndication, although in recent years cable's USA Network aired reruns.
The John Ritter estate now owns complete control over the series as to how and when it could be released. In 2005, the Ritter estate awarded the home video rights to Image Entertainment (beating out favorites Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), all three seasons of the series are now available on DVD, albeit in altered versions (due to music rights issues, some music has been re-scored, like presented in their USA Network rerun versions, but the content is all unedited).
[edit] DVD Releases
Image Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| The Complete First Season | 22 | August 2, 2005 |
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| The Complete Second Season | 16 | November 1, 2005 |
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| The Complete Third Season | 14 | February 7, 2006 |
[edit] Trivia
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- The series' title is taken from a line in the Earth, Wind & Fire song "That's the Way of the World" (which originally served as the series' theme song).
- Radio personality Rush Limbaugh guest-starred as himself on a 1994 episode.
