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 Television Distribution now owns the distribution rights to the program.

The Governor & J.J.
Jessie Royce Landis and Julie Sommars, 1970.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Leonard Stern Arne Sultan
Starring	Dan Dailey Julie Sommars James T. Callahan Neva Patterson Nora Marlowe
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	39
Production
Production locations	CBS Studio Center, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Talent Associates-Norton Simon
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	23 September 1969 (1969-09-23) – 30 December 1970 (1970-12-30)
Chronology
Followed by	All in the Family

The series starred Dan Dailey and Julie Sommars. It focused on William Drinkwater (Dailey), a governor in an unnamed Midwestern state, who, in lieu of his late wife, had a "first lady" in his 20-something year-old daughter, Jennifer Jo (Sommars). J.J., as Jennifer Jo was called, had a regular job as an assistant curator at a zoo in the capital city and had a love for animals. She was bright and opinionated and could debate political issues with her father as well as anyone else. Despite their difference in opinions (she was more liberal, and he was more conservative), William really loved J.J., and she proved herself to be charming and efficient in her duties being "first lady" for her father. J.J. often gained support and advice from Maggie McLeod (Neva Patterson), the governor's secretary; George Callison (James T. Callahan), the governor's press secretary; and from Sara Andrews (Nora Marlowe), the housekeeper at the governor's mansion.