Ink is an American television sitcom which aired on CBS from October 21, 1996, to May 19, 1997, that starred real-life husband and wife Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen as divorced newspaper journalists, allegedly inspired by the film His Girl Friday. The show was also produced by Danson and Steenburgen. The show was canceled after one season due to lower than expected ratings. The show's pilot was drastically changed and reshot from the original version. Ink was filmed at the soundstages of CBS Studio City in the Studio City area of Los Angeles. Outdoor scenes were usually shot at the small backlot streets of the same studio.

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Ink
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Diane English
Starring	Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen Alana Austin Christine Ebersole Saul Rubinek Charlie Robinson Jenica Bergere Jonathan Katz
Composer	W.G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producers	Diane English Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen Stephen Nathan (co-executive)
Producer	John Amodeo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Shukovsky English Entertainment Addis/Wechsler Television DreamWorks Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 21, 1996 (1996-10-21) – May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)

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Journalists Kate Montgomery and Mike Logan married three months after meeting on the White House lawn. Although the marriage didn't last, there are two common threads between them—their 15-year-old daughter Abby and their all-consuming adoration of the newspaper ink that rubs off on their fingers. While Mike has become one of New York's larger-than-life journalists, Kate's hard-nosed reporting from around the world has earned her an impressive reputation. When Kate accepts a job offer that's just too good to pass up, she becomes the first female managing editor of the New York Sun—and she's now Mike's boss as well.

Her staff also includes no-nonsense, seen-it-all police reporter Ernie Trainor; intense and somewhat neurotic financial reporter Alan Mesnick; "On the Town" columnist Belinda Carhardt, who has a few miles on her; and the newsroom's jaded and judgmental editorial assistant Donna French, who manages to remain ultra-hip in a sea of tweeds and khakis.

• Ted Danson as Mike Logan
• Mary Steenburgen as Kate Montgomery
• Alana Austin as Abby Logan
• Christine Ebersole as Belinda Carhardt
• Saul Rubinek as Alan Mesnick
• Charlie Robinson as Ernie Trainor
• Jenica Bergere as Donna French
• Jonathan Katz as Leo

The original concept from the show came from Jeffrey Lane, who came up with the idea. Lane abruptly exited, and a handful of showrunners came in, and settled on Diane English, who created Murphy Brown.^[23]