Shelley with Tom Mason in a promo pic
for Jack and Mike, 1986
Shelley's third foray into series TV was Jack and Mike. The series was about a busy married yuppie couple who lived in Chicago and found it hard to find time to be with each other. Shelley played Jackie Shea, the star columnist at The Mirror, a fictional newspaper. Jackie's husband, Mike Brennan, a successful restaurateur who owned and managed three restaurants around Chicago, was played by Tom Mason whom Shelley co-starred with a year prior in the TV movie Kicks - their chemistry was evident in that telefilm. The series aired right after the hit Moonlighting and debuted to decent ratings. It also received decent reviews, with a few scathing writeups here and there. The series looked like it was in for a long run when it was suddenly canceled to the disappointment of fans.
Shelley in a TV Guide ad
for Jack and Mike from 1986
