Shelley's third foray into series TV was Jack and Mike in 1986. Executive producer David Gerber believed so much in Shelley that he wanted to give her her own TV series. It was initially called Jackie O'Shea, with Shelley in the title role. Tom Mason (Shelley's co-star in the TV movie Kicks with whom she had good chemistry) was offered the role of Jackie's husband. After talks with Gerber regarding the husband character being more involved in the plots, Mason finally accepted. The series was then retitled Our Kind of Town. When it aired, it was again retitled Jack and Mike... alluding to the names of the two main characters, Jackie Shea and her husband Mike Brennan. The pilot episode was originally aired in September 16, 1986 right after the hit TV series Moonlighting; and debuted to decent ratings. It also received decent reviews, with a few scathing writeups here and there. After a first order of a pilot and 12 episodes, the ABC network (which aired the series) ordered five more episodes; and the series looked like it was in for a long run. Then, it was suddenly canceled to the disappointment of fans. Let's hope the entire series is finally streamed somewhere.
