Shelley starred in her third TV series in 1986 Jack and Mike. The series was initially called Jackie O'Shea as it was going to be a star vehicle for Shelley (producer David Gerber wanted to give her her own TV series.) Shelley was going to play the title role, a woman journalist who had a supportive husband waiting at home - kind of like a reverse gender role thing which was a fresh idea in the 1980s. Gerber contacted Tom Mason to play the husband as he had a good chemistry with Shelley when they played boyfriend/girlfriend in the TV movie Kicks. But Tom wanted the characters to be more equal, so the focus of the series changed from just Jackie to the marriage of Jackie and her husband Mike. It was retitled Our Kind of Town and Jackie's husband was given a bigger role. When it aired, it was again retitled Jack and Mike, with both Shelley and Tom getting equal billing.
