The Closer

The Closer is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for 10 episodes from February 23 to May 4, 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive. Plot Jack McLaren (Tom Selleck), a successful advertising executive, starts his own agency. The business, the employees in the agency, and his personal life provide the story lines. The characters include a creative director, Carl Dobson (Ed Asner), an accountant, Erica Hewitt (Penelope Ann Miller), and a bored secretary, Beverly (Suzy Nakamura); McLaren's estranged and eventually divorced wife, Claire McLaren (Joanna Kerns), and daughter Alex (Hedy Burress). Cast Tom Selleck as Jack McLaren Hedy Burress as Alex McLaren Ed Asner as Carl "Dobbs" Dobson David Krumholtz as Bruno Verma Suzy Nakamura as Beverly Andolini Penelope Ann Miller as Erica Hewitt Production The project was originally started off at Paramount Television with Barry Kemp at the helm. Eventually, it parted ways and moved to project to Warner Bros., and recruited Ed Decter and John J. Strauss as the new writer/producing/showrunning team.