# The 5 Mrs Buchanans (1994-1995)

Set in the fictional town of Mercy, Indiana, the show centers on the small-town misadventures of four disparate women with one thing in common: their loathing for their monster of a mother-in-law. The unofficial leader of the group is Alex (Judith Ivey), a '60s rebel who settled down and married high school principal Roy Buchanan (John Getz). Everyone communes in their home and at the thrift store that she owns. Vivian (Harriet Sansom-Harris) is trapped in a stagnant marriage to used car salesman Ed Buchanan (Richard Poe), which is exacerbated by their hellion twin sons. Delilah (Beth Broderick) is a former stripper from the South who fell in love with preacher Charles Buchanan (Mark Moses). New to the family is Bree (Charlotte Ross), a perky former Disneyland employee who manipulated Jesse Buchanan (Paul Johansson / Tommy Hinkley) into marriage. Always meddling in their lives is Mother Buchanan (Eileen Heckart), a gravely-voiced, stoic, passive-aggressive gargoyle of a woman who commands the adoration and devotion of her four rarely-seen sons. Created by Jamie Wooten and Marc Cherry, the latter of whom would go on to create "Desperate Housewives," the show garnered early buzz and a small audience of fans who watched it on Saturday nights, where CBS buried it. Reruns have never been broadcast since it went off the air in early 1995, but the show has gone on to garner a cult following thanks to exposure on YouTube. Included is the original version of the pilot (which…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1994
- By: Wooten & Cherry Productions
- Genres: Comedy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/The_5_Mrs_Buchanans)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/The_5_Mrs_Buchanans?play=1)