Business World

Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), Jun 25, 1998

Too good to be true?

NEW YORK (AP) -- The apartments and houses that serve as the settings for TV sitcoms often look like a home decorator's dream, but are they realistic? Worth magazine analyzed the sets for several shows, and found they were mostly on target. Worth found the estimated cost of the furnishings on Frasier came to $40,000, not including the art, which also ran into the tens of thousands of dollars. But the show's producers estimate Frasier earns $350,000 from his psychiatric practice and radio talk show, so he should be able to afford his expensive tastes. On Dharma & Greg, the decor cost about $30,000, exactly what Dharma supposedly earns from walking dogs and teaching yoga. Worth says it's a little hard to believe Dharma could afford all that before she married Greg, but his lawyer's salary will probably help out.