Boston Common - A college hangout show that is only nominally about Boston

1996 was a solid year for hangout shows about Gen-Xers. Boston
Common is about Boyd and Wyleen Pritchett, a brother and sister
from Virginia (played by Anthony Clark and Hedy Burress) who move
to Boston. It lasted two years and 32 episodes. Wyleen’s there to
attend college, and Boyd is just driving her there as a favour.
The twist is that he stays because he meets Joy Byrnes (played by
Traylor Howard) and also randomly gets offered a handyman job at
the school. Basically he has nothing else going on. So he moves
in with his sister—as in they literally share a one room bachelor
apartment. Brynn, Aaron and Barry hit the books for an intense
study session to figure out why this show flunked out.


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Hosted by:


Brynn Byrne @brynnabyrne


Aaron Yeger @aaronyeger


Andrew “Barry” Helmer @andrewhelmer


Podcast logo and artwork by Brian Walker @briguywalker