I think that was called The Charmings.
I loved that show as a kid …I remember a running joke was the prince would give the kids their allowance in gold and the kids would make semi self aware jokes about how popular they were because of it
It was a remake of Fawlty Towers.
Was it as bad as the one with Bea Arthur?
Speaking of hotel comedies, I vaguely remember some sitcom that aired for maybe one or two seasons when I was in college, circa 2000. It starred Whoppi Goldberg as the owner of a small hotel in NYC. And the only other character I remember was the Iranian immigrant maintenance man, who always angrily corrected people who mistakenly called him “Arab”. “I’m not Arab; I’m Persian!” was basically his catchphrase.
ETA: Looking at Whoopi’s IMDB page, it appears the show I was thinking of was… Whoopi. It aired slightly more recently than I thought, 2003-04. I would have actually been in grad school by then.
I never watched it, but I vaguely remember the commercials, and the coverage about the “Persian, Not Arab” character. From what I remember seeing, it seemed kind of cringey. I get what they were trying to do, but it seemed like it would be very easy to think the humor wasn’t about ignorant Americans, but about an overly-prideful immigrant loudly and comically proclaiming a trivial technical distinction as if it were profound, like someone from New Jersey who recently moved to the South loudly proclaiming, “I’m not a yankee, I’m from Jersey!”
Fired Up! with Leah Remini as an assistant to Sharon Lawrence until they both get fired, and Sharon shows up on Leah’s doorstep with nowhere else to go.
Yes, Sledgehammer. That was a fun show.
There was Secret Agent Man which basically was Sledgehammer with a spy instead of a cop, or a live-action Archer (but not as funny). Dina Meyer starred as the straight man besides the main character. It was simple fun, but panned by the critics.
I have a taste for these kind of series, spoofing serious set-ups but still with actual plots: three examples.
In the late nineties there was a series Three about three young thieves recruited to work for a shady government organization. Short-lived but silly fun, at least for me. One of the protagonists was played by Julie Bowen, another by Bumper Robinson.
A few years earlier there was the Canadian series Once A Thief about three young thieves recruited to work for a shady government organization. This one was actually a lot better (IMHO), I recently watched the DVDs. Somewhat surreal and experimental at times. Two of the main characters were played by Ivan Sergei (Jill in Jack and Jill) and Sandrine Holt. Further starring the lovely Jennifer Dale.
Finally, V.I.P. , with Pamela Anderson running an agency as bodyguard to the stars.
Some network a few years back ran the whole series, but I don’t think they ever repeated it. Garrett was a long married teacher giving marital advise to his newlywed neighbor. It wasn’t bad.
You may be mixing up First Impressions and ‘Til Death.
You’re right. “Til Death” wasn’t bad, either.
No, the remake of Fawlty Towers was called Snavely, with Harvey Korman and Betty White. It never got past the pilot stage.
The Nutt House actually aired five episodes. Although it was also set in a failing hotel, it had a number of differences from the Fawlty Towers format. In particular, the Korman and Leachman characters were not married, the hotel was a large high-rise building in New York rather than a small seaside resort, and Korman was not the owner of the hotel, but the manager.
You are correct-blame it on my fawlty memory. The Nutt House was that Mel Brooks project that used Poloice Squad-type gags.
‘Til Death had a real hodgepodge cast. Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, Finch from the American Pie movies, Kat Foster. Four different actresses playing the daughter Allyson (Kate Micucci, Lindsey Broad, Krysten Ritter, and Laura Clery.
Odd turnover for a show that only lasted 4 seasons.
There was an American remake of Fawlty Towers called Payne starring John Larroquette that lasted a whole eight episodes. That one actually had John Cleese’s blessing, reportedly. Considering “Payne” is my cursed last name, it’s always annoying when it comes up in pop culture as an easy gag. Larroquette’s hotelier character was called “Royal Payne.” Sigh.
They reused the set from the Love Boat-soap-alike series Hotel (the one with James Brolin).
Loved The Charmings.
The only episode I really remember though is one episode where the Prince has a job I think as a used car salesman (?) but sucks because he is too nice. The example of this is Prince is going to be late because he has to wait for a snail to finish crossing in front him “Hurry up little snail.”. The evil queen casts a spell to make him more ruthless and thereby a better salesman. The spell takes effect and the prince steps on the snail and heads off to work “Sorry snail, time is money!”
Paris 7000 was a fill-in after the failure of Harold Robbin’s The Survivors, an early experiment along the lines of Dallas and Dynasty. I guess the world wasn’t ready yet for prime-time soaps about millionaires. But oh my! the young Diana Muldaur looked hot in a miniskirt!
I haven’t read all 700+ entries; has anyone mentioned “It’s About Time?”
Oh yeah, up near the top! 
My favorite line came from the pilot episode:
IMOGENE COCA: Shag—nag!
I wonder at which point Sherwood Schwartz became aware of the British term “shag.” 
(Her name was changed to “Shad” by the second half of the season.)