A Star is Born When Mayor Winston's nominee for the Public Schools Chancellor proves an embarrassment to the administration, James urges Mike to stick with the controversial candidate. In the meantime, Ashley considers a career in television on a roundtable show. Details Casts Title A Star is Born Genres Comedy Drama Release Date 1996-10-22 Episode Runtime 00 Hours 22 Minutes Season Number 1 Episode Number 6 Production Companies Ubu Productions, DreamWorks Television Richard Kind Paul Lassiter Alan Ruck Stuart Bondek Michael Boatman Carter Heywood Connie Britton Nikki Faber Alexander Chaplin James Hobert Barry Bostwick Randall Winston Carla Gugino Ashley Schaeffer Michael J. Fox Mike Flaherty