The Dumplings is an American sitcom starring James Coco and Geraldine Brooks that aired on NBC during the 1975–1976 television season.^[2][3] The series was based on a syndicated comic strip of the same name by Fred Lucky that ran in newspapers from 1975 to 1977.^[4]

• James Coco as Joe Dumpling
• Geraldine Brooks as Angela Dumpling
• George S. Irving as Charles Sweetzer
• George Furth as Frederic Steele
• Marcia Rodd as Stephanie
• Mort Marshall as Cully
• Jane Connell as Bridget (Norah) McKenna
• Wil Albert as The Prude

Joe and Angela Dumpling are a very happily married and overweight couple who are very much in love with each other and with life, never have a bad thing to say about one another, and exude good cheer and enthusiasm. They operate Dudley's Take-Out, a luncheonette on the ground floor of a Manhattan skyscraper owned by the Bristol Oil Company. Charles Sweetzer, who works upstairs as executive vice president of Bristol Oil, is a regular customer, as are New York city councilman Frederic Steele, Mr. Sweetzer's secretary Bridget McKenna^[3][5][6] (or Norah McKenna, according to some sources^[1][2][7]), and Angela's sister Stephanie. Cully is the Dumplings' employee at the luncheonette and works as the cashier. The Dumplings' obesity is a source of much humor as they interact with customers, friends, and family.^{[1][2][3][5][8]}

The show originated as a syndicated comic strip created by Fred Lucky.^[4] Norman Lear developed the series for television and Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, and Bernie West created and produced it, with George Sunga also serving as a producer.^[1][2][5][6] Episode directors were Paul Bogart, Hal Cooper, and Dennis Steinmetz.^[6] Nicholl, Ross, and West all wrote for the show, as did Joseph Bonaduce, Bill Davenport, Fred S. Fox, Gary David Goldberg, Seaman Jacobs, Fred Lucky, Barry Sand, and Alan Uger.^[5][6]

Angela Dumpling was the final role of Geraldine Brooks' career; she died in 1977.

Steve Lawrence sang the show's theme song, "Two By Two, Side By Side."^[9]

NBC broadcast the pilot episode of The Dumplings on October 4, 1975. The Dumplings joined NBC's regular lineup on January 28, 1976, with a rebroadcast of the pilot in the show's regular time slot at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Its tenth and final episode aired on March 31, 1976.^[2][3] An eleventh episode was never broadcast.^[5]