TV Style & Substance Style & Substance 8/10 by 0 users Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems. Details Casts Posters Images Title Style & Substance Alternative Titles First Air Date 1998-01-05 Last Air Date 1998-09-02 Number of Episodes 13 Number of Seasons 1 Genres Comedy, Networks CBS, Casts Jean Smart, Nancy McKeon, Heath Hyche, Linda Kash, Joseph Maher, Alan Autry Plot Keywords , Chelsea Stevens Jean Smart Jane Sokol Nancy McKeon Terry Heath Hyche Trudy Weissman Linda Kash Hadley John Joseph Maher Earl Alan Autry