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(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)
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A recently widowed pediatrician at the Community Medical Center in Miami has his plans to seek a new life elsewhere put on permanent hold when his two constantly fighting adult daughters move back in with him.
Show Details:
Start date: Oct 1988
End date: Jun 1995
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): NBC (US)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 170 eps
Genre(s): Comedy
- regulars:
- Richard Mulligan as Harry Weston
- David Leisure as Charley Dietz
- Dinah Manoff as Carol Weston
- Kristy McNichol as Barbara Weston [ seasons 1 - ?, episodes #168 & #169 ]
- Park Overall as Laverne Todd
- Lisa Rieffel as Emily Weston
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo [ season 7, recurring otherwise ]
- Marsha Warfield as Dr. Maxine Douglas
- recurring characters:
- Paul Provenza as Patrick Arcola, Barbara's live-in boyfriend [ season 5, episodes #121 & #122 ]
- Jana Arnold as Lurlene, Laverne's friend from Hickory [ episodes #29, #39 and #61 only ]
- D. David Morin as Kevin, Carol's final boyfriend and eventual husband [ season 7 only ]
- Todd Susman as Ben Braxton, Carol's boss [ season 7 only ]
- Caston Holmes as Scotty, Carol's infant son [ season 7 only ]
- Christopher McDonald as Nick Todd, Laverne's baseball player husband [ episodes #40, #45, and #73 ]
- Marian Mercer as Ursula Dietz, Charley's mother [ episodes #88, #118, #133 only ]
- Richard Stahl as Fred Dietz, Charley's father [ episodes #88 and #133 only ]
- Loni Anderson as Casey MacAfee, a cross-over character from Susan Harris' parallel series Nurses in whom Harry is romantically interested [ episodes 122, 124, 127 only ]
- crew:
- Witt Thomas Harris Productions in association with Touchstone Television
- Created by Susan Harris
- Executive Producers: Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, Gary Jacobs, Susan Harris, Rod Parker, Hal Cooler, Nina Feinberg, Bob Tischler, Regina Stewart Larsen, Peter Galley
- Producers: Roger Garrett, Rob LaZebnick, David Sacks, Harold Kimmel, Gilbert Junger, Arnie Kogen, Susan Beavers, Regina Stewart Larsen, Ursula Ziegler, Steve Sullivan, Dennis Snee
- Co-Producers: Ursula Ziegler, Steve Sullivan, Dennis Snee
- Supervising Producers: Arnie Kogen, Susan Beavers, David Tyron King, Peter Galley, Rick Newberger, Bob Tischler, Vince Chang, Ben Montanio
- Associate Producers: Gwen McCracken, Joanne Diaz-Koegl, David Amico
- Ex-Story Consultants: Pat Dougherty, Rob LaZebnick, David Sacks, Harold Kimmel, Marie-Therese Squerciati
- Story Editors: Bill Braunstein, Sydney Blake, Pat Dougherty, Paul B. Price, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler
Episode list & details from: TVmaze • TV.com
| Episode # | OriginalAir Date | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 08 Oct 88 | Pilot |
| 2. | 1-2 | 22 Oct 88 | The Check Isn't in the Mail |
| 3. | 1-3 | 29 Oct 88 | Barbara Gets Shot |
| 4. | 1-4 | 05 Nov 88 | Fatal Attraction |
| 5. | 1-5 | 12 Nov 88 | Father of the Bride |
| 6. | 1-6 | 19 Nov 88 | Harry's Vacation |
| 7. | 1-7 | 26 Nov 88 | Tinker to Evers to Tucson |
| 8. | 1-8 | 03 Dec 88 | What's a Father to Do? |
| 9. | 1-9 | 10 Dec 88 | Harry's Friend |
| 10. | 1-10 | 17 Dec 88 | Libby's Gift |
| 11. | 1-11 | 07 Jan 89 | The First Time, Again |
| 12. | 1-12 | 14 Jan 89 | Full Nest |
| 13. | 1-13 | 28 Jan 89 | Here's a Howdy-Do |
| 14. | 1-14 | 04 Feb 89 | Strange Bedfellows |
| 15. | 1-15 | 06 Feb 89 | Tears of a Clown |
| 16. | 1-16 | 11 Feb 89 | Blame It on the Moon |
| 17. | 1-17 | 18 Feb 89 | Dumped |
| 18. | 1-18 | 25 Feb 89 | The More Things Change |
| 19. | 1-19 | 04 Mar 89 | Man of the Year |
| 20. | 1-20 | 18 Mar 89 | Cyrano de Weston |
| 21. | 1-21 | 25 Mar 89 | My Sister, My Friend |
| 22. | 1-22 | 01 Apr 89 | A Life in the Day |
| Season 2 | |||
| 23. | 2-1 | 30 Sep 89 | Settling |
| 24. | 2-2 | 14 Oct 89 | Harry Snubs Laverne |
| 25. | 2-3 | 21 Oct 89 | On the Interpretation of Dreams |
| 26. | 2-4 | 28 Oct 89 | Between a Cop and a Hard Place |
| 27. | 2-5 | 04 Nov 89 | Just You and My Kid |
| 28. | 2-6 | 11 Nov 89 | Rambo of Neiman Marcus |
| 29. | 2-7 | 18 Nov 89 | You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not |
| 30. | 2-8 | 25 Nov 89 | The R.N. Who Came to Dinner |
| 31. | 2-9 | 02 Dec 89 | Green Eggs and Harry |
| 32. | 2-10 | 09 Dec 89 | Overdue for a Job |
| 33. | 2-11 | 16 Dec 89 | A Christmas Story |
| 34. | 2-12 | 06 Jan 90 | Change of Heart |
| 35. | 2-13 | 13 Jan 90 | Harry's Choice |
| 36. | 2-14 | 27 Jan 90 | Complainin' in the Rain |
| 37. | 2-15 | 03 Feb 90 | M.D., P.O.V. |
| 38. | 2-16 | 10 Feb 90 | Everything But Love |
| 39. | 2-17 | 12 Feb 90 | Timing |
| 40. | 2-18 | 17 Feb 90 | It Happened Two Nights, Four Costume Changes |
| 41. | 2-19 | 24 Feb 90 | Love is Blind |
| 42. | 2-20 | 03 Mar 90 | Goodbye, Mr. Dietz |
| 43. | 2-21 | 10 Mar 90 | Lessons |
| 44. | 2-22 | 24 Mar 90 | Take My Mom, Please |
| 45. | 2-23 | 14 Apr 90 | Did You Ever See a Dream Dying? |
| 46. | 2-24 | 28 Apr 90 | Still Growing After All These Years |
| Season 3 | |||
| 47. | 3-1 | 22 Sep 90 | A Flaw is Born |
| 48. | 3-2 | 29 Sep 90 | Harry's Excellent Adventure |
| 49. | 3-3 | 06 Oct 90 | There's No Accounting |
| 50. | 3-4 | 13 Oct 90 | Barbara the Mom |
| 51. | 3-5 | 20 Oct 90 | The Tortoise and the Harry |
| 52. | 3-6 | 27 Oct 90 | Mad About the Boy |
| 53. | 3-7 | 03 Nov 90 | Honey, I Shrunk Laverne |
| 54. | 3-8 | 10 Nov 90 | The Boy Next Door |
| 55. | 3-9 | 17 Nov 90 | A Family Affair |
| 56. | 3-10 | 24 Nov 90 | Someone to Watch Over Me |
| 57. | 3-11 | 08 Dec 90 | Harry Knows Best |
| 58. | 3-12 | 15 Dec 90 | Whenever I Feel Afraid |
| 59. | 3-13 | 05 Jan 91 | A Shot in the Dark |
| 60. | 3-14 | 19 Jan 91 | Sucking Up is Hard to Do |
| 61. | 3-15 | 26 Jan 91 | The Man That Got Away |
| 62. | 3-16 | 02 Feb 91 | The Mentor |
| 63. | 3-17 | 09 Feb 91 | The Dog Who Knew Too Much |
| 64. | 3-18 | 16 Feb 91 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? |
| 65. | 3-19 | 09 Mar 91 | All About Harry |
| 66. | 3-20 | 16 Mar 91 | Drive, He Said |
| 67. | 3-21 | 23 Mar 91 | The Last Temptation of Laverne |
| 68. | 3-22 | 13 Apr 91 | What's Eating You? |
| 69. | 3-23 | 04 May 91 | The Cruise |
| 70. | 3-24 | 11 May 91 | The Way We Are |
| Season 4 | |||
| 71. | 4-1 | 21 Sep 91 | 50 Million Men and a Baby |
| 72. | 4-2 | 28 Sep 91 | Almost Like Being in Love |
| 73. | 4-3 | 05 Oct 91 | Her Cheatin' Heart |
| 74. | 4-4 | 12 Oct 91 | Food for Thought |
| 75. | 4-5 | 19 Oct 91 | Harry's Got a Gun |
| 76. | 4-6 | 26 Oct 91 | The Dreyfus Affair |
| 77. | 4-7 | 02 Nov 91 | Country Weston |
| 78. | 4-8 | 09 Nov 91 | Windy |
| 79. | 4-9 | 16 Nov 91 | Talk, Talk, Talk |
| 80. | 4-10 | 23 Nov 91 | Lonely Are the Brave |
| 81. | 4-11 | 07 Dec 91 | If You Knew Andy Like I Know . . . |
| 82. | 4-12 | 14 Dec 91 | My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble . . . |
| 83. | 4-13 | 04 Jan 92 | The Son of a Preacherman |
| 84. | 4-14 | 11 Jan 92 | Ex-appeal |
| 85. | 4-15 | 18 Jan 92 | The Great Escape |
| 86. | 4-16 | 01 Feb 92 | The Mismatchmaker |
| 87. | 4-17 | 08 Feb 92 | The Return of Aunt Susan |
| 88. | 4-18 | 15 Feb 92 | The Unimportance of Being Charley |
| 89. | 4-19 | 22 Feb 92 | Sayonara |
| 90. | 4-20 | 29 Feb 92 | Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde |
| 91. | 4-21 | 14 Mar 92 | Charley for President |
| 92. | 4-22 | 28 Mar 92 | Good Neighbor Harry |
| 93. | 4-23 | 25 Apr 92 | Final Analysis |
| 94. | 4-24 | 02 May 92 | Roots |
| Season 5 | |||
| 95. | 5-1 | 19 Sep 92 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love? |
| 96. | 5-2 | 26 Sep 92 | Take My Garage, Please |
| 97. | 5-3 | 03 Oct 92 | R.N. On the Rebound |
| 98. | 5-4 | 10 Oct 92 | . . . Or Forever Hold Your Peace |
| 99. | 5-5 | 17 Oct 92 | The Boomerang Affair |
| 100. | 5-6 | 24 Oct 92 | Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
| 101. | 5-7 | 31 Oct 92 | It's Not Easy Being Green |
| 102. | 5-8 | 07 Nov 92 | Dirty Harry |
| 103. | 5-9 | 14 Nov 92 | Timing is Everything |
| 104. | 5-10 | 21 Nov 92 | Thanksgiving at the Westons' |
| 105. | 5-11 | 05 Dec 92 | The Body Beautiful |
| 106. | 5-12 | 12 Dec 92 | Overboard |
| 107. | 5-13 | 02 Jan 93 | Emily |
| 108. | 5-14 | 09 Jan 93 | The Sting |
| 109. | 5-15 | 23 Jan 93 | The Fracas in Vegas |
| 110. | 5-16 | 30 Jan 93 | Pardon My Flashback |
| 111. | 5-17 | 06 Feb 93 | Dog Day Afternoon |
| 112. | 5-18 | 13 Feb 93 | More to Love |
| 113. | 5-19 | 20 Feb 93 | My Dad, My Doctor |
| 114. | 5-20 | 27 Feb 93 | Love and Marriage |
| 115. | 5-21 | 20 Mar 93 | The All-American Boy - Not! |
| 116. | 5-22 | 10 Apr 93 | Two for the Road |
| 117. | 5-23 | 01 May 93 | Aunt Verne Knows Best |
| 118. | 5-24 | 08 May 93 | My Mother, My Self |
| 119. | 5-25 | 15 May 93 | Charley to the Rescue |
| 120. | 5-26 | 22 May 93 | Surprise! Surprise! |
| Season 6 | |||
| 121. | 6-1 | 25 Sep 93 | When the Rooster Dies |
| 122. | 6-2 | 02 Oct 93 | Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (1) |
| 123. | 6-3 | 09 Oct 93 | Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (2) |
| 124. | 6-4 | 16 Oct 93 | Mama Todd, the Sequel |
| 125. | 6-5 | 23 Oct 93 | Mom's the Word |
| 126. | 6-6 | 30 Oct 93 | Diary of a Mad Housewife |
| 127. | 6-7 | 06 Nov 93 | Mother Dearest |
| 128. | 6-8 | 13 Nov 93 | No Volunteers, Please |
| 129. | 6-9 | 20 Nov 93 | Das Boob |
| 130. | 6-10 | 27 Nov 93 | The Girl Who Cried Baby |
| 131. | 6-11 | 11 Dec 93 | Superbaby |
| 132. | 6-12 | 18 Dec 93 | Read All About It |
| 133. | 6-13 | 08 Jan 94 | Love a la Mode |
| 134. | 6-14 | 15 Jan 94 | What's a Mother to Do? |
| 135. | 6-15 | 22 Jan 94 | Gesundeit |
| 136. | 6-16 | 29 Jan 94 | Under the Gun |
| 137. | 6-17 | 05 Feb 94 | Brotherly Shove |
| 138. | 6-18 | 12 Feb 94 | The Ballad of Shady Pines |
| 139. | 6-19 | 05 Mar 94 | Hog Heaven |
| 140. | 6-20 | 08 Mar 94 | Charley's Millions |
| 141. | 6-21 | 02 Apr 94 | Half That Jazz |
| 142. | 6-22 | 16 Apr 94 | A Foreign Affair |
| 143. | 6-23 | 23 Apr 94 | Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy |
| 144. | 6-24 | 09 Apr 94 | The Devil and Dr. Weston |
| 145. | 6-25 | 21 May 94 | Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder |
| 146. | 6-26 | 21 May 94 | Best Friends |
| Season 7 | |||
| 147. | 7-1 | 24 Sep 94 | Let's Give Them Something to Talk About |
| 148. | 7-2 | 24 Sep 94 | Mrs. Clinton Comes to Town |
| 149. | 7-3 | 01 Oct 94 | Just for Laughs |
| 150. | 7-4 | 08 Oct 94 | A Chip Off the Old Charley |
| 151. | 7-5 | 15 Oct 94 | The Woman Who Came to Dither |
| 152. | 7-6 | 22 Oct 94 | Carol Gets a Raise |
| 153. | 7-7 | 03 Dec 94 | The Courtship of Carol's Father |
| 154. | 7-8 | 03 Dec 94 | The Tinker Grant |
| 155. | 7-9 | 17 Dec 94 | Would You Believe . . . |
| 156. | 7-10 | 17 Dec 94 | Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Pain |
| 157. | 7-11 | 07 Jan 95 | Single White Male |
| 158. | 7-12 | 14 Jan 95 | Dear Aunt Martha |
| 159. | 7-13 | 21 Jan 95 | Goodbye Charley |
| 160. | 7-14 | 28 Jan 95 | Family Practice |
| 161. | 7-15 | 04 Feb 95 | Grandma, What Big Eyes You Have |
| 162. | 7-16 | 25 Feb 95 | Feelings, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Feelings |
| 163. | 7-17 | 04 Mar 95 | And Kevin Makes Three |
| 164. | 7-18 | 18 Mar 95 | Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend |
| 165. | 7-19 | 18 Mar 95 | The Ex-Files |
| 166. | 7-20 | 25 Mar 95 | Stand By Your Man |
| 167. | 7-21 | 29 Apr 95 | Life Goes On (1) |
| 168. | 7-22 | 29 Apr 95 | Life Goes On (2) |
| 169. | 7-23 | 10 Jun 95 | My Pal Valy-Val |
| 170. | 7-24 | 17 Jun 95 | Remembrance of Clips Past |
NOTES
A third daughter, Emily, is away at college but eventually moves home after Barbara moves out (i.e., when Kristy McNichol left the series). Completing the household are Dreyfuss, the lovable but untrainable St. Bernard, and Charley Dietz, the obnoxious freeloading neighbor next door who treats the Westons as a surrogate family.
His bossy but infuriatingly infallible nurse Laverne Todd manages Harry's professional life for him. When Harry eventually leaves private practice and joins the charitable Canal Street Clinic in partnership with Dr. Maxine Douglas, Laverne simply follows him and doubles her overbearing load.
This series was conceived by Susan Harris as a companion piece to her enormously successful The Golden Girls, who are the Westons' other next-door neighbors and infrequent guests. After the failure of the Golden Girls sequel The Golden Palace, Estelle Getty's character of Sophia Petrillo became a regular cast member, perpetually seeking refuge with the Westons from her hated Shady Pines retirement home.