A Family for Joe

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A Family for Joe
GenreSitcom
Created byArnold Margolin
Written by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
  • Sonny Grosso
  • Larry Jacobson
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Feature Films For Families
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseMarch 24 (1990-03-24) –
August 19, 1990 (1990-08-19)

A Family for Joe is an American sitcom that starred Robert Mitchum in the title role. It started out as a television movie that aired NBC on February 25, 1990, before turning it into a series that lasted from March 24 until August 19, 1990.[2] Nine episodes of the series were filmed.[3]

Plot[]

A Family for Joe is about the Bankston children, 15-year-old Holly (Juliette Lewis), 16-year-old Nick (David Lascher), 9-year-old Chris (Ben Savage), and 7-year-old Mary (Jessica Player) who have been recently orphaned. Rather than have themselves split up into foster care, they find a homeless man, Joe (Robert Mitchum), to live with them and act as their grandfather.

Cast[]

Episodes[]

TV Movie[]

TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
"A Family for Joe"Jeff MelmanArnold MargolinFebruary 25, 1990 (1990-02-25)

Episodes[]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"A Little Romance"TBATBAMarch 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)
2"The Medium"TBATBAMarch 31, 1990 (1990-03-31)
3"Nick's Heart"TBATBAApril 7, 1990 (1990-04-07)
4"An Earful"Alan RafkinOliver Goldstick & Phil RosenthalApril 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
5"Life of the Party"TBATBAApril 28, 1990 (1990-04-28)
6"Law and Order"TBATBAMay 5, 1990 (1990-05-05)
7"Once a Bum"TBATBAAugust 5, 1990 (1990-08-05)
8"Night School"TBATBAAugust 12, 1990 (1990-08-12)
9"Having a Baby"Alan RafkinRenee Phillips & Carrie HonigblumAugust 19, 1990 (1990-08-19)

Response[]

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly rated the series a D, stating that "the kids are leering little creeps, the jokes are moronic, and Joe's homelessness is already absent from the show's current scripts".[4]

In the DVD series, "The Write Environment", writer Philip Rosenthal (who would go on to create Everybody Loves Raymond) talks about being a staff writer on the series.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "'Raymond' creator pacts for $16 mil deal". Variety. July 30, 1997. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  2. ^ "Capsules". Entertainment Weekly. March 23, 1990. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  3. ^ Klein, Alvin (April 22, 1990). "Theater; A Scarsdale Student 'Ready For Prime Time'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  4. ^ Tucker, Ken (April 13, 1990). "TV reviews for the week of April 13". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-01.

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