Big Brother Jake

Big Brother Jake
Big Brother Jake
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Chris Auer
Directed by	Gary Shimokawa
Starring	Jake Steinfeld; Barbara Meek ; Ben Siegler ; Josiah Trager ; ; Jeremy Wieand ; Daniel Hifler ; Elizabeth Narvaez ; Melody Combs ; Rachelle Guzy ; Denise Devin ; Jane Connell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	88
Production
Executive producer	Chris Auer
Producer	Christopher Frederick
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	NorthStar Entertainment Group; Family Productions
Release
Original network	The Family Channel
Original release	September 2, 1990 –; April 10, 1994

Big Brother Jake is an American sitcom starring Jake Steinfeld that aired on The Family Channel from September 2, 1990 to April 10, 1994.

Plot[]

The show follows the life of Jake Rozzner (Steinfeld), a former Hollywood stuntman who returned to his "foster" home to help out his recently widowed foster mother, Connie "Ma" Duncan with her foster children. The foster family included Lou, Kateri, Jill, Andy, and Dave. Jill left the show after two seasons and a young, abandoned Asian girl, Caroline was in the care of Ma Duncan.

Gary was Jake's good friend from high school who was now a lawyer and Jane was Jake's former high school girlfriend. Miss Morgan was the social worker before being replaced with Miss Domedian. The older youngsters attended Frederick Douglass High School. Jake was the narrator of the show.

Cast[]

Jake Steinfeld as Jake Rozzner
Barbara Meek as Connie "Ma" Duncan
Ben Siegler as Gary MacClemore
Josiah Trager as Loomis "Lou" Washington
as Kateri Monroe
Jeremy Wieand as Andy King
Daniel Hilfer as Dave King
Elizabeth Narvaez as Jill Kenyon (1990–1992)
Melody Combs as Jane O'Hara (1991–1993)
Rachelle Guzy as Caroline (1992-1994)
Denise Devin as Miss Meg Morgan (1990-1991)
Jane Connell as Miss Roberta Domedian (1991-1994)

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1990–91)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Twin Pecs"	Gary Shimokawa	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	September 2, 1990 (1990-09-02)
2	2	"Who's Afraid of Thomas Wolfe?"	TBA	Chris Auer	September 14, 1990 (1990-09-14)
3	3	"The 10% Solution"	TBA	Chris Auer	September 21, 1990 (1990-09-21)
4	4	"Jake and the No. 2 Pencil"	TBA	Chris Auer	September 28, 1990 (1990-09-28)
5	5	"Dinner for Eight"	TBA	Chris Auer	October 5, 1990 (1990-10-05)
6	6	"The World of Mrs. Fong"	TBA	Chris Auer	October 12, 1990 (1990-10-12)
7	7	"Dress Blues"	TBA	Margaret Beddow Hatch	October 19, 1990 (1990-10-19)
8	8	"Satellites"	Gary Shimokawa	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	October 26, 1990 (1990-10-26)
9	9	"The Prodigal Dad"	Gary Shimokawa	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	November 2, 1990 (1990-11-02)
10	10	"What's Opera Jake?"	TBA	Chris Auer	November 9, 1990 (1990-11-09)
11	11	"What's Wrong with This Picture?"	Gary Shimokawa	Maria A. Brown	November 16, 1990 (1990-11-16)
12	12	"The Rise and Fall of Vito Parchesi"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	November 23, 1990 (1990-11-23)
13	13	"They Call Me Mellow Cello"	TBA	John Griffiths & Tom Sheppard	December 2, 1990 (1990-12-02)
14	14	"A Dreidel Spins in Brooklyn"	TBA	Chris Auer & Jeffrey Sweet	December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09)
15	15	"Jake's Date"	Gary Shimokawa	Larry Balmagia	December 16, 1990 (1990-12-16)
16	16	"The Grocer Always Rings Twice"	Gary Shimokawa	Jim Lincoln	December 23, 1990 (1990-12-23)
17	17	"Stop Me Before I Paint Again"	TBA	Maria A. Brown	December 30, 1990 (1990-12-30)
18	18	"Todd's Feast"	Gary Shimokawa	Chris Auer	January 6, 1991 (1991-01-06)
19	19	"Didn't You Used to Be Somebody Else?"	TBA	Margaret Beddow Hatch	January 13, 1991 (1991-01-13)
20	20	"Marriage 101"	TBA	Steve Sylvester	January 20, 1991 (1991-01-20)
21	21	"The Once and Future Kings"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ed Ferrara & Ali Marie Matheson & Kevin Murphy	January 27, 1991 (1991-01-27)
22	22	"They Shoot Social Workers, Don't They?"	TBA	Chris Auer & Stephen Wells	February 3, 1991 (1991-02-03)

Season 2 (1991–92)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
23	1	"Remodeling with the Enemy"	Gary Shimokawa	Chris Auer	September 1, 1991 (1991-09-01)
24	2	"Roberta's Flak"	Gary Shimokawa	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	September 8, 1991 (1991-09-08)
25	3	"Six Characters in Search of a Catcher's Mill"	Gary Shimokawa	Chris Auer	September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15)
26	4	"They're Not Booin', They're Louin'"	Gary Shimokawa	Jim Lincoln	September 22, 1991 (1991-09-22)
27	5	"Two Guys from Brooklyn"	Gary Shimokawa	Maria A. Brown	September 29, 1991 (1991-09-29)
28	6	"Dressed to Thrill"	Gary Shimokawa	Kris and Buzz McLaughlin	October 6, 1991 (1991-10-06)
29	7	"The Old Man and the C"	Gary Shimokawa	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	October 13, 1991 (1991-10-13)
30	8	"Friends and Big Women"	Gary Shimokawa	Michael Loman	October 20, 1991 (1991-10-20)
31	9	"It Came from Social Services"	Gary Shimokawa	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	October 27, 1991 (1991-10-27)
32	10	"An Immovable Feast"	Gary Shimokawa	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	November 24, 1991 (1991-11-24)
33	11	"Romeo, Juliet, Jake & Jill"	Gary Shimokawa	Sam Greenbaum	December 1, 1991 (1991-12-01)
34	12	"The Boys from Near Syracuse"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	December 8, 1991 (1991-12-08)
35	13	"Open Season"	Gary Shimokawa	Chris Auer	December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)
36	14	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	January 5, 1992 (1992-01-05)
37	15	"True Lou"	TBA	Mary Anne Cherry	January 12, 1992 (1992-01-12)
38	16	"The Son Also Rises"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	January 26, 1992 (1992-01-26)
39	17	"Five Easy Steps"	Gary Shimokawa	Kris and Buzz McLaughlin	March 1, 1992 (1992-03-01)
40	18	"The Song and Dance Man"	Gary Shimokawa	Stephen Wells	March 8, 1992 (1992-03-08)
41	19	"Presumed Guilty"	Gary Shimokawa	Arnie Wess & Dave DiGregorio	March 15, 1992 (1992-03-15)
42	20	"Who's Sorry Now?"	Gary Shimokawa	Chris Auer	March 22, 1992 (1992-03-22)
43	21	"Goodbye Ms. Phipps"	Gary Shimokawa	Steve Wells & Jim Lincoln	March 29, 1992 (1992-03-29)
44	22	"Reunion"	Gary Shimokawa	Lisa Swain	April 12, 1992 (1992-04-12)

Season 3 (1992–93)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
45	1	"Snap Decisions"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	October 4, 1992 (1992-10-04)
46	2	"Surprise, No Party"	TBA	Arnie Wess & Dave DiGregorio	October 11, 1992 (1992-10-11)
47	3	"Louis Armstrong Slept Here"	TBA	George Yanok	October 18, 1992 (1992-10-18)
48	4	"Just a Gigolo"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	October 25, 1992 (1992-10-25)
49	5	"Tis a Pity She's a Grouch"	TBA	Story by : Cary McNeal Teleplay by : Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	November 1, 1992 (1992-11-01)
50	6	"Fathers and Sons"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	November 8, 1992 (1992-11-08)
51	7	"The Unbearable Politeness of Being"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	November 29, 1992 (1992-11-29)
52	8	"Symbolic Gesture"	TBA	Sherri Ziff	December 6, 1992 (1992-12-06)
53	9	"Jake's Next Date"	TBA	Terry Erwin	December 13, 1992 (1992-12-13)
54	10	"As Time Goes By"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	January 3, 1993 (1993-01-03)
55	11	"The Importance of Being Ernest"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	January 10, 1993 (1993-01-10)
56	12	"The Mousetrap"	TBA	Chris Auer	January 17, 1993 (1993-01-17)
57	13	"Enemies: A Love Story"	TBA	Dave Rodgers & Dan Studney	January 31, 1993 (1993-01-31)
58	14	"It's All in Your Family"	TBA	George Yanok	February 7, 1993 (1993-02-07)
59	15	"Heroes"	TBA	Ben Siegler	February 21, 1993 (1993-02-21)
60	16	"The Apes of Wrath"	TBA	Stephen Wells & Dennis Green	February 28, 1993 (1993-02-28)
61	17	"A League of His Own"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	March 7, 1993 (1993-03-07)
62	18	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	March 14, 1993 (1993-03-14)
63	19	"Front Window"	TBA	Terry Erwin	March 21, 1993 (1993-03-21)
64	20	"Rebirth of a Salesman"	TBA	Chris Auer	March 28, 1993 (1993-03-28)
65	21	"Cyrano Domedian"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	April 11, 1993 (1993-04-11)
66	22	"Burma Shave"	TBA	Chris Auer	April 18, 1993 (1993-04-18)

Season 4 (1993–94)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
67	1	"The Chocolate Bear War"	TBA	Story by : Peter T. Kenny & Jim Lincoln Teleplay by : Jim Lincoln	September 12, 1993 (1993-09-12)
68	2	"Loneliness of the Long Distance Kateri"	TBA	George Yanok	September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19)
69	3	"Awakenings"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	September 26, 1993 (1993-09-26)
70	4	"Desperately Seeking Daryl"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	October 3, 1993 (1993-10-03)
71	5	"Coup for Two"	TBA	Chris Auer	October 10, 1993 (1993-10-10)
72	6	"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Bubba"	TBA	George Yanok	October 17, 1993 (1993-10-17)
73	7	"The Buddy System"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)
74	8	"Embrace You"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07)
75	9	"Never on a Sundae"	TBA	Tom Mardirosian	November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14)
76	10	"Rain Men"	TBA	Julie Curtis Ames & Andrew Ames	November 21, 1993 (1993-11-21)
77	11	"Requiem for a Heavyweight"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	December 5, 1993 (1993-12-05)
78	12	"I'll Be Sick for Christmas"	TBA	Chris Auer	December 12, 1993 (1993-12-12)
79	13	"The Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Player"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	January 9, 1994 (1994-01-09)
80	14	"The Turkey and I"	TBA	Barry Harman & Harve Brosten	January 23, 1994 (1994-01-23)
81	15	"The Lost Detail"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	February 13, 1994 (1994-02-13)
82	16	"And Baby Makes Two"	TBA	Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson	February 27, 1994 (1994-02-27)
83	17	"How I Got Into College"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	March 5, 1994 (1994-03-05)
84	18	"Lomax: A Suitable Case for Treatment"	TBA	Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy	March 13, 1994 (1994-03-13)
85	19	"The Don is Done"	TBA	George Yanok	March 20, 1994 (1994-03-20)
86	20	"The Charade's the Thing"	TBA	Timothy Williams	March 27, 1994 (1994-03-27)
87	21	"Betty Blue"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	April 3, 1994 (1994-04-03)
88	22	"My Own Private Dakota Park"	TBA	Jim Lincoln	April 10, 1994 (1994-04-10)

External links[]

Big Brother Jake at IMDb