Raising Dad

*Raising Dad*
Raising Dad
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jonathan Katz
Starring	Bob Saget; Kat Dennings; Brie Larson; Meagan Good; Andy Kindler; Jerry Adler; Ben Indra;
Theme music composer	Noah Hartman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Albion Productions; Paramount Television;
Release
Original network	The WB
Original release	October 5, 2001 –; May 10, 2002

Raising Dad is an American television sitcom that aired on The WB from October 5, 2001, to May 10, 2002. The series stars Bob Saget^[1], Kat Dennings, Brie Larson, Riley Smith, Beau Wirick and Jerry Adler,^[2] and was produced by Albion Productions in association with Paramount Television.

Premise[]

Matt Stewart (Saget) is a widower trying to raise his two daughters, Sarah (Dennings) and Emily (Larson), with the help of his live-in father, Sam (Jerry Adler), a former baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. Further complicating matters, Matt works as an English teacher at Sarah's high school. Matt struggles to keep his nose out of his daughter's social life while attempting to find his own.

Cast[]

Main[]

Bob Saget as Matt Stewart
Kat Dennings as Sarah Stewart
Brie Larson as Emily Stewart
Meagan Good as Katie
Andy Kindler as Mr. Travers
Jerry Adler as Sam Stewart
Ben Indra as Josh (from episode 12; recurring previously)

Recurring[]

Fred Stoller as Bert
Riley Smith as Jared Ashby
Beau Wirick as Evan
Camille Guaty as Olivia
Tembi Locke as Vice Principal Liz Taylor

Episodes[]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Andy Ackerman	Jonathan Katz	October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)
2	"Sex Ed"	Lee Shallat Chemel	Bill Braudis	October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)
3	"Baby, You Can't Drive My Car"	Lee Shallat Chemel	Bill Masters	October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19)
4	"For Mature Audiences Only"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	Nancy Cohen	October 26, 2001 (2001-10-26)
5	"Fight for Your Right to Party"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	B. J. Novak	November 2, 2001 (2001-11-02)
6	"We'll Always Have Scrabble"	Dana DeVally Piazza	Kimberly Karp & Phil Breman	November 9, 2001 (2001-11-09)
7	"The Drama Club"	Dana DeVally Piazza	Story by : Jonathan Katz Teleplay by : Jonathan Katz & Bill Braudis	November 16, 2001 (2001-11-16)
8	"The New Room"	Lee Shallat Chemel	Miriam Trogdon	December 7, 2001 (2001-12-07)
9	"Teacher Evaluations"	Wil Shriner	Chuck Sklar	December 14, 2001 (2001-12-14)
10	"Matt&Sarah@Gossip.com"	Wil Shriner	Adam Markowitz & Marc Rubel	January 11, 2002 (2002-01-11)
11	"First Date"	Wil Shriner		January 18, 2002 (2002-01-18)
12	"Sam's Enchanted Evening"	John Whitesell	Jim & Steve Armogida	January 25, 2002 (2002-01-25)
13	"Mentor Matt"	Ken Whittingham	B. J. Novak	February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)
14	"The Math Problem"	Philip Charles MacKenzie	Nancy Cohen	February 15, 2002 (2002-02-15)
15	"Attending a Family Dysfunction"	Wil Shriner	Ed Driscoll	February 22, 2002 (2002-02-22)
16	"Miss Communication"	Wil Shriner	Bill Braudis & Jonathan Katz	March 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)
17	"A Kiss Is Still a Kiss"	Wil Shriner	Robert Bruce	April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)
18	"Home Plates"	Lee Shallat Chemel	Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily	April 12, 2002 (2002-04-12)
19	"The House of Stewart"	Will Mackenzie	Kimberley Karp & Phil Breman	April 19, 2002 (2002-04-19)
20	"Bully"	Will Mackenzie	Chuck Sklar	April 26, 2002 (2002-04-26)
21	"Daughter Nose Beat"	Wil Shriner	Ed Crasnick	May 3, 2002 (2002-05-03)
22	"Losing It"	Norman Steinberg	Norman Steinberg & Bill Masters	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)

Reception[]

Carole Horst of Variety reviewed the first episode of Raising Dad and wrote: "a family trying to cope with the death of the mother... isn’t funny, but it is touching at times", and added that the cast "is fine, and "Dad" shows some promise. It probably will keep "Reba's" audience tuned in to end a nice family night of TV."^[3]

Upon the news of Bob Saget's death^[4] on January 9, 2022, Kat Dennings wrote on Twitter^[5] "Oh god. Bob Saget!!! The loveliest man. I was his TV daughter for one season and he was always so kind and protective. So so sorry for his family."

References[]

^ Pierce, Scott D. (September 10, 2001). "Saget a single dad again". Deseret News.
^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 977. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
^ Carole Horst (September 14, 2001). "Raising Dad". Variety. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
^ Miller, Max (January 10, 2022). "The Bob Saget Sitcom You Forgot Starred Two Huge MCU Stars". Looper.
^ Nugent, Annabel (January 10, 2022). "Bob Saget death: John Stamos, Steve Martin and Kat Dennings lead tributes to Full House star".

External links[]

Raising Dad at IMDb

[1] Pierce, Scott D. (September 10, 2001). "Saget a single dad again". Deseret News.

[2] The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 977. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

[3] Carole Horst (September 14, 2001). "Raising Dad". Variety. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

[4] Miller, Max (January 10, 2022). "The Bob Saget Sitcom You Forgot Starred Two Huge MCU Stars". Looper.

[5] Nugent, Annabel (January 10, 2022). "Bob Saget death: John Stamos, Steve Martin and Kat Dennings lead tributes to Full House star".

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