A Family for Joe

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
Original release
NetworkNBC
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, 13-year-old Nick (Chris Furrh), 11-year-old Holly (Maia Brewton), 9-year-old Chris (Jarrad Paul), 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. It isn't until Joe is granted monitored guardianship of the children by a family court judge when the real trial between him and them all begins.

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"UnknownUnknownMarch 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)
2"The Medium"UnknownUnknownMarch 31, 1990 (1990-03-31)
3"Nick's Heart"UnknownUnknownApril 7, 1990 (1990-04-07)
4"An Earful"Alan RafkinOliver Goldstick & Phil RosenthalApril 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
5"Life of the Party"UnknownUnknownApril 28, 1990 (1990-04-28)
6"Law and Order"UnknownUnknownMay 5, 1990 (1990-05-05)
7"Once a Bum"UnknownUnknownAugust 5, 1990 (1990-08-05)
8"Night School"UnknownUnknownAugust 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 documentary 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. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. 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. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-01.


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