Created by: Martin Cohan, Blake Hunter
Starring: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, Katherine Helmond
Ian Abercrombie, Ann Abernathy, Jean Adams, Marla Adams, Grant Aleksander, David James Alexander, Sandra Alexander, Lisa Aliff, Kristian Alfonso, Michael Alldredge, John Allen, Angela Alvarado, Frank Annese, Shiri Appleby, Vinny Argiro, Debra Armani, Dylan Arrants, Fred Asparagus, Leah Ayres, Nova Ball, Brenda Ballard, Doug Ballard, Debrae Barensfeld, Suzanne Barnes, Allison Barron, Victoria Bass, Jennifer Bassey, Jack Battersby, Jeffrey Baum, Billy Beck, Dayna Beilenson, Cliff Bemis, Jeff Benson, Marc Bentley, Marisa Berenson, Greg Berg, Bibi Besch, Mary Betten, Leslie Bevis, Beau Billingslea, Peter Billingsley, Billie Bird, Brendon Blincoe, Scott Bloom, Alan Blumenfeld, Lloyd Bochner, Earl Boen, Zachary Bostrom, Kevin Bourland, John Braden, Jonathan Brandis, Alicia Brandt, Jordan Brady, Dori Brenner, Bobby Brett, Randi Brooks, Argentina Brunetti, Scott Bryce, Katisse Buckingham, Ray Buktenica, Betty Bunch, Carlease Burke, Delta Burke, Brandi Burkett, Dennis Burkley, Justin Burnette, Christopher Burton, Steve Burton, Jerry Buteyn, Dean Butler, Pat Buttram, Sarah Buxton, Scotch Byerley, Anne Gee Byrd, Josh Byrne, Mary Cadorette, Randall Caldwell, Thomas Callaway, Bill Calvert, James Calvert, Candace Cameron Bure, Erinn Canavan, Jeff Caperton, Twink Caplan, Adam Carl, Joel Carlson, Julie Carmen, Jak Castro, Larry Cedar, Leslie Chain, Estee Chandler, Jeffrey Alan Chandler, Ray Charles, Anthony Charnota, Betsy Chasse, Molly Cheek, Julian Christopher, Elizabeth Chumley, Bryan Clark, Lana Clarkson, Mark Clayman, Robert Clotworthy, David Coburn, James Coco, Todd Coconato, David Colby, Jeff Conaway, Julie Condra, Craig Connor, Sid Conrad, Jennifer Convy, Ben Cooper, Stephanie Cornish, Joe Costanza, Robert Costanzo, Mark Costello, Nicolas Coster, Erika Cox, Larry Cox, Melissa Cox, Kathleen Coyne, Ellen Crawford, Pat Crawford Brown, Marcia Cross, Tonya Crowe, Robert Culp, Patrick Cupo, Michael Cutt, Concetta D'Agnese, Victoria Dakil, Doug Dale, Jane Daly, Blackie Dammett, Gabriel Damon, Matty Danza, Linda Darlow, Charles Gideon Davis, Chris Paul Davis, Joe Davis, Ted Davis, Cristy Dawson, Lois de Banzie, E. Brian Dean, Rick Deats, John Del Regno, Diane Delano, Kimberly B. Delfin, Alfred Dennis, Bettina Devin, Frank Dicopoulos, Dean Dittman, Donna Dixon, Don Draper, Fran Drescher, Helen Duffy, Michael Durrell, Colette Duvall, Rodney Eastman, Kenny Eckman, J. Trevor Edmond, Duane Edwards, Nicole Eggert, Paul Eiding, Alison Elliott, Andrea Elson, Cliff Emmich, Shawn Ora Engemann, Richard Epcar, Bill Erwin, Robert Briscoe Evans, Janice Falconer, Richard Fancy, Valerie Fedi, Lou Felder, Tanya Fenmore, Conchata Ferrell, Robert Fiscella, Sloan Fischer, Fern Fitzgerald, Dave Florek, Michael Forest, Richard Foronjy, Jackie Forrest, Samantha Forrest, Vivica A. Fox, Ben Frank, Abigail Franken, Cherie Franklin, Brooke Friedman, John Furey, Loretta Fury, Steven M. 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194 episodes
(TV-G - adult themes)
PLOT:
Tony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together, they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.
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While retrieving a homesick Jonathan from summer camp, Angela wistfully reminisces about her romantic awakening there some twenty years ago, but is shocked to realize that it may have been a younger Tony that may have been her first kiss. Tony and Angela's teenage summer camp encounter at "kissing rock" creates unexpected friction when a sudden thunderstorm thrusts them together again, this time in a secluded motel room. Samantha's desperation to become a member of her new junior high school's "in-crowd" places Tony in a difficult, and high-paying, position. Mona delights at the prospect of spending her inheritance from a mysterious benefactor until Tony's innocent diligence confirms Angela's worst suspicion about the philanthropist. Tony's attempt at arranging a date between Angela and his recently divorced buddy leads to a battle royal when the lively Mona intervenes. Tony frolics with the legendary California beach beauties while Angela slugs it out with her ex-husband, whose imminent marriage brings the gang to sunny California. Tony's and Mona's scheme to thwart Michael from gaining custody of Jonathan backfires, but Jonathan's own surprising behavior at his father's wedding saves the day in Angela's favor. Tony poses for Mona's Hunk-of-the-Month calendar, and catches the fancy of a purring beauty whose unusual love for felines proves to be his undoing on their first date. Tony takes Angela and the kids on a pilgrimage to Brooklyn for Thanksgiving, but Angela's not so grateful when the feast includes a heavy helping of male chauvinism. Tony's jailbird former father-in-law flies the coop after his unsuccessful bid for parole when he learns that Samantha has disowned him. Mona's undercover role in a sting operation to expose age discrimination backfires when Tony and Angela pull strings to help her get a foot inside the door of a shoe company. Tony gets an offer he can't refuse when his Italian uncle entrusts him with engaged cousin Anna, but her arranged marriage may be "rubbed out" after Angela, Mona and Samantha "Americanize" her. Tony and Angela cheer Samantha for landing a coveted position on her school's drill team, but jeer at her for intentionally dropping the ball in her new job as Angela's Saturday secretary. Tony's use of female mud wrestlers in a homework assignment for Angela's advertising class creates a sensation, but clouds his chances to become teacher's pet. Samantha's "discovered" talents as a ballerina has Tony ready for them both to pirouette up the ladder of success, until Mona steps on his toes and suggests he hang up his tutu before becoming an overbearing stage parent. Samantha's babysitting days are over when Tony catches her sweetheart with his hand stuck in the kitchen plumbing and her girlfriends romping through the house while Jonathan is supposed to be sleeping. Two timely blind date proposals help soothe the Valentine's Day blues for both Tony and Angela, until they discover that it's Jonathan who's shooting Cupid's arrow. Angela's dealt a full house when she agrees to host Tony's poker party with one condition: that he keeps his roughneck buddies away from her "seemingly" prudish friend. Tony tones down his celebration after winning a bowling tournament when Angela veers into the losers lane of an advertising awards competition, but he has plans to salvage a classy victory for her. Tony becomes embroiled in a mudslinging campaign when he accepts the nomination for Fairfield School PTA president, but it's manager Angela's reputation that takes the beating when Tony publicly defines their "relationship". When a perfume heiress is sent by her father to secure an advertising deal, executive Angela goes all-out to court the account, but little does she know that the sophisticate is doing some courting of her own, with an unsuspecting Tony. The sultry neighborhood siren, on the outs with her husband, persuades Angela to take her in, then upsets the Bower household by singing her song for Tony. Mona advises a disgruntled shoe employee to chase his dreams and pursue an acting career, but when he chases it out to Hollywood, his wife is forced to retrieve him, leaving Tony to act as surrogate father to the couple's eight-month-old son. Tony's old baseball rival challenges him to a game that brings former Yankee manager Billy Martin, Los Angeles Dodgers star Steve Sax and "Mr. Baseball" Bob Uecker off the bench for a closer look when Angela plays for the opposing team. Angela and Tony celebrate their second anniversary as her housekeeper with her romantic home-cooked meal, but Angela fears that she has poisoned him when he succumbs to stomach cramps and is rushed to the hospital. Angela picks the perfect Italian Princess Vionelli Foods Girl, but her overly enthusiastic advertising associate comes up with a blonde bombshell who wows the client and forces a battle for the job.
Tony tells Angela that she has been working too hard, and has a right to a vacation. So the combined Bower-Micelli clan flies to Puerto Vallarta for some fun in the sun, but all the while Angela is obsessed with events back at the office. Uncertainty fills the Bower-Micelli household as Tony confesses the unwitting role he played in Angela's firing, and Angela brings her resources to bear in seeking another spot at the top. When Samantha decides to apply to a live-away school, and Angela, being an alumna of the school, backs up the effort 100%, Tony starts making noises like a dispossessed father. When Mona starts her own limousine rental service, it sets the wheels in motion for new business for Angela's ad agency. When Samantha returns from a party with a hickey on her neck, she considers it a romantic status symbol, while her dad regards it as an ominous portent of things to come. While serving as members of a wedding party, Tony and Angela envision themselves as the bride and groom. Tony decides that Jonathan has become an intellectual wimp, and against Angela's better judgment, enrolls him in gymnastics competition designed to heighten the youngster's machismo, and his own self-image. When Tony and Angela engage in separate dating, thoughts of each other creep into their minds and play havoc with their romantic reflexes. Tony has a reunion with a former classmate he has held a grudge against for many years and finds, to his astonishment, that the man is a priest. Samantha finds that trying out for the girls' basketball team puts a damper on her love life, while a friendly game of miniature golf escalates into an all-out war between Tony and Angela. It's a comedy of errors when Tony and Angela exchange Christmas gifts and Tony receives a very special card. The family reminisces about how Tony came to take on the job as Angela's housekeeper. A timid Jonathan goes on his very first date with a girl, only to have his hopes for a relationship dashed when the young lady falls for Tony instead. When Tony learns of a facet of his late wife's personality he never knew existed, he doubts his worth as a husband. Tony wrestles with his conscience over whether to try to patch things up after Angela and Geoffrey call it quits. Angela talks Ray Charles into recording a love song written by Samantha's boyfriend as a jingle for an important account, but when the young couple splits up, Samantha insists that Angela call the whole thing off. Tony is pitted against a typing teacher from Brooklyn, nicknamed "The Terminator", in a charity boxing match. Geoffrey pops "the big question", but it's not quite what Angela or anyone else, for that matter expected. Tony's recently released-from-prison father-in-law has a new moneymaking idea: a prison diet book. Angela feels old when she works on an ad account for a designer who has a staff of young and beautiful women. Angela impulsively asks the wildest guy from her high school days out on a date. Angela hires another secretary to help Mona with the office workload, but Mona can't tolerate her work habits, efficiency and perfectionism. Mona discovers that her brother, Cornelius Rockwell, has used her nest egg to buy a seedy Manhattan hotel. Tony moves into Mona's vacant apartment as he tries to relive his fun-filled bachelor days.
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When Tony donates his cooking and cleaning services to a neighborhood charity auction, Angela must bid against Frankie, whole interest in Tony goes far beyond his housekeeping skills. Samantha lands herself a date with a "college man" but fails to tell her dad, sending Tony on a rampage through the university library to track down the guy. Angela and Tony play matchmakers, fixing up her shy cousin with his best buddy, the team doctor for the New York Rangers, but no one knows what to do when the unlikely pair decides to get married. When Jonathan skips sixth grade, taking a giant leap from grade school to junior high, he's not the only one who has to grow up fast. Samantha bristles when Tony tries to fix her up with Jesse, a kid with a social conscience who is always crusading for one cause or another. When the Parents Association embarks on a fund raising drive, President Tony volunteers to camp out on a billboard for donation pledges. When Samantha's grandfather Nick passes away suddenly, Tony is concerned about her unusual reaction to the loss. A series of accidents temporarily confines Tony to a wheelchair, but things get worse when Angela declares that she's going to nurse him back to health. When Tony's neighborhood pal Mrs. Rossini suddenly finds the responsibility of the family fish market dumped in her lap, Tony steps in and runs the store for her. When Tony vows to get even with the obnoxious kid who rear-ended his prized van, he's unaware that Samantha and her boyfriend, Jesse, have kept from him one very important fact about the accident. While Angela courts Max Muldoon, a prospective client for her agency, Mona is also interested in him as well, but for very personal reasons. Samantha cuts the apron strings when her boss forces her to fire her father in order to keep her own job at a popular, trendy restaurant. When Tony and Angela befriend Kelly, a new-in-town single mother, they become suspicious when she deliberately avoids discussing her past. When Tony's family from Italy comes to Connecticut for a visit, they are determined to get Angela married off, if not to Tony then to Cousin Maurizio. When the new man in Samantha's life wants her to be his steady girl, the old man in her life, Tony, feels more than just a little neglected. Friendship is put to the test when Tony's old singing group gets together once more for a benefit performance to save their old high school from the demolition crew. Diligently trying to sway Samantha to include college in her future, Tony is infected by his own enthusiasm and decides to enroll. Tony invites Mason, the 15-year-old "college man" who once had a crush on Samantha, to stay after he gets kicked out of his dorm during finals. But when Samantha, who's going steady with her new boyfriend finds herself attracted to Mason, the sparks fly. When the housekeepers in his neighborhood discover that Tony's salary far exceeds theirs, they decide to strike, with Tony's help. Samantha is thrilled when a modeling job for one of Angela's campaigns leads to more work and money, but Tony is terrified at the prospect of his model daughter living "life in the fast lane". When Max pops the "big question" and asks Mona to marry him, Mona shies away from a wedding, until she is faced with a little competition. When Jesse invites Samantha to the prom, Angela's over-eagerness to make it a night to remember leaves Samantha wishing she could just forget the whole thing. Waiting for her special birthday in restless anticipation, Angela reveals some secrets of her heart during a fit of sleep talking. When Tony has an unexpected reunion with his high school sweetheart, his patience is tried by her husband, who tries too hard to prove his superiority.
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After what appears to be a disastrous trip to Jamaica, Tony and Angela discover their true feelings for each other. Charlie Brisco, Sam's old friend from Brooklyn, drops in to stir up some trouble, but is "discovered" by Trish Carlin, owner of a modeling agency Angela is using for a photo shoot. When Angela and Tony house-sit for Mrs. Rossini, Angela has visions of beer, babies and bowling as she dreams of a life as a Brooklyn housewife. Samantha discovers a new-found passion for books when a cute graduate student asks her to join his literary club. Tony decides to mend his flirtatious ways by breaking a date with a woman he met at a singles bar, unaware that she's his new history professor. Angela considers a lucrative offer to merge with another advertising agency, but Mona is not part of the package. When her friend Al forms a rock & roll band, Samantha jumps at the opportunity to take the music business by storm by becoming their manager. Tension between Samantha and Jonathan leads to a session with a family therapist, but it's a burnt-out Tony who finds himself in a support group of "supermoms". Angela unwittingly sets the neighborhood gossip wheels in motion when she tries to impress the girls at her new health club by implying that she and Tony are having an affair. Tony hopes a student-teaching course will give him the "easy A" he needs to win a business school scholarship, but instead it gives him the inspiration for an entirely new career goal. Tony calls on his old friend Bobby to help Jonathan build his self-confidence after he's forced to trade in his baseball glove for an accordion. After Mona loses Angela's car and diamond necklace to a hustler in Atlantic City, Tony and Angela team up to win them back in a high-stakes poker game. When Sam sees Angela being kissed by her date, she begins to worry about Tony spending the rest of his life alone after she leaves for college. Tony fears that his zealousness to "destroy" obnoxious neighbor Fred Hartwell in a tennis tournament may have had tragic consequences and bends over backwards to make amends when Fred's identical twin, Ed, shows up. Angela invests in a rental house and appoints Tony as the superintendent, but is shocked to find that he has rented it to a beautiful young actress instead of the nice, retired gentleman they'd agreed on. Tony and Angela unwittingly fix up Mona with the grandfather of Samantha's boyfriend, and he turns out to be the fiancee she walked out on 40 years ago. When Tony agrees to coach Angela's volleyball team, his sympathetic ear and winning spirit score points with the girls but Angela feels left out of bounds. Samantha and her friend Bonnie head for Ft. Lauderdale during Spring Break but find themselves in over their heads when two local boys begin to make their move. Angela's prospective client, a famous baseball player, seems to have everyone charmed but Tony, who has some serious concerns about his obsession with money. Tony is delighted to meet his maternal grandfather from Italy for the very first time, but is shocked to discover that his houseguest may not be a member of the "famiglia" after all. Tony and Angela befriend Brad and Jane, a newly engaged couple who seem perfect in every way, until their friendly evenings out become a little too friendly. Angela offers to set Mona up in a condo but is shocked by Mona's reaction, until a trip to the hospital reveals Mona's painful secret. As Samantha gets ready for college, she and Tony take a road trip to check out area universities, but Sam's heart is set on college in California. When Tony's friend Al opens a hair salon, Tony tries to help him improve his "people skills", but is baffled when Al throws in the towel. When the census taker calls on the Bower-Micelli household, his questions prompt the family to revisit their most unforgettable moments. While cramming for an art history exam, Tony finds himself attracted to a fellow student, causing confusion about his feelings for Angela, and forcing them both to make some decisions about their future.
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Tony becomes obsessed with meeting Angela's new beau, Christopher, who seems to have bewitched the entire household. Tony is shocked when Samantha considers making her summer job at a New Mexico resort, and her new boyfriend, permanent. When Tony and Mona suggest that Angela put her workaholic ways behind her and have some fun, they are shocked at the results. While Tony meets girlfriend Kathleen's father for the first time, Angela fills in as babysitter to Mrs. Rossini's five-year-old neighbor, Billy. When Samantha moves into the Ridgemont College dorm, she excitedly anticipates her new-found freedom, but discovers, to her dismay, that Tony is as much a part of her new life as he was of her old. Tony and Angela must decide if they're ready for the challenge of raising a child when Billy's grandmother can no longer care for him and asks Tony to take him in. When Billy has trouble adjusting to his new pre-school, veteran parents Tony and Angela get some remedial lessons in child-rearing when they take a course in "positive parenting". When dorm life keeps Samantha from her studies, she moves into an apartment off-campus, but her choice of roommates has everyone, especially her boyfriend Matt, up in arms. Tony's childhood dream of becoming a fireman comes true when he becomes a volunteer for the Fairfield Fire Department, but his enthusiasm lands him in hot water. At a dance which Tony and Angela are attending with separate dates, a longtime happily married couple, who reminds them of themselves, indulges in happy reminiscence. Tony is invited to Italy to claim an inheritance from his late Uncle Aldo, which means he'll soon have the proud task of acquainting Samantha and Billy with their ancestral roots. Tony and Angela have some explaining to do when a social worker makes a surprise visit and Billy is nowhere to be found. Tony thinks he's a cinch to become the TV sports announcer for Ridgemont College, but meets his match when Samantha decides to audition. Jonathan "borrows" Tony's prized jeep to impress a trendy girl from school, but returns it with a deep scratch, he then pulls Samantha and Billy into the fray when he enlists their help in covering his tracks before Tony gets home.
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