Pilot 

The upwardly mobile, suburban Seaver family experiences some growing pains when Maggie Seaver returns to work as a newspaper reporter, Jason Seaver moves his psychiatric practice into the ... See full summary »

Director:

John Pasquin

Writers:

Neal Marlens (created by), Neal Marlens

Stars:

Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Alan Thicke	...	Dr. Jason Seaver
Joanna Kerns	...	Maggie Malone Seaver
Kirk Cameron	...	Mike Seaver
Tracey Gold	...	Carol Seaver
Jeremy Miller	...	Ben Seaver
Jack Andreozzi	...	Police Officer
Alan Blumenfeld	...	Walter
C.E. Grimes	...	Biker

Storyline

The upwardly mobile, suburban Seaver family experiences some growing pains when Maggie Seaver returns to work as a newspaper reporter, Jason Seaver moves his psychiatric practice into the home, and 15-year-old son Mike asks for more freedom and gets it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Midwest Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the first scene Maggie is humming the theme to Who's the Boss as she cook breakfast.

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Goofs

Mike's hair length changes across scenes. His hair is noticeably longer and more curly in some scenes (those with Tracey Gold) than in others. This occurs because they re-shot the scenes with Tracey Gold to replace the scenes with Elizabeth Ward, who played Carol in the unaired pilot.

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Connections

References Sudden Impact (1983)

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Soundtracks

I Feel the Earth Move
(uncredited)
Written by Carole King
Performed by Joanna Kerns and Alan Thicke

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