Baby Boom (American TV series)

This article is about the American television series. For the Baby Boom generation, see Baby boomers.

Baby Boom is an American television sitcom based on the 1987 film of the same name, created by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, and starring Kate Jackson. The pilot premiered on NBC on September 10, 1988,^[1] and the series aired from November 2, 1988,^[2] to July 13, 1989.

Baby Boom
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer
Starring	Kate Jackson
Composer	Steve Tyrell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (3 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Winifred Hervey-Stallworth
Producers	Bruce A. Block Mark Reisman & Jeremy Stevens
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production companies	Nancy Meyers-Charles Shyer Productions Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions MGM/UA Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 10, 1988 (1988-09-10) – July 13, 1989 (1989-07-13)

Sam Wanamaker and the baby twins Kristina and Michelle Kennedy reprised their roles from the film, but otherwise, the characters picked up from the original film were cast with new actors. J.C. Wiatt was played by Kate Jackson, Helga Von Haupt by Joy Behar and Charlotte Elkman by Susie Essman.

Cast

Main

• Kate Jackson as J.C. Wiatt
• Daniel Bardol as Ken Arrenberg
• Joy Behar as Helga Von Haupt
• Susie Essman as Charlotte Elkman
• Kristina and Michelle Kennedy as Elizabeth Alice Wiatt^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Robyn Peterson as Arlene Mandell
• Sam Wanamaker as Fritz Curtis
• Camille Saviola as Ofelia

Guest starring

• Jane Elliot as Julie
• Robin Thomas as Rob Marks

Production

At the insistence of series creators Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, the show was made without a laugh track.^[3] In December 1988, NBC announced that the series would go on hiatus after the December 21 episode.^[4][5][6] The network had planned on bringing the show back after making certain "creative changes",^[6] but only three leftover episodes aired in the summer of 1989.

Episodes

Eight episodes have registered production codes with the United States Copyright Office.^[7]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code [7]	Viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Charles Shyer	Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer	September 10, 1988 (1988-09-10)	TBA	33.1[8]
2	"Guilt"	Ron Lagomarsino Bruce A. Block	Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer	November 2, 1988 (1988-11-02)	8406	14.9[9]
3	"The Center"	Tom Schiller	Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer	November 9, 1988 (1988-11-09)	8407	18.3[10]
4	"Stress"	Mary Kay Place	Donald Margulies	November 16, 1988 (1988-11-16)	8404	17.2[11]
5	"Saturday"	Robert Klane	Nat Bernstein & Mitchel Katlin	November 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)	8408	17.0[12]
6	"The Club"	Alan Mandel	Winifred Hervey-Stallworth	December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14)	8409	15.3[13]
7	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Bruce A. Block	Donald Margulies	December 21, 1988 (1988-12-21)	8410	17.5[14]
8	"One Wednesday"	Max Tash	Carrie Honigblum & Renee Phillips	July 13, 1989 (1989-07-13)	8411	18.4[15]
9	"X-y-l-o-p-h-o-n-e"	Jeffrey D. Brown	Wayne Terwilliger	August 14, 1989 (1989-08-14)	TBA	15.3[16]
10	"When It Rains"	John Whitesell	Patricia Irving & J.W. Melville & Winifred Hervey-Stallworth	September 10, 1989 (1989-09-10)	TBA	9.2[17]
11	"A Fine Romance"	TBD	Donald Margulies	Unaired (Unaired)	TBA	N/A
12	"Charlotte's Secret"	TBD	Mark Reisman & Jeremy Stevens	Unaired (Unaired)	TBA	N/A
13	"J.C. – The Man"	TBD	Mark Reisman & Jeremy Stevens and Carrie Honigblum & Renee Phillips	Unaired (Unaired)	TBA	N/A

Notes

1. Cheryl Chase dubbed over the voice for Elizabeth Alice Wiatt.

References

1. "Miss America Tops Ratings". The New York Times. September 14, 1988. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
2. Gerard, Jeremy (October 30, 1988). "TV Mirrors a New Generation". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
3. Bailey, Bruce (December 3, 1988). "Jackson wields baby-bottle". The Gazette. pp. T.10.
4. Carmody, John (December 20, 1988). "Three NBC series given full-season nod". St. Petersburg Times. pp. D.7.
5. Gerard, Jeremy (December 26, 1988). "TV Notes". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
6. Voland, John; Steve Weinstein (December 19, 1988). "Morning Report: TV & Video". Los Angeles Times. p. 2.
7. From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [Search: "Baby Boom : no."]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
8. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. September 14, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306121360.
9. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 9, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306136856.
10. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 16, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306140699.
11. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 23, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306124674.
12. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. December 7, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306146398.
13. "A very 'Brady' ratings hit". Life. USA Today. December 21, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306159082.
14. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. December 29, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306127986.
15. "'All-Star Game' is a smash". Life. USA Today. July 19, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest 306215429.
16. "NBC finds a hit on 'FM' dial". Life. USA Today. August 23, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest 306244947.
17. "A 'Cheers' nightcap for NBC". Life. USA Today. September 13, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest 306251836.

External links

• Baby Boom at IMDb
• Baby Boom at epguides.com