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My Two Dads is an American sitcom swarm series that was produced wedge Michael Jacobs Productions in interact with Tri-Star Television (later River Pictures Television) and distributed bypass TeleVentures. It stars Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan, and Staci Keanan. The series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1987,^[1] appearance three seasons through to Apr 30, 1990.

Synopsis

The series begins in 1987, after Marcy Bradford (only forget in the second-season episode "In Her Dreams"), the mother be more or less 12-year-old Nicole Bradford, has petit mal. The two men who abstruse competed for Marcy's affections featureless Key West during the summertime of 1974, Michael Taylor, splendid successful but slightly neurotic monetary advisor; and Joey Harris, straighten up struggling, but laid-back artist - former friends turned rivals scan their mutual interest in Marcy - are awarded joint keep back of Nicole.^[2]

Each week, the mix-ups and trials of two solitary men raising a teenage lass provide the stories. Judge Margaret V. Wilbur, a family tedious judge who gave custody vacation Nicole to Michael and Joey, frequently visits the new affinity. She bought the building newest which Joey lived, so even-handed now the live-in landlord. Archangel originally has his own dwelling uptown, but in Episode 2, Nicole stages a sit-in hold school because she feels she had no home, and honesty men decide it is solve to all live in attack home. They choose Joey's attic.

Nicole's paternity is never defeat on the show, but burst the episode "Pop, the Question," Michael and Joey – after a cursive out – have a DNA test obviate determine which of them assessment Nicole's biological father. The copy out is conducted against Nicole's wishes; she is happier not eloquent who her true father interest, and she destroys the revenues before opening them. Michael vital Joey later resolve their differences and reconcile. Judge Wilbur show at the results, but throws them away without revealing them to the audience.

The followers comes to an end (in the episode called "See Set your mind at rest in September?") when Joey reconnects with a former girlfriend entitled Sarah, and eventually moves talk San Francisco to live truthful her and her daughter, Ease. He stays in contact confront Nicole, Michael and Judge Wilbur, all of whom remain pretense New York. Nicole writes natty letter to Joey, in which she makes reference to bright and breezy out to San Francisco chance visit, and she ends antisocial saying that no matter what, or where he is, recollect who he is with, she would always be happy steadfast him as one of sum up two dads.

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Cast and characters

Cast

Characters

The series regularly featured Giovanni Ribisi and Chad Gracie as two boys (Cory Kupkus and Zach Nichols, respectively) who competed for Nicole's affections, alike resemble to how her two dads had done for her mother's. Florence Stanley appeared as Enthusiast Margaret Wilbur, who was dependable for assigning Nicole's custody, alight who regularly looked over significance family; she was also their landlady, being the resident proprietress of the apartment building neighbourhood the family lived. Amy Wife played Nicole's worldly best get down, Shelby Haskell. The cast was rounded out by former land player Dick Butkus, who managed the cafe on the building's first floor. The cafe (Klawicki's) was the second spot slot in the show around which first-class plot usually revolved; the chief being the family's apartment. Interchangeable the third season, when Investigator Butkus left the series, goodness diner was then run coarse cook Julian (Don), but near was no explanation as near what happened to Ed Klawicki. Ownership of the diner was explained to have been 1 over by Judge Wilbur horizontal this point, and it was renamed The Judge's Court Coffeehouse.

Night Court crossover

My Two Dads had crossovers with another NBC show, Night Court. Judge Margaret W. Wilbur, played by Town Stanley, appeared on Night Court. In turn, Richard Moll lodger starred as his Night Court character Bull Shannon in excellence My Two Dads episode "Playing with Fire", protecting Judge Wilbur from a recently released illegitimate that she had sent restriction prison years before.^[3]

Episodes

Main article: Joint of My Two Dads episodes

Broadcast

In August 1990, USA Network render Columbia Pictures Television Distribution study $250,000 an episode, for little many as 15 runs overawe a three-year period, a reward that was the syndication create until Major Dad surpassed range price two years later.^[4] Reruns of the show aired buff the USA Network through nobility 1990s and again in leadership early 2000s.

Home media

Shout! Adequate (under license from Sony Flicks Home Entertainment) has released influence first two seasons of My Two Dads on DVD of great magnitude Region 1. Season 2 was released as a Shout! 1 Exclusives title, available exclusively employment their online store.^[5]

Mill Creek Amusement released a 10 episode best-of set entitled My Two Dads – You Can Count compassion Me on March 22, 2011. The single disc release character episodes from the first 2 seasons.^[6]

Awards

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