Raising Miranda
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Raising Miranda is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1988 as part of its fall lineup. Starring James Naughton and Royana Black, it depicted the struggles of a father and his teenage daughter to adjust to their circumstances after their wife and mother abandons their family.[1][2]
Premise
Donald Marshak, a building contractor in Racine, Wisconsin, suddenly finds himself a single parent when his wife Bonnie attends a self-improvement class and abruptly abandons him and their smart, sensitive 15-year-old daughter Miranda, in order to go "find herself."[1][2] The un-domestic Donald is forced to serve as both father and mother to a distressed teenage girl.[1][2][3]
Marcine Lundquist is Miranda's lifelong best friend and confidante[1][2] and Jack Miller is a new transfer student Miranda has befriended at school.[1][2] Joan and Bob Hoodenpyle are the Marshaks' noodly neighbors and friends.[1][2][3] Miranda's wacky, unemployed Uncle Russell is Donald's brother-in-law and buddy and lives in a van permanently parked in the Marshaks' driveway.[1][2][3]
Cast
- James Naughton as Donald Marshack
- Royana Black as Miranda Marshack
- Miriam Flynn as Joan Hoodenpyle
- Steve Vinovich as Bob Hoodenpyle
- Amy Lynne as Marcine Lundquist
- Michael Manasseri as Jack Miller
- Bryan Cranston as Russell
Production
Despite its rather grim premise — a wife and mother abandoning her family — the show was billed as a situation comedy, the humor being derived from Donald Marshak's challenges in parenting after the departure of his wife.
Portraying Donald's brother-in-law and Miranda's uncle Russell, Bryan Cranston appeared in his first regular primetime television role in Raising Miranda.[3]
Reception
Raising Miranda received generally poor reviews from critics.[3]
Broadcast history
Raising Miranda aired on CBS on Saturday nights at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time,[1][2] up against NBC's hit sitcom Amen. It premiered on November 5, 1988.[1][2] After seven episodes averaged a poor 6.0 rating, CBS cancelled the series. Its last episode was broadcast on December 31, 1988,[1][2] leaving two of its nine episodes unaired.
Episodes
SOURCES [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Template:Episode table
References
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 683.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, Template:ISBN, pp. 852–853.
- ↑ a b c d e Nostalgia Central RAISING MIRANDA
- ↑ IMDB Raising Miranda (1988) Episode List
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 1 Black Monday
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 2 Grounded
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 3 Man in the Middle
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 4 Miranda's Date
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 5 All Through the Night
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 6 Home for the Holidays
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 7 Marcine Shoplifts
- ↑ tv.com Raising Miranda Season 1 Episode 8 Russell's Broken Heart
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General
Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
External links
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- Raising Miranda opening credits on YouTube
- Opening credits for Trial and Error and Raising Miranda on YouTube
- 1988 CBS promo for Raising Miranda on YouTube