Baby Makes Five (partially found television sitcom; 1983): Difference between revisions
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Baby Makes Five was a short-lived sitcom that ran in April 1983 created by Sy Rosen and starring Peter Scolari, replacing Benson as a try-out show for the spring season. Its five episodes were filmed in front of a live audience. The first episode did reasonably well in the Nielsen ratings, ranking 23rd and winning its time slot, but each episode after fell in the rankings and it was not picked up after the initial five episodes. Since this initial run, it does not appear to have ever aired again and has never been available to stream or to purchase.| | |||
==Premise== | ==Premise== | ||
Accountant Eddie Riddle was the young husband who found his family growing faster than expected - his wife Jennie was about to give birth to twins to add to the three small children already creating havoc in their household. <ref name="iMDB">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084979/] Retrieved 3 May '23</ref> | Accountant Eddie Riddle was the young husband who found his family growing faster than expected - his wife Jennie was about to give birth to twins to add to the three small children already creating havoc in their household. <ref name="iMDB">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084979/ iMDb page for the series] Retrieved 3 May '23</ref> | ||
== | The exact premises for each episode are only known through a book called "Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw" which bases its descriptions off of final script drafts. <ref name="Forgotten Laughs">[https://books.google.com/books?id=GqRWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT197&lpg=PT196&ots=eIwf9j4Hy_&focus=viewport&dq=eddie%27s%20night%20out%201983#v=onepage&q=eddie's%20night%20out%201983&f=false ''Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw'' by Richard Irvin.] Retrieved 3 May '23</ref> | ||
==Availability== | |||
It was produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Mort Lachman & Associates, both of which are defunct and no longer producing material. Alan Landsburg Productions was eventually purchased by Thames Television which then was folded into Fremantle. After various emails with the media handlers at Fremantle, it was confirmed that they do possess all five episodes of the show, but as of yet, there are no plans to release them. | |||
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|1||Pilot||April | |1||Pilot||April 1st, 1983||[https://archive.org/details/baby-makes-five-1.1<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Available through Internet Archive | ||
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|2||Eddie's Night Out||April | |2||Eddie's Night Out||April 8th, 1983||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||No photos or video found | ||
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|3||Jennie Gets A Job||April | |3||Jennie Gets A Job||April 15th, 1983||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||No photos or video found | ||
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|4||The Matchmakers||April | |4||The Matchmakers||April 22nd, 1983||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPnzfReKvrs<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||Short 5-minute clip exists on Youtube with 1.5 minutes of commercials | ||
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|5||Jennie's Old Flame||April | |5||Jennie's Old Flame||April 29th, 1983||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||No photos or videos found | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:18, 20 June 2023
Title card.
Status: Partially Found
Baby Makes Five was a short-lived sitcom that ran in April 1983 created by Sy Rosen and starring Peter Scolari, replacing Benson as a try-out show for the spring season. Its five episodes were filmed in front of a live audience. The first episode did reasonably well in the Nielsen ratings, ranking 23rd and winning its time slot, but each episode after fell in the rankings and it was not picked up after the initial five episodes. Since this initial run, it does not appear to have ever aired again and has never been available to stream or to purchase.|
Premise
Accountant Eddie Riddle was the young husband who found his family growing faster than expected - his wife Jennie was about to give birth to twins to add to the three small children already creating havoc in their household. [1]
The exact premises for each episode are only known through a book called "Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw" which bases its descriptions off of final script drafts. [2]
Availability
It was produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Mort Lachman & Associates, both of which are defunct and no longer producing material. Alan Landsburg Productions was eventually purchased by Thames Television which then was folded into Fremantle. After various emails with the media handlers at Fremantle, it was confirmed that they do possess all five episodes of the show, but as of yet, there are no plans to release them.
| # | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | April 1st, 1983 | Found | Available through Internet Archive |
| 2 | Eddie's Night Out | April 8th, 1983 | Lost | No photos or video found |
| 3 | Jennie Gets A Job | April 15th, 1983 | Lost | No photos or video found |
| 4 | The Matchmakers | April 22nd, 1983 | Partially Found | Short 5-minute clip exists on Youtube with 1.5 minutes of commercials |
| 5 | Jennie's Old Flame | April 29th, 1983 | Lost | No photos or videos found |
References
- ↑ iMDb page for the series Retrieved 3 May '23
- ↑ Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw by Richard Irvin. Retrieved 3 May '23