A Family for Joe
| A Family for Joe | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by |
Philip Rosenthal [1] Oliver Goldstick [1] |
| Starring |
Robert Mitchum Juliette Lewis Ben Savage Jessica Player David Lascher Barry Gordon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Grosso-Jacobson Productions NBC Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | March 24 – August 19, 1990 |
A Family for Joe is an American television movie and subsequent series, both starring Robert Mitchum in the title role. The half-hour show premiered on NBC on March 24, 1990.[2] Nine episodes of the series were filmed.[3]
Plot
A Family for Joe is about the Bankston children, 15-year-old Holly (Juliette Lewis), 16-year-old Nick (David Lascher & Chris Furrh), 9-year-old Chris (Ben Savage), and 7-year-old Mary (Jessica Player) who have been recently orphaned. Rather than have themselves split up into foster care, they find a homeless man, Joe (Robert Mitchum), to live with them and act as their grandfather.
Response
Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly rated the series a D, stating that "the kids are leering little creeps, the jokes are moronic, and Joe's homelessness is already absent from the show's current scripts".[4]
In the DVD series, "The Write Environment", writer Philip Rosenthal (who would go on to create Everybody Loves Raymond) talks about being a staff writer on the series.
References
- 1 2 "'Raymond' creator pacts for $16 mil deal". Variety. July 30, 1997. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ↑ "Capsules". Entertainment Weekly. March 23, 1990. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ↑ Klein, Alvin (April 22, 1990). "Theater; A Scarsdale Student 'Ready For Prime Time'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ↑ Tucker, Ken (April 13, 1990). "TV reviews for the week of April 13". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-01.