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KevinLJ · 12-29-2002, 08:23 PM

There was a show during the 80's about a day care that was run in a home and the star kid of the show lived in the basement. What is the name of this show...
Please HELP!!!!

samanddiane4eva · 12-29-2002, 10:50 PM

Um... Charles In Charge?

Seane · 12-30-2002, 11:52 PM

Was it Day by Day? Julia Louis Dryfus was in the show as a real yuppie...

MagicDust1488 · 01-03-2003, 04:02 AM

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Originally posted by Seane
Was it Day by Day?

Do you mean "Step By Step...Day By Day"?

owepar · 01-04-2003, 05:39 AM

No, "Day by Day," not "Step by Step." It was ran on NBC for two seasons from 88-89. Father Doug Sheehan (TV's Cluesless) and mother Linda Kelsey felt that they were missing out on watching their kids grow up. With the arrival of a new son, they decided to quit their jobs and run a daycare center from their home. C.B. Barnes (Greg Brady from the two big-screen Brady Bunch films) was their slacker son who lusted after mom and dad's daycare assistant, Courtney Thorne-Smith (Melrose Place). Julia Louis Dreyfus played the next-door-neighbor and Sheehan's former business partner, who often dropped in to be the butt of "children are so annoying" jokes.

owepar · 01-05-2003, 12:21 AM

Dunno why I didn't think to look when I posted before, but there's an pretty complete episode guide and cast photo for Day by Day at TV Tome:

http://www.tvtome.com/DaybyDay/

KevinLJ · 01-05-2003, 10:35 PM

I know it was a bad show and thanks for the information.

Doug · 02-03-2003, 01:09 PM

Don't forget that Thora Birch played one of the pre-school children at the school, many years before AMERICAN BEAUTY.

Brian Damage · 02-03-2003, 05:21 PM

Day by Day was a pretty cruddy show. It even did a crossover with Family Ties.

MrMike898 · 10-21-2003, 04:27 PM

Ooh, but do you guys remember the episode where the main characters' son Ross (played by Christopher Daniel Barnes) falls asleep while watching "The Brady Bunch" and dreams that he's the Brady's long lost other child Chuck Brady? They re-created the Brady living room set, and had the "Day By Day" parents play Mike and Carol Brady, and Maureen McCormick made a guest appearance as a very pregnant Marcia. It was a hoot! It was even funnier when, a few years later, Christopher Daniel Barnes was cast as Greg Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie".

12-29-2002, 08:23 PM	#1
KevinLJ Member Forum Cub Join Date: Dec 29, 2002 Posts: 2	Stumped on a bad TV show There was a show during the 80's about a day care that was run in a home and the star kid of the show lived in the basement. What is the name of this show... Please HELP!!!!

12-30-2002, 11:52 PM	#3
Seane Member First Time Poster Join Date: Dec 30, 2002 Posts: 1	bad show Was it Day by Day? Julia Louis Dryfus was in the show as a real yuppie...

01-04-2003, 05:39 AM	#5
owepar Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 15, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 36	No, "Day by Day," not "Step by Step." It was ran on NBC for two seasons from 88-89. Father Doug Sheehan (TV's Cluesless) and mother Linda Kelsey felt that they were missing out on watching their kids grow up. With the arrival of a new son, they decided to quit their jobs and run a daycare center from their home. C.B. Barnes (Greg Brady from the two big-screen Brady Bunch films) was their slacker son who lusted after mom and dad's daycare assistant, Courtney Thorne-Smith (Melrose Place). Julia Louis Dreyfus played the next-door-neighbor and Sheehan's former business partner, who often dropped in to be the butt of "children are so annoying" jokes.
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01-05-2003, 10:35 PM	#7
KevinLJ Member Forum Cub Join Date: Dec 29, 2002 Posts: 2	Thank You I know it was a bad show and thanks for the information.

02-03-2003, 01:09 PM	#8
Doug Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 22, 2001 Location: Canton, Ohio USA Posts: 61	Thora Birch Don't forget that Thora Birch played one of the pre-school children at the school, many years before AMERICAN BEAUTY.

12-29-2002, 10:50 PM	#2
samanddiane4eva Icon credit: Me Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 475	Um... Charles In Charge?

01-05-2003, 12:21 AM	#6
owepar Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 15, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 36	Dunno why I didn't think to look when I posted before, but there's an pretty complete episode guide and cast photo for Day by Day at TV Tome: http://www.tvtome.com/DaybyDay/

02-03-2003, 05:21 PM	#9
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	Day by Day was a pretty cruddy show. It even did a crossover with Family Ties.

10-21-2003, 04:27 PM	#10
MrMike898 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 21, 2003 Posts: 54	Ooh, but do you guys remember the episode where the main characters' son Ross (played by Christopher Daniel Barnes) falls asleep while watching "The Brady Bunch" and dreams that he's the Brady's long lost other child Chuck Brady? They re-created the Brady living room set, and had the "Day By Day" parents play Mike and Carol Brady, and Maureen McCormick made a guest appearance as a very pregnant Marcia. It was a hoot! It was even funnier when, a few years later, Christopher Daniel Barnes was cast as Greg Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie".