Why did NBC rename The Torkelsons Almost Home? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Hawkee · 06-27-2018, 04:58 AM

When Disney Channel used to air The Torkelsons reruns Mom and I really got into the show's wonderful storyline but one thing that I could never figure out is when NBC made a new version of The Torkelsons the show became known as Almost Home. When Mom and I saw Almost Home I noticed that the show has a different theme song and a different intro with the actors pictures fading to a violet background and when the intro starts it begins with The Torkelsons moving out of their house and then the scene cuts to a bus heading to the city. Also I noticed that the late Brittany Murphy and actor Jason Marsden were in Almost Home along with the original cast of The Torkelsons. Did Jason Marsden and Brittany Murphy play the stepsister and stepbrother of the kids new father who was played by Perry King? I always thought Almost Home was the exact same show as The Torkelsons but with a different name and so it tells me that Almost Home was a spin-off or a continuation of The Torkelsons after The Torkelsons was cancelled
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Lorimar Television · 07-09-2018, 11:42 PM

It was kind of a spin off. Michael Jacobs said the network moved the show to a bad time slot and they were going away from shows in a Southern setting. They gave him a chance to save the show by changing the plot so Millicent was a nanny to the two kids and the father was her boss. Ruth Ann and Steve Floyd were treated like they never existed. Border Hodges was gone as well.

tlc38tlc38 · 08-18-2018, 01:06 PM

They should've left the original format alone. The Torkelsons was a great, fun show with good characters. Almost Home was dull and cookie-cutter.

To this day, Dorothy Jane Torkelson is one of my all-time favorite TV characters. Her talking to the man in the moon was always my favorite part. It was so simplistic yet moving.

blueberrymuffin · 01-17-2024, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

To this day, Dorothy Jane Torkelson is one of my all-time favorite TV characters. Her talking to the man in the moon was always my favorite part. It was so simplistic yet moving.

Interesting that Almost Home actually did keep DJ talking to the man in the moon.

06-27-2018, 04:58 AM	#1
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,818	Why did NBC rename The Torkelsons Almost Home? When Disney Channel used to air The Torkelsons reruns Mom and I really got into the show's wonderful storyline but one thing that I could never figure out is when NBC made a new version of The Torkelsons the show became known as Almost Home. When Mom and I saw Almost Home I noticed that the show has a different theme song and a different intro with the actors pictures fading to a violet background and when the intro starts it begins with The Torkelsons moving out of their house and then the scene cuts to a bus heading to the city. Also I noticed that the late Brittany Murphy and actor Jason Marsden were in Almost Home along with the original cast of The Torkelsons. Did Jason Marsden and Brittany Murphy play the stepsister and stepbrother of the kids new father who was played by Perry King? I always thought Almost Home was the exact same show as The Torkelsons but with a different name and so it tells me that Almost Home was a spin-off or a continuation of The Torkelsons after The Torkelsons was cancelled Bestie
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07-09-2018, 11:42 PM	#2
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	It was kind of a spin off. Michael Jacobs said the network moved the show to a bad time slot and they were going away from shows in a Southern setting. They gave him a chance to save the show by changing the plot so Millicent was a nanny to the two kids and the father was her boss. Ruth Ann and Steve Floyd were treated like they never existed. Border Hodges was gone as well.
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08-18-2018, 01:06 PM	#3
tlc38tlc38 Every day’s a Dolly day! Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Location: I’m just travelin’ thru Posts: 19,258	They should've left the original format alone. The Torkelsons was a great, fun show with good characters. Almost Home was dull and cookie-cutter. To this day, Dorothy Jane Torkelson is one of my all-time favorite TV characters. Her talking to the man in the moon was always my favorite part. It was so simplistic yet moving.
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