Wonder Why It's Not On Reruns Today

[MikeLutton]

i forgot it is on the Nbc app

[TMC]

Originally Posted by icecream

Scott Baio was a regular in the first 2 seasons of Diagnosis Murder. And he was in some reality show later on.

He was also the lead on this Nick at Nite show called See Dad Run, which ran for three seasons in the early 2010s.

[biffbronson]

My first thought as mentioned concerned Nicole Eggert's and Alexander Polinsky's accusations against Scott Baio. I really don't want to assert that those are the main factors for the show not being aired much, but I do think they've left a strong & lasting negative impression of Baio.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

My first thought as mentioned concerned Nicole Eggert's and Alexander Polinsky's accusations against Scott Baio. I really don't want to assert that those are the main factors for the show not being aired much, but I do think they've left a strong & lasting negative impression of Baio.

Besides the controversies surrounding Scott Baio of recent times, I suspect that what also may have made the show difficult to syndicate was the hard narrative shift early on. Of course, it was different watching things pan out in real time back in the '80s.

But watching it in strips, it could be awfully jarring to see Charles go from working for the Pembroke family to working for the Powells come Season 2. And considering that most people now associate the Powells more than they do the Pembrokes from its lone season on CBS, the uninitiated might initially wonder who the hell these other people that Charles worked for.

My point is that when watching a sitcom or any other TV series, I'm pretty certain that audiences want and crave for stability. In other words, they don't want to have heavy-duty and drastic changes thrown at them all immediately and at once.

When the show moved from CBS to syndication after a year and a half away, it does feel like a we're witnessing a semi-reboot with only a returning Michael Pearlman's Jason Pembroke as the real connective tissue between both eras.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

Im watching it on the NBC app, Im five episodes in and I must say its a terrible written show seeing as it premiered the same year as The Cosby Show which revived the stale sitcom formula.

I'm guessing that Charles in Charge is also pretty dated by today's standards. When it first came out, Charles in Charge benefited from the post-Mister Mom (that movie where Michael Keaton plays a stay-at-home dad while his wife is the breadwinner) trend of men suddenly taking on traditionally female domestic roles.

Besides Charles in Charge, we had Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains, and Mr. Belvedere. Even The Cosby Show, if I'm not mistaken, had the idea of having the dad conduct most of his business at home while the mom goes outside more to work.

I don't think that it was common place in 1984, to see that many male nannies or babysisters on television.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by icecream

Scott Baio was a regular in the first 2 seasons of Diagnosis Murder. And he was in some reality show later on.

Scott Baio was also on this TGIF sitcom back in the '90s called Baby Talk which was more or less, a TV adaptation of the movie Look Who's Talking.

[paul.austin]

Originally Posted by TMC

Scott Baio was also on this TGIF sitcom back in the '90s called Baby Talk which was more or less, a TV adaptation of the movie Look Who's Talking.

And it was just as crap. Bruce Willis has a very limited range.