Tournament Round One: Mr. Belvedere vs. The Kids Are Alright - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

icecream · 11-03-2021, 01:56 PM

Every year from 1988-2000 ABC had four comedies on their Friday fall schedule that was branded as TGIF. Mr. Belvedere was the 9PM anchor of that four comedy set up in 1988, although it wasn't formally called TGIF yet. Mr. Belvedere's full run was 6 seasons from 1985-1990. Christopher Hewett starred as British butler Mr. Lynn Belvedere. The Owens family was opposed to a male housekeeper at first, but all of them ended up liking him. Former major league baseball player Bob Uecker was the father George Owens, and his wife Marsha the mother was played by Ilene Graff. The oldest two teenagers were Kevin (Rob Stone) and Heather (Tracy Wells). Youngest son Wesley (Brice Beckham) was constantly getting into mischief.

The Kids Are Alright was an excellent show that deserved nurturing from ABC like they gave The Middle. But TKAA was sadly cancelled after one season in 2018-2019. ABC instead renewed a pair of lousy comedies from the same mediocre creator that ended up both cancelled just the next year. Retro set in the 1970s, TKAA was about a large Irish-Catholic family with 8 children, all boys. Mary McCormack and Michael Cudlitz played the parents Peggy and Mike Cleary. The sons were Lawrence (Sam Straley), Eddie (Caleb Martin Foote), Frank (Sawyer Barth), Joey (Christopher Paul Richards), Timmy (Jack Gore), William (Andy Walken), and youngest speaking child Pat (Santino Cleary). The adult Timmy narrated, voiced by series creator Tim Doyle. Eddie's girlfriend Wendi was played by Kennedy Lea Slocum.

6 days still seems too long, to speed up things I will now reduce the voting period to 5 days per match.

Bonniegirl · 11-03-2021, 03:26 PM

Loved both and was sad " The kids are alright " was canceled so soon

, it was one of the better new shows ! But I voted for Mr. Belvedere !

icecream · 11-08-2021, 05:29 PM

Mr. Belvedere defeats The Addams Family 9-2 and will advance to the 2nd round.

View Poll Results: Which Show Do You Prefer?
Mr. Belvedere	9	81.82%
The Kids Are Alright	2	18.18%
Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

11-03-2021, 01:56 PM	#1
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,728	Tournament Round One: Mr. Belvedere vs. The Kids Are Alright Every year from 1988-2000 ABC had four comedies on their Friday fall schedule that was branded as TGIF. Mr. Belvedere was the 9PM anchor of that four comedy set up in 1988, although it wasn't formally called TGIF yet. Mr. Belvedere's full run was 6 seasons from 1985-1990. Christopher Hewett starred as British butler Mr. Lynn Belvedere. The Owens family was opposed to a male housekeeper at first, but all of them ended up liking him. Former major league baseball player Bob Uecker was the father George Owens, and his wife Marsha the mother was played by Ilene Graff. The oldest two teenagers were Kevin (Rob Stone) and Heather (Tracy Wells). Youngest son Wesley (Brice Beckham) was constantly getting into mischief. The Kids Are Alright was an excellent show that deserved nurturing from ABC like they gave The Middle. But TKAA was sadly cancelled after one season in 2018-2019. ABC instead renewed a pair of lousy comedies from the same mediocre creator that ended up both cancelled just the next year. Retro set in the 1970s, TKAA was about a large Irish-Catholic family with 8 children, all boys. Mary McCormack and Michael Cudlitz played the parents Peggy and Mike Cleary. The sons were Lawrence (Sam Straley), Eddie (Caleb Martin Foote), Frank (Sawyer Barth), Joey (Christopher Paul Richards), Timmy (Jack Gore), William (Andy Walken), and youngest speaking child Pat (Santino Cleary). The adult Timmy narrated, voiced by series creator Tim Doyle. Eddie's girlfriend Wendi was played by Kennedy Lea Slocum. 6 days still seems too long, to speed up things I will now reduce the voting period to 5 days per match.
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11-03-2021, 03:26 PM	#2
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,673	Loved both and was sad " The kids are alright " was canceled so soon , it was one of the better new shows ! But I voted for Mr. Belvedere !

11-08-2021, 05:29 PM	#3
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,728	Mr. Belvedere defeats The Addams Family 9-2 and will advance to the 2nd round.