Almost Grown (TV series)

Almost Grown
Tim Daly was one of the leads in the short-lived TV series, Almost Grown
Genre	Drama
Created by	David Chase Lawrence Konner
Starring	Tim Daly Eve Gordon Marcia Cross Rita Taggart Anita Gillette Michael Alldredge
Composer	Craig Safan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	David Chase
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 27, 1988 (1988-11-27) – February 20, 1989 (1989-02-20)

Almost Grown is an American drama television series about a couple, played by Tim Daly and Eve Gordon, whose lives are explored during three time periods of their lives. ^[1] The series was well received by critics, ^[2] but aired for only 9 out of 13 episodes from November 27, 1988, until February 20, 1989, on CBS due to low ratings –running in the same timeslot as Monday Night Football and The NBC Monday Movie . ^[3] The series was co-created by David Chase.

Cast and characters

• Tim Daly — Norman Foley
• Eve Gordon — Suzie Long Foley
• Marcia Cross — Lesley Foley
• Rita Taggart — Joan Foley
• Michael Alldredge — Frank Foley
• Anita Gillette — Vi Long
• Richard Schaal — Dick Long
• Albert Macklin — Joey Long
• Ocean Hellman — Anya Foley
• Nathaniel Moreau — Jackson Foley
• Raffi Diblasio — Jackson Foley

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
1	"Pilot"	David Chase	David Chase & Lawrence Konner	November 27, 1988 (1988-11-27)	17.1 [4]	12.8/20 [4]
2
3	"If That Diamond Ring Don't Shine"	Michael Rhodes	Story by : David Chase & William Sackheim Teleplay by : Robin Green	November 28, 1988 (1988-11-28)	18.3 [5]	12.9/21 [5]
4	"Ghost Town"	Unknown	Unknown	December 5, 1988 (1988-12-05)	11.0 [6]	8.7/14 [6]
5	"Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney"	George Mendeluk	Frank South	December 12, 1988 (1988-12-12)	13.1 [7]	10.0/16 [7]
6	"Take It Slow"	Tom Moore	David Chase	January 2, 1989 (1989-01-02)	21.4 [8]	15.8/27 [8]
7	"The Wimp Factor"	Unknown	Unknown	January 9, 1989 (1989-01-09)	15.3 [9]	11.6/19 [9]
8	"Visitors"	Joan Tewkesbury	Andrew Schneider	January 23, 1989 (1989-01-23)	13.2 [10]	9.7/16 [10]
9	"Jersey Blues"	Unknown	Unknown	February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13)	10.3 [11]	8.2/14 [11]
10	"Joey's 15 Minutes"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 1989 (1989-02-20)	10.6 [12]	7.9/13 [12]
11	"The Root of All Evil"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A	TBA
12	"Richie"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A	TBA
13	"Holy Grail"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A	TBA
14	"The Hat That Fell from Space"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A	TBA

DVD

To date, the series has not been released on DVD.

Awards

The list of awards and nominations for Almost Grown

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1989	Emmy Award	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series	Susan Schuler-Page & Sharleen Rassi	Nominated
	CSC Award	Best Cinematography in TV Drama	Rene Ohashi	Nominated
	Young Artist Awards	Best New Television Series		Nominated
		Best Young Actor in a Nighttime Drama Series	Raffi Di Blasio	Nominated
		Best Young Actress Featured, Co-starring, Supporting, Recurring Role in a Comedy or Drama Series or Special	Ocean Hellman	Nominated
(Source: IMDb.com)

References

1. Lee, Mark (May 2007). "Wiseguys: A conversation between David Chase and Tom Fontana". Writers Guild of America, west. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
2. Bark, Ed (1988-10-02). "A critic picks the season's top ten". Dallas Morning News . p. 1C.
3. "Pipline". Vero Beach Press Journal. 2000-11-12. p. 32.
4. "Nielsen Ratings". Life. USA Today . November 30, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest   306106502.
5. "Nielsen Ratings". Life. USA Today . December 7, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest   306146398.
6. "Nielsen Ratings". Life. USA Today . December 14, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest   306143538.
7. "A very 'Brady' ratings hit". Life. USA Today . December 14, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest   306159082.
8. "NBC, laughing all the way". Life. USA Today . January 11, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest   306165080.
9. "NBC clinches season's ratings title". Life. USA Today . January 18, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest   306171627.
10. "Midseason entries boost NBC". Life. USA Today . February 1, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest   306144802.
11. "NBC's back alone at the top". Life. USA Today . February 22, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest   306175741.
12. "CBS up despite Grammy drop". Life. USA Today . March 1, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest   306152931.

External links

• Almost Grown at IMDb  
• Jeff Baron's summary page on Almost Grown (with cast pictures)