Baby Makes Five

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Baby Makes Five
Genre Sitcom
Created bySy Rosen
Starring
Theme music composer Harriet Schock
Composer Misha Segal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producerMort Lachman
Producers
  • Sy Rosen
  • Douglas Arango
  • Phil Doran
Running time30 minutes
Production company Alan Landsburg Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseApril 1 (1983-04-01) 
April 29, 1983 (1983-04-29)

Baby Makes Five is an American sitcom television series starring Peter Scolari. The series premiered April 1, 1983 on ABC. [1]

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Plot

Eddie (Scolari)is an accountant who married to Jennie (Louise Williams) and the father of three children, with twins on the way. Jennie's mother (Janis Paige) was free-spirited, while Eddie's mother (Priscilla Morrill) was staid and conservative. Laura Riddle marked the first screen appearance for Jenny Lewis, and Annie Riddle was played by Brandy Gold, siblings of other 1980's sitcom stars Tracey and Missy Gold. [2]

Cast

US TV ratings

SeasonEpisodesStart DateEnd DateNielsen RankNielsen RatingTied With
1982-835April 1, 1983April 29, 198363 [3] N/AN/A

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
1"Pilot"Tom TrbovichSy RosenApril 1, 1983 (1983-04-01)100
2"Eddie's Night Out"Jim DrakeHarriett WeissApril 8, 1983 (1983-04-08)102
3"Jennie Gets a Job"Jim DrakeE. Michael WeinsteinApril 15, 1983 (1983-04-15)101
4"Matchmakers" Lila Garrett Robert Van ScoykApril 22, 1983 (1983-04-22)103
5"Jennie's Old Flame" Russ Petranto Phil Doran & Douglas ArangoApril 29, 1983 (1983-04-29)104

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