Down Home (TV series)

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Down Home
Genre Sitcom
Created byBarton Dean
Starring Judith Ivey
Ray Baker
Composer Stewart Levin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes19
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesSavage Cake Productions
Jabberwocky Productions
Paramount Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseApril 12, 1990 (1990-04-12) 
May 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)

Down Home is an American sitcom television series created by Barton Dean, that aired on NBC from April 12, 1990 to May 18, 1991. Ted Danson served as series co-producer. [1]

Contents

Premise

New York City executive Kate McCrorey returned to visit her home town of Hadley Cove, Texas, a Gulf Coast fishing village, only to end up staying there to try to save her father Walt's bait and tackle shop from condominium developer Wade Prescott, Kate's ex-boyfriend.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (1990)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"Pier Pressure"UnknownUnknownApril 12, 1990 (1990-04-12)
22"It's Never Too Late to Break Your Neck"UnknownUnknownApril 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
33"Missed Popularity"UnknownUnknownApril 21, 1990 (1990-04-21)
44"This Bug's for You"UnknownBill Braunstein & Sydney BlakeApril 28, 1990 (1990-04-28)
55"By the Book"James BurrowsBarton DeanMay 5, 1990 (1990-05-05)
66"Sometimes a Cigar's Just a Cigar or Wade"UnknownUnknownMay 12, 1990 (1990-05-12)

Season 2 (1991)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
71"Mail Order Train"UnknownUnknownFebruary 28, 1991 (1991-02-28)
82"This Has Been a Wade Political Announcement"UnknownUnknownMarch 2, 1991 (1991-03-02)
93"Strange Bedfellows"UnknownUnknownMarch 9, 1991 (1991-03-09)
104"Whatsamatta Drew"UnknownUnknownMarch 16, 1991 (1991-03-16)
115"I'm Cooking as Fast as I Can"UnknownUnknownMarch 23, 1991 (1991-03-23)
126"Don't Rock the Boat"UnknownUnknownMarch 30, 1991 (1991-03-30)
137"The Good Fight"UnknownUnknownApril 6, 1991 (1991-04-06)
148"You're Not Getting Older, You're Getting Deader"UnknownUnknownApril 13, 1991 (1991-04-13)
159"Yipes, It's Snipes"UnknownUnknownApril 20, 1991 (1991-04-20)
1610"Evian Spelled Backwards Is Naive"UnknownUnknownApril 27, 1991 (1991-04-27)
1711"Dream Boat"UnknownUnknownMay 4, 1991 (1991-05-04)
1812"Get Thee Back to a Nunnery"UnknownUnknownMay 11, 1991 (1991-05-11)
1913"Black Widow"UnknownUnknownMay 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)

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