The Cavanaughs | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Robert Moloney |
Starring | Barnard Hughes Christine Ebersole Peter Michael Goetz Mary Tanner Bailey Danny Cooksey John Short |
Composers | Paul Pilger Dennis Polen William Moloney |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Leonard Goldberg Robert Moloney |
Producer | Seth Pearlman |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Mandy Films Paramount Television |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | December 1, 1986 – July 27, 1989 |
The Cavanaughs is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 1, 1986, to July 27, 1989.
The series revolved around Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh, a 71-year-old, blue-collar Irish Catholic man living in South Boston with his daughter Kit and son Chuck, as well as Chuck's sons (one of whom was a Catholic priest) and daughter. Much of the show's humor stemmed from conflicts between the cantankerous, opinionated Pop and his grown children. [1]
After airing during the 1986–87 television season, the show went on hiatus and returned in the summer of 1988. [2]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Rating/share (households) |
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1 | 1 | "Member of the Wake-ing" | Unknown | Unknown | December 1, 1986 | 19.9/29 [3] |
2 | 2 | "Not So Gently Into the Night" | Unknown | Unknown | December 8, 1986 | 16.4/24 [4] |
3 | 3 | "Love with an Improper Stranger" | Unknown | Unknown | December 15, 1986 | 17.8/26 [5] |
4 | 4 | "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Pop" | Unknown | Unknown | December 22, 1986 | 14.2/21 [6] |
5 | 5 | "The Bishop's Back" | Unknown | Unknown | December 29, 1986 | 14.9/24 [7] |
6 | 6 | "Angst a Lot" | Unknown | Unknown | January 12, 1987 | 16.9/25 [8] |
7 | 7 | "Strike Too" | Unknown | Unknown | January 19, 1987 | 17.8/25 [9] |
8 | 8 | "The Arrangement" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 1987 | 17.1/24 [10] |
9 | 9 | "The Eyes Have Had It" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 1987 | 17.4/26 [11] |
10 | 10 | "A Chorus Malign" | Unknown | Unknown | February 9, 1987 | 14.4/21 [12] |
11 | 11 | "Banned in Boston" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 1987 | 15.0/21 [13] |
12 | 12 | "He Ain't Heavy, Father..." | John Pasquin | Robert Moloney | February 23, 1987 | 15.8/24 [14] |
13 | 13 | "Aunt Mom" | Unknown | Unknown | March 9, 1987 | 13.5/19 [15] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (households) |
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14 | 1 | "Weasel Waltz" | Unknown | Unknown | August 8, 1988 | 9.4 [16] | 7.5/14 [16] |
15 | 2 | "Coastal Disturbance" | Unknown | Unknown | August 15, 1988 | 7.7 [17] | 5.8/11 [17] |
16 | 3 | "Careers" | Unknown | Unknown | August 22, 1988 | 10.2 [18] | 8.0/14 [18] |
17 | 4 | "Monk's the Word" | Unknown | Unknown | August 29, 1988 | 14.0 [19] | 10.6/18 [19] |
18 | 5 | "Suggestive Dancing" | Unknown | Unknown | September 5, 1988 | 13.3 [20] | 9.5/16 [20] |
19 | 6 | "Many Happy Returns" | Unknown | Unknown | September 12, 1988 | 13.0 [21] | 9.7/16 [21] |
20 | 7 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Up Your Nose" | Unknown | Unknown | September 19, 1988 | 16.9 [22] | 12.3/19 [22] |
21 | 8 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Unknown | Unknown | September 26, 1988 | 15.1 [23] | 11.2/17 [23] |
22 | 9 | "Gimme Shelter" | Andrew D. Weyman | Mark Masuoka | October 3, 1988 | 10.7 [24] | 7.9/12 [24] |
23 | 10 | "Fair Weather Friend" | Unknown | Unknown | June 29, 1989 | 7.7 [25] | 5.8/11 [25] |
24 | 11 | "The Last Temptation of Chuck" | Unknown | Unknown | July 6, 1989 | 8.3 [26] | 6.1/11 [26] |
25 | 12 | "The Cavanaugh Curse" | Unknown | Unknown | July 20, 1989 | 7.5 [27] | 5.6/10 [27] |
26 | 13 | "Just Weaseled" | Unknown | Unknown | July 27, 1989 | 9.4 [28] | 6.9/13 [28] |