The Tony Danza Show | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Ian Gurvitz |
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Opening theme | "We've Got Love" |
Composer | Jonathan Wolff |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 14 (9 unaired) |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Network | NBC |
Release | September 24 – December 10, 1997 |
The Tony Danza Show is an American sitcom television series starring Tony Danza, Majandra Delfino, Dean Stockwell, Ashley Malinger, Maria Canals, and Shaun Weiss that aired from September 24 to December 10, 1997 on NBC. [1] [2] The show aired 5 episodes before being cancelled, leaving 9 episodes unaired.
Tony Danza won "Favorite Male Performer In A New TV Series" at the 24th People's Choice Awards for his performance in the show. [3]
Tony DiMeo (Danza), single father of two daughters, is a sportswriter who can't use a computer. Tina (Delfino) is a rebellious 16-year-old and Mickey (Malinger) is an 11-year-old hypochondriac. [4]
The theme song for The Tony Danza Show is "We've Got Love".
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Rating (households) | |
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1 | "Pilot" | Jay Sandrich | Ian Gurvitz | September 24, 1997 | 7.5 [5] | |
A free-lance sportswriter (Tony Danza) raises two daughters in New York City. Guest Stars: Danny Mann, Ellen Crawford, Phil Rizzuto, and Frank Pesce | ||||||
2 | "Wired" | Gail Mancuso | Ian Gurvitz | October 8, 1997 | 5.4 [6] | |
Frank and Stuey help Tony juggle domestic duties and his editorial deadline. Guest Stars: Larry Hankin, Emilio Borelli, and Mark Phinney | ||||||
3 | "With Your Guest Host Tony DiMeo..." | Gail Mancuso | Jeff Abugov | October 15, 1997 | 4.3 [7] | |
Karl Malone is in the studio when Tony fills in as host of a radio show. Guest Stars: Karl Malone, Joseph D. Reitman, Stuart Nisbet, Gigi Bermingham, Fred Pinkard, Jon Simmons, Wesley Leong, Thomas Ian Nicholas (uncredited), and Lisa Glass (uncredited) | ||||||
4 | "The Milk Run" | Michael Lessac | Dava Savel | December 3, 1997 | 6.2 [8] | |
Tony trades stories with Simka (Carol Kane), a sympathetic cabbie. Guest Stars: Carol Kane, Michelle Nicastro, Tracy Danza, June Gable, T.R. Richards, and Christopher Maleki (uncredited) | ||||||
5 | "A Marriage Made in Miami" | James Hampton | Dava Savel | December 10, 1997 | 5.3 [9] | |
Carmen's father plans a wedding after he misinterprets Tony's praise of her. Guest Stars: William Marquez, Renee Victor, Eddie Garcia, Richard Miro, Dora Taylor, Alma Beltran, and Ramiro González | ||||||
6 | "C'gar Face" | Michael Lessac | Jack Amiel, Michael Begler | Unaired | N/A | |
Mickey tries to buy her way out of gym class with her father's Cuban cigars. Guest Stars: Danny Mann, Dave Winfield, Robert Costanzo, Nancy Lenehan, Lamont Johnson, and Reni Santoni | ||||||
7 | "Sue You" | Alan Myerson | Jennifer Quine | Unaired | N/A | |
Tony faces a lawsuit after he ejects Evander Holyfield's attorney from his home. Guest Stars: Christopher Rich, Phil Morris, and Evander Holyfield | ||||||
8 | "Thanks... But No Thanksgiving" | Michael Lessac | Andrea Abbate | Unaired | N/A | |
Tony and Tina clash when Tina wants to spend Thanksgiving with a friend, instead of with him. Guest Stars: Maria Falzone, Larry Thomas, Jeremy Lawrence, Patricia Lentz, and Clement Blake | ||||||
9 | "Take This Job and..." | Rich Correll | Mark Wilding | Unaired | N/A | |
When Tina complains that Tony is always tying up the phone line, he tells her to get a job so she can pay for her own line. Guest Stars: E.E. Bell and Jeanette Miller | ||||||
10 | "A Christmas Story" | Brian K. Roberts | Charlotte Brown | Unaired | N/A | |
Tony's Christmas turns less than merry when his wife, Susan (Marie Marshall), calls from Paris with a gift for the girls: a chance to spend the holidays abroad with her. Guest Stars: Dayton Callie, Shirley Prestia, Marie Marshall, and Barry Heins | ||||||
11 | "Mini-pause" | Brian K. Roberts | Craig Hoffman | Unaired | N/A | |
Mickey's hypochrondria comes full circle with the advent of her birthday, to the point of begging Tony to take her to a doctor. Guest Stars: Jose Canseco, Steven Gilborn, Barry Kivel, Nate Richert, Jonathan Fraser, Barry Wiggins, Kaley Cuoco, and Alan Young | ||||||
12 | "The Price of Dirty Laundry" | Brian K. Roberts | Billiam Coronel | Unaired | N/A | |
Carmen pitches a fit when she catches Tony meddling in her romance with a bad-news baseball star. Guest Star: Rob Youngblood | ||||||
13 | "Stringers" | James Hampton | Jeff Abugov | Unaired | N/A | |
Carmen lands a job as a reporter with Tony's help, but Tony is unimpressed with her work. Guest Stars: Lynn Ann Leveridge, Timothy Elwell, and Robert Michael Ryan | ||||||
14 | "Vision Quest" | Alan Myerson | Jack Amiel, Michael Begler | Unaired | N/A | |
Tony's vision of the perfect woman in Frank's bakery leads him to try his hand at dating again, to disastrous results. Guest Stars: Michelle Clunie, Maria Rangel, Harry Van Gorkum, Alexandra Wilson, Molly Cheek, Art LaFleur, and Marla Adams |
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