Δύο απολυμένοι μπαμπάδες αναγκάζονται να πάρουν τα μικρά παιδιά τους από την περίφημη ακαδημία Τσάπμαν και να μείνουν σπίτι για να τα προσέχουν. Ώσπου τους έρχεται η μεγάλη ιδέα: να ανοίξουν τον δικό τους ασυνήθιστο παιδικό σταθμό. Η απρόσμενη επιτυχία θα τους βάλει στο στόχαστρο της αδίστακτης διευθύντριας της ακαδημίας Τσάπμαν.
Ο εργένης θείος Μπακ είναι ο τελευταίος που θα σκέφτονταν κανείς να άφηνε να προσέχει τα παιδιά. Μετά όμως από οικογενειακή κρίση, θα αναλάβει να φροντίσει τα τρία ανιψάκια του. Οι μέθοδοι του καλόκαρδου Μπακ είναι κάπως αλλοπρόσαλλοι και δεν πιάνουν τόπο, ειδικά στον επαναστατική ανιψιά Τία και την ανυπόμονη φίλη του, Σανίς. Εκτός από καλή καρδιά, θα χρειαστεί και δόση τύχης για να τα φέρει βόλτα.
Ο Willard (Elijah Wood), 10 χρόνων, στέλνεται για διακοπές από τη μητέρα του (Eve Gordon) στην καλύτερή της φίλη, Lilly Reed (Melanie Griffith), που ζει με το σύζυγό της (Don Johnson) σε ένα μέρος που λέγεται Paradise. Εκεί ο μικρός διαπιστώνει ότι το ζευγάρι είναι απόμακρο λόγω του θανάτου του τρίχρονου παιδιού τους. Γίνεται φίλος με τη Billie Pike (Thora Birch), ένα αγοροκόριτσο που μένει σε εκείνο το μέρος και περνούν τις ώρες μαζί. Μέσα από την καθημερινότητα του ζευγαριού στο οποίο φιλοξενείται, ο Willard προσπαθεί να κάνει τη Lilly και το σύζυγό της να έρθουν πιο κοντά και να ξεπεράσουν τη θλίψη τους.
Το Adamant είναι ένα ξεχωριστό κέντρο ημέρας. Μια πλωτή κατασκευή που βρίσκεται στον Σηκουάνα στην καρδιά του Παρισιού, καλωσορίζει ενήλικες που πάσχουν από ψυχικές διαταραχές, προσφέροντας το είδος φροντίδας που τους γειώνει στον χρόνο και τον χώρο και τους βοηθά να αναρρώσουν ή να αναπτερώσουν το ηθικό τους. Η ομάδα που το διευθύνει προσπαθεί να αντισταθεί στην υποβάθμιση και την απανθρωποποίηση της ψυχιατρικής όσο καλύτερα μπορεί.
The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.
Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.
Joey and Michael, who fought over the same woman 13 years ago now have, upon her death, been awarded joint custody of her daughter - who might be either of theirs. So how do the men settle their problems? With a paternity test? No way. Instead, they all move in together to raise Nicole as a two-dad nuclear family. Under the watchful eye of the family court judge, dads and daughter adjust to their new situation.
Mel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. She hires Joe to become the family's male nanny, or "manny," after a Ponzi scheme leaves him broke.
Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.
Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Canada.
Hank is an American situation comedy which is perhaps most notable for being an early example of a program with a true series finale, in which the underlying premise of the series reaches a natural conclusion with its final episode.
Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.
Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.
The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which originally aired on ABC during the 1966-1967 season. The series centers around the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area around, what is now, Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming.
Andy is a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam - all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself. Not a natural with either kids or responsibility, he tries to keep his new charge out of trouble while being knee-deep in it himself.
With his looks, personality and capabilities, 35-years-old Haruno Yoichi is considered the "ideal husband". However, he feels that his wife's attitude has cooled ever since she gave birth to their child. He knows neither the cause nor the solution, and has been reduced to the "unfortunate husband" at home. 28-years-old Chisato was thought to be the "ideal wife with all the the traditional graces" who does her best to look to her best to look to her husband with respect. But her husband's words and deeds which she could excuse until after childbirth, now make her feel uneasy. Because of her continued hysterics, she has become the "monster wife" to her husband.
The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.
Out Of The Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the fall of 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy crossover, and for the controversy surrounding its status as a spin-off of Happy Days. The series stars Jimmy Brogan as Random, an angel-in-training who is assigned to live with a family and work as a high school teacher. The series aired from September 9 to December 16, 1979. Nine episodes had been aired at the time of cancellation. Some completed material was never broadcast.
Nicholas, a neurotic 25-year-old, hasn’t been particularly present in his siblings’ lives, but when their single dad reveals that he is terminally ill, the girls have to cope with not only a devastating loss but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who will have to rise to the occasion, move in and hold it all together.
Guys Like Us is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 5, 1998 to January 18, 1999. The series starred Bumper Robinson, Maestro Harrell, and Chris Hardwick.
Tucker is a television family comedy series that aired on NBC from October 2, 2000 to March 27, 2001.
Allison McLean is a tough and experienced police detective, mother and wife in suburban Seattle. When she and her police partner must arrest her brother for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as he's convicted and sent to prison, leaving his two teenagers teetering on the brink of foster care. Ultimately, she takes them into her home, ending up with four teenagers to raise.
