Soul Man (TV series)

This article is about the 1997 ABC television series. For the 2012 TV Land television series, see The Soul Man.

Soul Man
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Created by	Carmen Finestra David McFadzean Matt Williams
Written by	Sarit Catz Pat Dougherty Karin Kelly Gloria Ketterer Tom Leopard David MacFadzean Steve Paymer Jon Pollack David Richardson Elliot Shoenman Marley Sims Danny Smith Mary Pat Walsh Matt Williams
Directed by	Peter Bonerz Gil Junger John Pasquin Will Mackenzie Don Scardino Andrew Tsao Ted Wass
Starring	Dan Aykroyd Anthony Clark Kevin Sheridan Brendon Ryan Barrett Spencer Breslin Courtney Chase Dakin Matthews Anne Lambton
Theme music composer	Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Opening theme	"Soul Man"
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producers	Carmen Finestra David MacFadzean Matt Williams
Production locations	Royal Oak, Michigan (setting) New York, NY (actual filming location)
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Hostage Productions Wind Dancer Production Group Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 15, 1997 (1997-04-15) – May 26, 1998 (1998-05-26)
Related
Home Improvement

Soul Man is an American sitcom starring Dan Aykroyd that aired on ABC from April 15, 1997 to May 26, 1998. A total of 25 half-hour episodes were produced over two seasons.

The series premiered on April 15, 1997, and was picked up for a second season of 22 half-hour episodes after only three episodes aired for the first season. Despite ranking 29th in its 2nd and final season, it ended on May 26, 1998, with 25 half-hour episodes produced in total. A four-year-old Spencer Breslin made his TV debut and was a series regular for the three-episode-long 1997 first season, in which he played the youngest child of Aykroyd.

The theme song was "Soul Man" written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Aykroyd was closely associated with the song, having released a hit single of it in 1979 with his band The Blues Brothers.

Premise

Mike Weber (played by Aykroyd) is a widowed Episcopal priest who must deal with his four children, his quirky parishioners in Royal Oak, Michigan, and a wet-behind-the-ears curate who happens to be the nephew of his bishop.

Cast

• Dan Aykroyd as Rev. Mike Weber
• Anthony Clark as Rev. Todd Tucker
• Courtney Chase as Meredith Weber
• Dakin Matthews as Bishop Peter Jerome
• Kevin Sheridan as Kenny Weber
• Brendon Ryan Barrett as Andy Weber
• Spencer Breslin as Fred Weber (season 1)
• Michael Finiguerra as Fred Weber (season 2)

Home Improvement connection

Mike Weber appeared on Home Improvement as the priest of Richard Karn's character, Al Borland. He was hired to put in a new stand for a holy water basin in the season seven episode "Losing My Religion". Tim Taylor ended up cutting the hole too big, causing the basin to fall through the floor.

In the Season 1 finale episode "Cinderella and the Funeral", Al Borland appeared in order to fix the church's furnace. Reference was made to Tim and the holy water basin falling through the hole he cut.

Zachary Ty Bryan appeared in the episode "Public Embarrassment and Todd's First Sermon" playing Brad Taylor.

Episodes

Season 1 (1997)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Urges and Lies"	Andrew Tsao	Carmen Finestra & David McFadzean & Matt Williams	April 15, 1997 (1997-04-15)
2	2	"Communion Wine and Convicts"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 1997 (1997-04-22)
3	3	"Cinderella and the Funeral"	Unknown	Unknown	April 29, 1997 (1997-04-29)

Season 2 (1997–98)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
4	1	"Mike's Awakening"	Andrew Tsao	Tom Leopold	September 30, 1997 (1997-09-30)
5	2	"Hello Todd, Hello Nancy, Goodbye Harley"	Unknown	Unknown	October 7, 1997 (1997-10-07)
6	3	"The Lost Sheep Squadron"	John Pasquin	Danny Smith	October 21, 1997 (1997-10-21)
7	4	"Trick and Treat"	John Pasquin	Jon Pollack	October 28, 1997 (1997-10-28)
8	5	"Public Embarrassment and Todd's First Sermon"	John Pasquin	Pat Dougherty	November 4, 1997 (1997-11-04)
9	6	"Camping and Housekeepers"	John Pasquin	Steve Paymer	November 18, 1997 (1997-11-18)
10	7	"Three Priests and a Baby"	John Pasquin	Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer	November 25, 1997 (1997-11-25)
11	8	"Attic Box Blues"	John Pasquin	Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer	December 2, 1997 (1997-12-02)
12	9	"Christmas Ruined My Life"	Gil Junger	Pat Dougherty	December 16, 1997 (1997-12-16)
13	10	"Yes Sir, That's My Baby"	Unknown	Unknown	January 6, 1998 (1998-01-06)
14	11	"Holy Rollers"	Ted Wass	Jon Pollack	January 13, 1998 (1998-01-13)
15	12	"A Kiss Is Just a Kiss"	Unknown	Unknown	January 20, 1998 (1998-01-20)
16	13	"The Stan Plan"	Unknown	Unknown	February 10, 1998 (1998-02-10)
17	14	"The Choir Boys"	Gil Junger	Steve Paymer	February 17, 1998 (1998-02-17)
18	15	"Todd and the Bod"	Gil Junger	Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer	February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24)
19	16	"Grabbed by an Angel"	Will Mackenzie	Karin Kelly	April 14, 1998 (1998-04-14)
20	17	"Just the Three of Us"	Unknown	Unknown	April 21, 1998 (1998-04-21)
21	18	"Raising Heck"	Ted Wass	Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer	April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
22	19	"The Good Shepard"	Unknown	Unknown	May 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)
23	20	"Who Killed St. Shepherd?"	Unknown	Unknown	May 12, 1998 (1998-05-12)
24	21	"Play Ball"	Unknown	Unknown	May 19, 1998 (1998-05-19)
25	22	"Little Black Dress"	Unknown	Unknown	May 26, 1998 (1998-05-26)

External links

• Soul Man at IMDb
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