Better Days (TV series)
| Better Days | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jeff Freilich Arthur Silver Stuart Sheslow |
| Starring | Raphael Sbarge Chip McAllister Guy Killum Randall Batinkoff Randee Heller Dick O'Neill |
| Composers | Jesse Frederick Bennett Salvay |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (7 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeff Freilich Stuart Sheslow |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Magnum/Thunder Road Productions Lorimar-Telepictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 1 – October 29, 1986 |
Better Days is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 1 to October 29, 1986.[1]
Summary
[edit]Brian McGuire is a California teenager who moves in with his grandfather, Harry in Brooklyn, New York to ease his parents' financial problems. Helping Brian adjust to his new surroundings were Luther Cain and Anthony "The Snake" Johnson, two of his street-smart teammates on the Broxton High School basketball team. Miss Winners was their cynical, no-nonsense English high school teacher. Terrance Dean was their yuppie classmate.
Cancellation
[edit]Better Days was the first show of the 1986-1987 television season to be canceled. It lasted only four weeks. People magazine was highly critical of the series during its short run on CBS; in its year-end review, Jeff Jarvis, then the TV critic for the magazine, described it as "a shockingly racist sitcom that looked as if it had been produced by South African TV."[2]
Cast
[edit]- Raphael Sbarge: Brian McGuire
- Chip McAllister: Luther Cain
- Guy Killum: Anthony "The Snake" Johnson
- Randall Batinkoff: Terrance Dean
- Randee Heller: Miss Harriet Winners
- Dick O'Neill: Harry Clooney
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Squad R" | Joel Zwick | Story by : Jeff Freilich & Arthur Silver & Stuart Sheslow Teleplay by : Arthur Silver | October 1, 1986 |
| 2 | "Cheaters Never Win" | Bill Bixby | Rob Edwards | October 8, 1986 |
| 3 | "Wendell and the Three Sure Things" | Howard Storm | David Nichols | October 15, 1986 |
| 4 | "Double-D" | Stan Lathan | Ralph Farquhar | October 29, 1986 |
| 5 | "Never Blow Up the World" | Bill Bixby | Ronald Rubin | UNAIRED |
| 6 | "A Car is Not a Home" | Mel Ferber | TBD | UNAIRED |
| 7 | "Never Blow Up the World" | Bill Bixby | TBD | UNAIRED |
| 8 | "West Coast Girl" | Howard Storm | Marty Nadler | UNAIRED |
| 9 | "Wooly Bully" | Stan Lathan | Eric Blakeney & Gene Miller | UNAIRED |
| 10 | "29 Minutes" | Stan Lathan | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | UNAIRED |
| 11 | "All Rapped Up" | Stan Lathan | Ralph Farquahar | UNAIRED |
References
[edit]- ^ Forgotten Laughs: An Episode Guide to 150 TV Sitcoms You Probably Never Saw - Richard Irvin.https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Laughs-Episode-Sitcoms-Probably/dp/1593932251/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389751587&sr=1-5
- ^ "Archived copy". www.people.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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- 1986 American television series debuts
- 1986 American television series endings
- 1980s American high school television series
- 1980s American teen sitcoms
- CBS sitcoms
- American television series about teenagers
- Television series by Lorimar Television
- Television shows set in Brooklyn
- 1980s American multi-camera sitcoms