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Day by Day (TV series)

Day by Day
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Day by Day title screen
Created by Andy Borowitz
Gary David Goldberg
Starring Douglas Sheehan
Linda Kelsey
Christopher Daniel Barnes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Thora Birch
Theme music composer Sammy Cahn
Axel Stordahl
Paul Weston
Opening theme "Day by Day" performed by Clydine Jackson
Composer(s) Robert Kraft
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 33
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) UBU Productions
Paramount Television
Release
Original network NBC
Audio format Monaural
Original release February 29, 1988 (1988-02-29) – June 25, 1989 (1989-06-25)
Chronology
Related shows Family Ties

Day by Day is an American television sitcom aired on NBC. The series ran from February 29, 1988 to June 25, 1989. It stars Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch in her television debut role.

The show centers on Brian and Kate Harper, a married couple with two successful careers (Brian as a stockbroker, Kate as a lawyer) and a teenage son named Ross. After the couple had a second child, their daughter, Emily, they decided to quit their jobs because they had missed all the best times of Ross growing up and decided not to make the same mistake with Emily.

With that thought in mind, they decided to open a daycare center in their home. The episodes mixed stories about the daycare center with those about Ross and his friends. At first, Ross wasn't too enthusiastic about the idea of his father and mother being at home all the time, because he loved his independence and girl-chasing. He was more than a bit put out with all the bonding his dad wanted to do now.

Louis-Dreyfus played Eileen Swift, their materialistic next-door neighbor who was also once a business associate of Brian's. She didn't much like the idea of the Harpers running a day care center, and often tried to persuade them both to return to their former careers, always to no avail. Eileen, who was single and childless, was prone to make some very sarcastic quips about the children's activities, but Brian and Kate didn't let it bother them.

Thorne-Smith played the baby's nanny Kristin, who also worked in the daycare center. Kristin was perhaps the reason that Ross relented about his parents running the day care center; he had a crush on her.

Day by Day was connected to another NBC series, Family Ties. The family patriarch, Brian Harper (played by Sheehan) was a college roommate of Steven Keaton (Michael Gross). A total of 33 episodes were produced.

The episode titled "A Very Brady Episode" aired on February 5, 1989, and reunited six cast members from The Brady BunchAnn B. Davis, Florence Henderson, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, and Robert Reed.


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