My Two Dads
| My Two Dads | |
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| Genre | Family sitcom |
| Created by |
Michael Jacobs Danielle Alexandra |
| Starring |
Paul Reiser Greg Evigan Staci Keanan Florence Stanley Dick Butkus Giovanni Ribisi Chad Allen |
| Theme music composer | Greg Evigan, Lenny Macaluso & Michael Jacobs |
| Opening theme | "You Can Count on Me," performed by Greg Evigan |
| Ending theme | "You Can Count on Me" (instrumental) |
| Composer(s) | Don Peake (1987–1988) Ray Colcord (1988–1990) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 60 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Jacobs |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 mins. (approx) |
| Production company(s) | Michael Jacobs Productions Tri-Star Television (1987–1988) Columbia Pictures Television (1988–1990) |
| Distributor |
TeleVentures (1990) Columbia Pictures Television (1991–1996) Columbia TriStar Television (1996–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | September 20, 1987 – April 30, 1990 |
My Two Dads is an American sitcom starring Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan which aired on NBC from September 20, 1987 to April 30, 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with Tri-Star Television (later Columbia Pictures Television) and distributed by TeleVentures.
The show begins when Marcy Bradford (Emma Samms), the mother of 12-year-old Nicole Bradford (Keanan), dies. The two men who had competed for the woman's affections before Nicole was born — Michael Taylor (Reiser), a successful financial advisor; and struggling artist Joey Harris (Evigan), former friends who hated one another because of their mutual interest in Marcy — are awarded joint custody of Nicole.
The mix-ups of two single men raising a teenage daughter provided the story each week. Judge Margaret W. Wilbur (Florence Stanley), a family court judge who awarded custody of Nicole to Michael and Joey, would frequently visit the new family. This was because she had bought the building in which Joey lived and was now the live-in landlord. Michael had originally had his own condo uptown, but Nicole staged a sit in at school in Episode 2 because she felt she had no home, and the men decided it would be better to all live in one home and chose Joey's loft.
Nicole's actual paternity was never revealed on the show. In the episode "Pop, the Question", Michael and Joey — after a falling out — had a DNA test run to determine which of them was Nicole's biological father. The test was conducted against Nicole's wishes, and she destroyed the results before opening them since she was happier not knowing who her father was. Michael and Joey later resolve their differences and reconcile. Judge Wilbur looked at the results, but threw them away without revealing them to the audience.
The series came to an end (in the episode called "See You in September?") when Joey reconnected with a former girlfriend named Sarah and eventually moved to San Francisco to live with her and her daughter, Grace. He keeps in contact with Nicole, Michael and Judge Wilbur, all of whom remained in New York. Nicole made reference to her coming out to San Francisco and visiting him, then she ended her letter to Joey by saying that no matter what or where he was or who he was with, she would always be happy with him as one of her two dads.
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