Who's the Boss?
| Who's the Boss? | |
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| Created by |
Martin Cohan Blake Hunter |
| Starring |
Tony Danza Judith Light Alyssa Milano Danny Pintauro Katherine Helmond |
| Theme music composer | Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter (lyrics) Larry Carlton and Robert Kraft (music) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 196 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Martin Cohan Blake Hunter (both; entire run) Danny Kallis (season 8) |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Embassy Television (1984–86) Embassy Communications (1986–88) Hunter-Cohan Productions (1987–92) ELP Communications (1988–92) Columbia Pictures Television (1988–92) |
| Distributor |
Columbia TriStar Television Sony Pictures Television The Program Exchange |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| First shown in | 1984 |
| Original release | September 20, 1984 – April 25, 1992 |
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| Related shows |
The Upper Hand Living Dolls |
Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992. Produced by Embassy Television (later Embassy Communications and ELP Communications), in association with Hunter-Cohan Productions and Columbia Pictures Television, the series starred Tony Danza as a retired major league baseball player who relocates to Fairfield, Connecticut to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, played by Judith Light. Also featured were Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond.
The show received positive reviews throughout most of its run, becoming one of the most popular sitcoms of the mid-to-late 1980s. The series was nominated for more than forty awards, including ten Primetime Emmy Award and five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one of each. Also very successful in the ratings, Who's the Boss? consistently ranked in the top ten in the final primetime ratings between the years of 1985 and 1989, and has since continued in syndication worldwide.
Widower Anthony Morton "Tony" Micelli is a former second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals who was forced to retire due to a shoulder injury. He wants to move out of Brooklyn to find a better environment for his daughter, Samantha. He ends up taking a job in upscale Fairfield, Connecticut, as a live-in housekeeper for divorced advertising executive Angela Bower and her son Jonathan. The Micellis moved into the Bower residence. Also frequenting is Angela's feisty, sexually progressive mother, Mona Robinson. Mona dates all kinds of men, from college age to silver-haired CEOs. This portrayal of an "older woman" with an active social and sexual life was unusual for television at the time.
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