Raising Miranda
Raising Miranda is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1988 as part of its fall lineup.
| Raising Miranda | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jane Anderson |
| Starring | James Naughton Royana Black Steve Vinovich Miriam Flynn Bryan Cranston |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (2 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | GTG Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | November 5 – December 31, 1988 |
Premise
Raising Miranda is the story of Donald Marshack (James Naughton), a Racine, Wisconsin contractor who suddenly found himself a single parent when his wife Bonnie had abandoned him and their 15-year-old daughter, Miranda (Royana Black), in order to go and "find herself". Despite this rather grim premise, the show was billed as a situation comedy, the humor being derived from undomestic Donald now being forced to serve as both father and mother to a teenage girl. Bryan Cranston (in his first regular primetime TV role) played Donald's brother-in-law, Russell.
Raising Miranda aired on Saturday nights, up against NBC's hit sitcom Amen; after seven episodes yielded a poor 6.0 rating, CBS cancelled the series, leaving two of its nine produced episodes unaired.
Cast
- James Naughton as Donald Marshack
- Royana Black as Miranda Marshack
- Miriam Flynn as Joan Hoodenpyle
- Steve Vinovich as Bob Hoodenpyle
- Amy Lynne as Marcine Lundquist
- Michael Manasseri as Jack Miller
- Bryan Cranston as Russell
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Black Monday" | John Whitesell | TBA | November 5, 1988 |
| 2 | "Grounded" | John Whitesell | Martha Williamson | November 12, 1988 |
| 3 | "Man in the Middle" | John Whitsell | Jule Selbo | November 19, 1988 |
| 4 | "Miranda's Date" | James Widdoes | Martha Williamson | November 26, 1988 |
| 5 | "All Through the Night" | John Whitesell | Julia Newton | December 3, 1988 |
| 6 | "Home for the Holidays" | James Widdoes | Jane Anderson | December 10, 1988 |
| 7 | "Marcine Shoplifts" | John Pasquin | Bob Colleary | December 31, 1988 |
| 8 | "One Night Stand" | James Widdoes | Martha Williamson | Unaired |
| 9 | "Russell's Broken Heart" | James Widdoes | Martha Williamson | Unaired |
References
Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows