Sister Kate (TV series)

Sister Kate
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Frank Dungan; Tony Sheehan; Jeff Stein
Written by	Frank Dungan; Jeff Stein; Tony Sheehan
Directed by	Jeffrey Melman; Noam Pitlik; John Sgueglia
Starring	Stephanie Beacham; Jason Priestley; Erin Reed; Hannah Cutrona; Penina Segall; Harley Cross; Alexaundria Simmons; Joel Robinson
Theme music composer	Mason Cooper and Brian Rawlings
Opening theme	"Maybe An Angel" performed by Amy Grant
Composer(s)	Brian Rawlings and Mason Cooper
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producer(s)	Frank Dungan; Jeff Stein; Tony Sheehan
Producer(s)	Patricia Rickey
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Lazy B/F.O.B. Productions; Mea Culpa Productions; 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 16, 1989 –; July 30, 1990

Sister Kate is an American sitcom television series created by Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein and Tony Sheehan, that aired on NBC from September 16, 1989 to July 30, 1990, during the 1989–1990 television season.

Synopsis

The series stars Stephanie Beacham as Sister Kate, a nun who is transferred (in the pilot episode) to run an orphanage in Chicago. Sister Kate is put in charge of a group of seven unwanted orphans who, due to their scheming ways, have already run off three priests. Story lines involved Sister Kate matching wits with the kids, and the kids' potential adoptions.[1]

Sister Kate premiered on Saturday, September 16, 1989 at 9:30 EST, and was moved to 8:00 EST on Sundays for the remainder of its run.[2] The low-rated series was canceled after nineteen episodes, due to competition from ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, and the first half of CBS's Murder, She Wrote.

Cast

Stephanie Beacham as Sister Katherine "Kate" Lambert
Jason Priestley as Todd Mahaffey
Erin Reed as April Newberry
Hannah Cutrona as Frederika "Freddy" Marasco
Penina Segall as Hilary Logan
Harley Cross as Eugene Colodner
Alexaundria Simmons as Violet Johnson
Joel Robinson as Neville Williams
Mike Williams as Mr. Beard

Guest Stars

Robert Guillaume in episode "Neville's Hired Hand"
Marion Ross in episode "The Nun"
Dan Hedaya in episode "Father Christmas"
Milli Vanilli in episode "Eugene's Feat"
Sally Struthers in episode "Sweet Sixteen"

Guest appearances

Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan appeared as Milli Vanilli in the January 7, 1990 episode "Eugene's Feat", speaking a few lines in their natural voices before (what was later revealed to be) lip-synching their hit "Blame It on the Rain".

Theme song

The series theme song, "Maybe An Angel", was performed by contemporary christian music pop star Amy Grant and written by Brian Rawlings and Mason Cooper.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Noam Pitlik	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan	September 16, 1989 (1989-09-16)
2	"Freddy's Bad Habit"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	September 21, 1989 (1989-09-21)
3	"Eugene's Secret"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan	September 24, 1989 (1989-09-24)
4	"Freddy's Date"	Jeff Melman	William C. Kenny & Brenda Hampton	October 1, 1989 (1989-10-01)
5	"Eugene's Model"	Jeff Melman	Tony Sheehan	October 15, 1989 (1989-10-15)
6	"Neville's Hired Hand"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	October 22, 1989 (1989-10-22)
7	"Hilary's Date"	Phill Lewis	Chuck Lorre	October 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)
8	"Violet's Friend"	Jeff Melman	Brenda Hampton & William C. Kenny	November 5, 1989 (1989-11-05)
9	"Kate's Baby"	Fred Savage	Jeff Melman	November 19, 1989 (1989-11-19)
10	"Kate's Furnace"	TBA	TBA	November 26, 1989 (1989-11-26)
11	"The Nun"	TBA	TBA	December 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)
12	"April in Paris"	TBA	TBA	December 10, 1989 (1989-12-10)
13	"Father Christmas"	TBA	TBA	December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17)
14	"Eugene's Feat"	TBA	TBA	January 7, 1990 (1990-01-07)
15	"Kandid Kate"	TBA	TBA	January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21)
16	"Sweet Sixteen"	TBA	TBA	July 16, 1990 (1990-07-16)
17	"Bingo"	TBA	TBA	July 23, 1990 (1990-07-23)
18	"Todd's Cheap Date"	TBA	TBA	July 30, 1990 (1990-07-30)
19	"Underwood Underfoot"	TBA	TBA	August 1 1990

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
1990	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical	Stephanie Beacham
1990	Young Artist Awards	Nominated	Best New Television Series	–
			Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Television Series	Harley Cross
			Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Television Series	Jason Priestley

gollark: This avoids the problems of proof of stake/work, but does mean you get some authority controlling it, which is... well, the situation now?

gollark: We have... several thousand of them.

gollark: What would probably be neat is cryptocurrency-type tech, except with new money added by having it be signed by some authority instead.

gollark: Perhaps. Though one assumes they could probably do better.

gollark: Though presumably they could *technically* just OCR the details off the card?

References

Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007-10-17). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (9 ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 1247. ISBN 0-345-49773-2.
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007-10-17). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (9 ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 1246. ISBN 0-345-49773-2.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007-10-17). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (9 ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 1247. ISBN 0-345-49773-2.

[2] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007-10-17). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (9 ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 1246. ISBN 0-345-49773-2.