You Again?

You Again?
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	Home to Roost by Eric Chappell
Written by	Jay Abramowitz Al Aidekman Eric Chappell Gary Jacobs Doug McIntyre Tom Musca Bernie Orenstein Jerry Stahl Saul Turteltaub Zachary D. Wechsler
Directed by	Peter Bonerz Bill Foster Gerren Keith Howard Murray Jerry Paris
Starring	Jack Klugman John Stamos Elizabeth Bennett
Composers	Chris Boardman Rik Howard Bob Wirth
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Ronny Hallin Sarah Lawson Bernie Orenstein Saul Turteltaub
Producers	Al Aidekman Rick Mitz Liz Sage
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Sweater Productions Taft Entertainment/Lawson Group Taft Entertainment Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 27, 1986 (1986-02-27) – January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07)
Related
Home to Roost

You Again? is an American sitcom television series that aired for two seasons on NBC from February 27, 1986, to January 7, 1987. It was based on the British show Home to Roost.

Synopsis

Jack Klugman stars as Henry Willows, a man still embittered from his divorce ten years earlier, who had made no effort to see his son Matt (John Stamos) during that time. Henry had become fairly comfortable with his life as a supermarket manager and was not really looking to make major changes to it when Matt arrived looking to stay with his father, whom he hardly knew anymore. Matt was an ill-mannered but quite attractive youth who was very popular with the girls. He drove the gruff Henry almost over the edge, but of course in the end familial ties conquered all differences in sitcom tradition.

Cast

Main cast

• Jack Klugman as Henry Willows
• John Stamos as Matt Willows
• Elizabeth Bennett as Enid Thompkins
• Valerie Landsburg as Pam
• Barbara Rhoades as Maggie Davis

Guest cast

• The Beach Boys
• K Callan
• Conrad Janis
• Richard Kline
• Robert Morse
• Alan Oppenheimer
• Marion Ross
• Armin Shimerman
• Liz Torres
• David Wohl

Production

Development

The show was based on the British show Home to Roost, which was still in production at the same time. British actress Elizabeth Bennett played housekeeper "Enid Thompson" in the British version and "Enid Tompkins" in the US version simultaneously, so she was a frequent commuter from London to Los Angeles during the time in which You Again? was in production.

Episode list

Season 1 (1986)

Season 2 (1986–87)

Reception

Ratings

You Again? did not achieve the same level of hit status of Home to Roost in the UK, with many viewers finding it difficult to accept the 64-year-old Klugman as the father of 23-year-old Stamos. Nonetheless, the show finished at #19 in its first season's ratings, ahead of other, longer-running shows such as 227 and The Facts of Life and strong enough for NBC to renew it for a second season. It ran for just under a year, occupying four different time slots in the process, prior to its cancellation. Less than a year after You Again? went off the air, John Stamos began appearing on the long-running sitcom Full House.

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• You Again? at IMDb
• You Again? at epguides.com

This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 17:43