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with famous people from around the world. The photos were updated to reflect how the cast looked in season three, and most of the season one clips were now replaced with scenes from season two episodes. In season four, the opening was updated to feature new positions of Tracy Wells on the couch. In season six, it was updated once more to feature clips from season five episodes, and new positions of Brice Beckham on the couch. A short 30 second version was also created, as well. In early syndication reruns, the short season four/five opening was used on all the episodes, with the exception of season six; early reruns of season six used the short open from said season.
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Raleigh Bond as Burt Hammond, bombastic and overly talkative chief spokesman and membership director for the Happy Guys of Pittsburgh, a local men's club; he is always trying to recruit George as a member. His final appearance was in the season five episode "Stakeout", as Bond died eight months after
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contracted HIV). Danny is taken out of school due to the ignorance and uncertainty shared by the parents of many of the other children at Wesley's school. After hearing rumors from his friends about how HIV can be spread, leading them to shun him if he keeps spending time with Danny, Wesley begins to
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During season three (1986–87), the show fell to 51st place with a 13.7 rating. At the end of the 1986–87 season, ABC decided to cancel the show after three seasons, but negative feedback from fans of the series led the network to reverse its decision and order a fourth season that debuted in October
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The opening was overhauled completely beginning with this season. It begins with a stock photo of a British palace, and then zooms in to Mr. Belvedere himself. It was then followed by Belvedere as different people (including a Man on Safari), followed by photos and clips from season one episodes, as
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Similar to the original unaired pilot, but now with a beige family portrait book, some of the cast pictures changed (most notably, George at his construction job), and Leon Redbone singing the theme. The Redbone version would be used in all subsequent variations of the opening. On the Shout! Factory
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affiliates. Along with the addition of seasons four through six, ten previously unaired episodes (two from season five and eight from season six), were also added to the syndication package. The syndication package initially consisted of all 95 half-hour episodes produced up until the end of season
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The opening was overhauled completely once more in season three. Now, it began with Mr. Belvedere writing in his journal, followed by the camera zooming in to the fictional World Focus magazine, with Belvedere on the front cover for the title card. It was then followed by edited images of Belvedere
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This sequence consisted of a purple family portrait book, with pictures of the cast (including a picture of George at his construction job), set to the original version of theme song. This version was only used on the original unaired version of the pilot; the broadcast version used the second
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Each episode, except "Deportation Part 1" (season three) and "The Counselor" (season four), ends with Mr. Belvedere writing in his journal, recounting the events of the day (which is heard by the audience via his narration) with the Owens family and what he gets out of it in terms of a lesson.
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to suffer a steep ratings decline, falling to a 6.3 rating. The final episode to air before it was put on hiatus on December 30, 1989 ranked #70 out of 83 shows. ABC canceled the series for good in February 1990. The two-part finale, which aired on July 1 and July 8, 1990, ranked #59 and #37,
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Several episodes deal with the relationship between Wesley and Mr. Belvedere, who are always at odds with each other, with Wesley constantly antagonizing Belvedere. Deep down, they are revealed to really love each other. In season two's "Wesley's Friend" – one of the series' many
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on DVD in Region 1, featuring the original unedited prints of the episodes. Currently, Shout! Factory does not have the DVD rights to seasons five and six, and has been involved in protracted negotiations to acquire those remaining episodes (46 in total) for future releases.
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well as general photos of the cast from said season. On the Shout! Factory DVDs of seasons one & two, this version was kept as is on all the season two episodes, but plastered the season one opening on episodes 2–7. In addition, the show adopted its familiar logo.
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while starring in the series), Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school, and Wesley moves up to junior high.
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Laura Mooney as Marjorie, a Junior High student, and one of Wesley's love interests during the final season. Prior to playing the character in season six, Mooney appeared as "Roberta" in a season four episode.
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Its first season (1985) was exempt from the Nielsen ratings as it aired too few episodes before the end of April to be counted. In its second season (1985–86), the series ranked at #45 with a 14.8 rating.
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began airing reruns of the series, initially airing seven days a week. These have been completely unedited, and include alternate pilot credits without Leon Redbone singing. It aired until April 1, 2018.
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and had told him about the city's resurgence. Stein admitted: "We thought about setting the show in Cleveland, but that's too jokey. ... We're not doing Pittsburgh jokes. We like Pittsburgh. We like the
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media. Dungan and Stein used it for story ideas during Season 1 after the PMG pitched several studio groups in Los Angeles in January 1985: "The calendar has Pittsburgh scenes for each month. The
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Throughout the series, Mr. Belvedere serves as a mentor of sorts to Wesley, as well as to the other children. Being a cultured man with many skills and achievements (having even once worked for
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1987. In season four (1987–88), the show fell to 64th place and an 11.5 rating for the year. For its fifth season (1988–89), the show rose to a 12.2 rating, placing it at #47 for the season.
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avoid Danny in fear of getting the disease himself. Mr. Belvedere is there for him and the child, and he helps Wesley to shed his fear of the boy and publicly accept him as his friend.
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as Skip Hollings, George's co-anchor at the television station. Prior to the character's first appearance in season four, Bartold played as a hotel clerk in a season three episode.
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as Angela Shostakovich, Heather's somewhat dimwitted best friend, who always mispronounces Mr. Belvedere's name. Angela's middle name, Raskolnikov, was mentioned in one episode.
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Six audio commentaries with Ilene Graff, Rob Stone, Tracy Wells and Brice Beckham ("Debut", "Kevin's Date", "Pills", "The Crush", "The Competition", "Kevin's Older Woman")
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The producers learned of Pittsburgh locales from a promotional calendar provided by the Pittsburgh Media Group (PMG), a consortium of public officials and
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for three bratty kids. He accepts the job because he is secretly writing a novel about a community of gossips and busybodies. Webb earned an
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On September 11, 1989 (about the time the show entered its final season), and continuing in sporadically until 1997, it was seen in local
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suburb." The show eventually featured an upper-middle-class family in a highly fictionalized version of the real Pittsburgh suburb of
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five in 1989; the following year, season six (the remaining 22 half-hour episodes) was finally included in the package.
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The series follows posh English butler Lynn Belvedere as he struggles to adapt to the Owens household in suburban
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The unaired Pilot and early ABC promos of the show used a rock version of the main theme, with a guitar lead.
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as the most livable in the U.S. The show's producers promised to use this publicity. Both Dungan (from
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Three previous attempts were unsuccessfully made to adapt the character to television: in 1956 with
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aired both of the series' Christmas-themed episodes, as part of the network's month-long block of
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The character of Lynn Belvedere was originally created by Gwen Leys Davenport in her 1947 novel
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from September 7, 1987 to January 15, 1988, filling the gap between the cancellation of the
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Seasons 1 and 2 and one Season 3 episode featured an instrumental version of the theme song.
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nomination for Best Actor for his performance and he reprised the role in two more films,
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as the title character, a butler for an American family headed by George Owens, played by
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DVDs of seasons one & two, this was only seen on the broadcast version of the pilot.
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as Miles Knobnoster, Wesley's best friend, who is always the butt of jokes due to his
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left its longtime Friday night slot (which began its evolution into the long-running
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as Wendy, Kevin's geeky and self-conscious high school friend who has a crush on him.
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as Carl, Kevin's best friend, who's always dragging Kevin into one of his schemes.
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In September 2015, Shout! re-released season 4 on DVD as a full retail release.
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Weeks after Pittsburgh was chosen as the show's setting, the city was named by
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A frequent gag on the show involves Heather's air-headed best friend Angela (
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was syndicated in U.S. On or around October 3, 2011, reruns began airing on
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The show used four different closing themes during its original run:
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respectively, out of the 86 shows that aired during those weeks.
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from March 15, 1985 to July 8, 1990. The series is based on the
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Seasons 4-6 employed a jazzier rendition of the ending theme.
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Bark, Ed (February 15, 1990). "For ABC, the King is dead".
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airings, ABC aired reruns of the first three seasons of
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character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel
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Episodes 13–20 of season 6 only aired in syndication.
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Episodes 23–24 of season 5 only aired in syndication.
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September 1989–December 1989, ABC Saturday 8:00–8:30
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as Carl Butlam, Mr. Hammond's obsequious assistant.
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