Day by Day

Day by Day

1988
Day by Day
Day by Day

Day by Day

6.9 | TV-G | en | Comedy

Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch. Day by Day was telecast from February 29, 1988, through June 25, 1989, on NBC.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP20  Father Knows Best
Jun. 04,1989
Father Knows Best

An overprotective dad pulls his son out of preschool, while Ross is pushed into a date with the daughter of one of Eileen's clients.

EP19  The Lost Weekend
Apr. 16,1989
The Lost Weekend

Ross and his girlfriend have the house to themselves or so they think.

EP18  The Reunion
Apr. 02,1989
The Reunion

Eileen is determind to relive the humiliating days of yesteryear at her high-school reunion, so she hires Ross to pose as her husband.

EP17  Foul Play
Mar. 23,1989
Foul Play

Eileen figures to benefit when her ""best friend"" Kristin begins going out with Eileen's grateful boss.

EP16  Three Men and a Babe
Mar. 12,1989
Three Men and a Babe

Ross loses big with his buddies when he begins spending all of his time in artistic pursuits with his girlfriend, instead of joining the guys for their manly game of Risk.

EP15  Harmless Harper
Mar. 05,1989
Harmless Harper

Brian is flustered but flattered by the amorous attention of an attractive stockbroke, but Kate invests her complete trust in her husband.

EP14  Tears of a Clown
Feb. 26,1989
Tears of a Clown

Ross and Stiv enroll in home ec to savor the presence of their female classmates, but Ross finds his cooking teacher's company most appetizing.

EP13  Fraternity
Feb. 19,1989
Fraternity

While Ross admires Brian's practical joking fraternity brother Stan, Brian thinks Stan still has some growing up to do.

EP12  My Momma Done Tol' Me
Feb. 12,1989
My Momma Done Tol' Me

Ross battles Kate's low opinion of his new girlfriend, who has a very high opinion of herself.

EP11  A Very Brady Episode
Feb. 05,1989
A Very Brady Episode

After getting an F on a term paper, Ross' parents are very disappointed in his efforts. They asked what he was doing with his time & he's watching a Brady Bunch marathon. So they ground him from the tv until he can improve his grades. As he was studying, Ross has a dream about being on The Brady Bunch! He's greeted by Carol & was amazed that he's their long lost son, Chuck Brady! Carol makes him take off the robe & Chuck finds himself wearing 70's clothes. He also meets Mike who asks him to go get a perm. And Alice who had boxing gloves on. Then he met Peter & Bobby who wanted him to work on his campaign for student council president. Then he met a very pregnant Marcia! Marcia thanks him for backing her up for student council. Then the boys & girls fight over that. Chuck doesn't want to be student council president. Then Chuck sees his two girls who are Marcia's friends dressed as cheerleaders. Chuck can't stand the rerun of Brady living so he wakes up to find his real paren

EP10  The Music Man
Jan. 29,1989
The Music Man

The preschool's music teacher, Charlie the Song Guy, strikes a chord with Eileen, who learns to enjoy sounds other then the ringing of a cash register.

EP9  Out for a Stretch
Jan. 15,1989
Out for a Stretch

Ross takes a job baby-sitting, but an evening out cruising in a stretch limo is too tempting to turn down, so he takes Molly and Emily along for the ride.

EP8  Smart Women, Nice Refreshments
Jan. 08,1989
Smart Women, Nice Refreshments

Eileen ropes a reluctant Kate into joining a professional women's group, but before long, Kate ""the Organizer"" has tied down the lead over Eileen in the race for club secretary.

EP7  You Gotta Be a Football Hero
Jan. 01,1989
You Gotta Be a Football Hero

Ross goes out for football to make a pass at a girl who loves the sport, and Brian is carried back to his gridiron glory days.

EP6  Merry Kristin
Dec. 18,1988
Merry Kristin

Kristin gets her feelings hurt when she throws the Harper's her family's traditional Danish Eve of Christmas Eve feast. Later, the preschool throws a Christmas pageant.

EP5  Harper and Son
Dec. 11,1988
Harper and Son

Brian's gregarious father visits, but he strikes out with Brian when he tries to turn Ross from a star sleeper into a star athlete.

EP4  Girl Wars
Dec. 04,1988
Girl Wars

Ross finally gets up the nerve to ask a girl to a dance, but best friend Stiv has the nerve to ask her first.

EP3  Trading Places
Nov. 27,1988
Trading Places

Brian welcomes college buddy Steven Keaton whose plan to see St. Louis with son Andy falls on its arches when Andy decides he'd rather spend time at the playschool.

EP2  Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Nov. 06,1988
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

The intimitable Eileen is moving next door, and it's not a pretty sight as she demoralizes the remodeling men and, in a pinch, babysits Emily.

EP1  My World and Welcome to It
Oct. 30,1988
My World and Welcome to It

Eileen gives Ross a student internship, but will the pressure of being a successful pre-stockbroker drive him into early retirement?

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Released: 1988-02-29 | Released Producted By: Paramount Television Studios , Ubu Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch. Day by Day was telecast from February 29, 1988, through June 25, 1989, on NBC.

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Cast

Linda Kelsey , Doug Sheehan , Christopher Daniel Barnes

Director

Werner Walian

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Paramount Television Studios , Ubu Productions

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Reviews

VinnieRattolle Hard-working stockbroker Brian and lawyer Kate felt like they'd missed out on teenage son Ross's childhood, so when baby daughter Emily came along, they decided to stay home and open a daycare center. This transition was especially hard on slacker Ross, who'd become accustomed to having the house to himself. Working at the Harper Preschool was sweet college-student Kristin, the object of Ross's unwanted affections, who was majoring in psychology and minoring in weaving. And a constant fixture in their home was self-centered Eileen, Kate's best friend and Brian's former coworker, who eventually bought the house next door. A group of kids regularly appeared in the daycare center, but the only standouts were brainiac Molly and rascally Justin, both of whom were quick with the one-liners. Also frequently seen were Ross's buddies Stiv (formerly known as Steve), dimwitted Bob, dorky J.D. and pretentious Allison, whom Ross dated late in the series.Created by Gary David Goldberg and future political comedy writer Andy Borowitz and featuring a lot of the same crew from "Family Ties," the show initially had a similar vibe in it's first run as a midseason replacement. Then a writer's strike stretched through the summer, which delayed the fall season and turned viewers away from network TV in droves. When the show finally returned for season 2, the cast really began to mesh and the tone got lighter (more akin to "Growing Pains"), with the hilarious "Brady Bunch" episode that's mentioned in every other review, fantasy sequences and other zaniness. Personally, I liked the second season better and was sad that there weren't more. After the show's cancellation, Lifetime aired reruns for a while and they popped up on TV Land around the turn of the century.Aside from the bizarre "Brady Bunch" connection, the other most memorable component of this series was Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who shined brightly as the total narcissist that hated children. Most of the laugh-out-loud funny jokes were spewed from her lips. It' also interesting to see then-novice, now-old-pro Courtney Thorne Smith learning the ropes of sitcoms. She was a little flat in the beginning but had improved by leaps and bounds by the end of the series. I could go on about each of the actors, but suffice it to say that they were each great in their own rite.Paramount's not good about releasing their shows on DVD, but I hope they'll license it to Shout Factory or some other distributor someday. This was a funny, lovable little show and it's sad that it's kind of been forgotten.
rlamanna00 The most memorable episode of this show, in my humble opinion, was that in which Ross dreamed that he was in the Brady dimension in which he and his Brady brethren were doomed to fix bikes and comment that things were neat-o. Not only was it a funny episode but obviously caught the eye of the producers of the Brady Bunch Movies insofar as Christopher Daniel Barnes, the actor who played Ross on 'Day By Day', was cast as Greg Brady in the aforementioned movies. Although most of this actor's work has resulted in little critical acclaim, I have somehow followed his career quite closely having been a fan of 'Starman', 'Day By Day' and of course, the Brady Movies in which Ben Stiller's wife stole the show as Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
collegedude3 I remember watching it when it came on in the late 80s when I was about 10, and saw re-runs on tv land in the fall of 1999. The show is not really funny at all, except for the scenes with the hard career driven overbearing business woman who is ruthless, obnoxious yet funny. She looks pretty damn good. ANyway the occasional appearance from the oldest son is somewhat amusing. My favortie episode is the one where Eileen goes back to her highschool re-union and takes the kid from the brady bunch with her as her date. There, she dances look a crazy fool that she is, and ditches her date at the ball to be with a guy she had a crush on in highschool, only to break her date's feelings. And from my recollection, queen elizabeth is portrayed. Don't remember the details too much of da show but its funny. Too bad they dont show rereuns....
Jen549 I haven't actually seen the show since the 80's but I LOVED it. I remember Ross, the teenage boy, always wore a blue robe around the house. My favorite episode is the one where he watches the Brady Bunch marathon on tv and falls asleep, dreaming he is a Brady kid. I'd love to see this show in reruns.