Day By Day
The Day by Day title screen
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Andy Borowitz Gary David Goldberg
Developed by	Paramount Television
Starring	Douglas Sheehan Linda Kelsey Christopher Daniel Barnes Julia Louis-Dreyfus Courtney Thorne-Smith Thora Birch
Theme music composer	Clydine Jackson
Opening theme	"Day By Day" by Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	33 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	February 29, 1988 – June 25, 1989

Day by Day is a television sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Thora Birch. It ran from February 29, 1988 to June 25, 1989, on NBC. Day by Day was a spin-off of sorts to Family Ties as it was revealed that the family patriarch, Brian Harper (played by Sheehan) was a college roommate of Steven Keaton (Michael Gross). A total of 33 episodes were produced.

After the show's initial run, reruns were shown on the Lifetime Television network for several years.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 "A Very Brady Episode" 3 Cast 4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The show centered around a married couple with successful careers (he as a stockbroker, she as a lawyer) and a teenage son. After the couple had a second child, they decided to quit their jobs and open a day care center in their home. The episodes mixed stories about the day care center with those about the teenager and his friends. Louis-Dreyfus played a materialistic neighbor, while Thorne-Smith played the baby's nanny.

[edit] "A Very Brady Episode"

The episode titled "A Very Brady Episode" aired on February 5, 1989, and reunited six cast members from The Brady Bunch – Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick and Robert Reed.

In this episode, irresponsible teen-aged son Ross (Barnes) is lectured by his parents, Brian (Sheehan) and Kate (Kelsey) about his poor study habits. Ross's explanation that he was watching a Brady Bunch marathon only angers his parents more, and he is warned to shape up. Ross bemoans his predicament, noting Mike Brady would never yell at him because he had flagging grades.

Ross falls asleep, and finds himself in the opening credits of The Brady Bunch. Ross learns that he is the Bradys' long-lost son, Chuck. After he gets his hair permed at Mike's suggestion, he visits with the various family members, who reprise some of the scenes in the Bradys' most famous episodes ("Oooh, my nose!", the Buddy Hinton episode, etc.)

After "Chuck" gets some advice about his poor grades from Mike, the family begins to repeat their dialogue. "Chuck" wonders what's amiss, and Mike explains what he's seeing is a rerun. Everything becomes chaotic, and Ross wakes up, vowing to improve his study habits.

Barnes would later portray Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie.

[edit] Cast

• Douglas Sheehan: Brian Harper
• Linda Kelsey: Kate Harper
• Christopher Daniel Barnes: Ross Harper
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Eileen Swift
• Courtney Thorne-Smith: Kristin Carlson
• Thora Birch: Molly
• Garrett Taylor: Blake
• Chris Finefrock: Justin O'Donnell
• Robert Chavez: Sammy Schrom
• Mark Gordon: Buddy Schrom
• Gino de Mauro: Stiv Miltman
• Catherine Donahue/Mary Donahue: Emily Harper

[edit] External links

• Day by Day at the Internet Movie Database
• Day by Day at TV.com