Raising Miranda

Raising Miranda is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1988 as part of its fall lineup.

Raising Miranda
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jane Anderson
Starring	James Naughton Royana Black Steve Vinovich Miriam Flynn Bryan Cranston
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9 (2 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	GTG Entertainment
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	November 5 – December 31, 1988

Premise

Raising Miranda is the story of Donald Marshack (James Naughton), a Racine, Wisconsin contractor who suddenly found himself a single parent when his wife Bonnie had abandoned him and their 15-year-old daughter, Miranda (Royana Black), in order to go and "find herself". Despite this rather grim premise, the show was billed as a situation comedy, the humor being derived from undomestic Donald now being forced to serve as both father and mother to a teenage girl. Bryan Cranston (in his first regular primetime TV role) played Donald's brother-in-law, Russell.

Raising Miranda aired on Saturday nights, up against NBC's hit sitcom Amen; after seven episodes averaged a poor 6.0 rating, CBS cancelled the series, leaving two of its nine produced episodes unaired.

Cast

• James Naughton as Donald Marshack
• Royana Black as Miranda Marshack
• Miriam Flynn as Joan Hoodenpyle
• Steve Vinovich as Bob Hoodenpyle
• Amy Lynne as Marcine Lundquist
• Michael Manasseri as Jack Miller
• Bryan Cranston as Russell

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
1	"Black Monday"	John Whitesell	TBA	November 5, 1988	9.9[1]	6.8/12[1]
2	"Grounded"	John Whitesell	Martha Williamson	November 12, 1988	8.6[2]	6.0/10[2]
3	"Man in the Middle"	John Whitsell	Jule Selbo	November 19, 1988	9.8[3]	6.8/12[3]
4	"Miranda's Date"	James Widdoes	Martha Williamson	November 26, 1988	9.0[4]	6.0/11[4]
5	"All Through the Night"	John Whitesell	Julia Newton	December 3, 1988	8.1[5]	5.1/9[5]
6	"Home for the Holidays"	James Widdoes	Jane Anderson	December 10, 1988	8.4[6]	5.5/10[6]
7	"Marcine Shoplifts"	John Pasquin	Bob Colleary	December 31, 1988	7.9[7]	5.6/11[7]
8	"One Night Stand"	James Widdoes	Martha Williamson	Unaired	N/A	N/A
9	"Russell's Broken Heart"	James Widdoes	Martha Williamson	Unaired	N/A	N/A

References

1. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 9, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306136856.
2. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 16, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306140699.
3. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 23, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306124674.
4. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 30, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306106502.
5. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. December 7, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306146398.
6. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. December 14, 1988. p. 3D. ProQuest 306143538.
7. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. January 5, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest 306157966.

General

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

External links

• Raising Miranda at IMDb