Grand

30min

Comedy

In the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner Harris Weldon, his newlywed niece and her husband, while raising her teenage daughter.

Episodes

Cast

A Tale of One City

1. A Tale of One City

30min

18th Jan 1990

Janice's estranged husband calls after having gone out for cigarettes three years earlier.

The Pretty Good Mother

2. The Pretty Good Mother

30min

25th Jan 1990

Tom's attempt to win back his job is marred by Carol Anne's suspicion that he's having an affair with Janice, who allows herself and Edda a designated period of depression to deal with the divorce.

Sex, Lies, and Cable TV

3. Sex, Lies, and Cable TV

30min

1st Feb 1990

Lunching together, Carol Anne and Janice clear things up between them, but find there's still a problem they both share. Meanwhile, cable TV viewers are offered the philosophy of Norris.

A Boy and His Dad

4. A Boy and His Dad

30min

8th Feb 1990

There's one little thing that Tom never told Carol Anne about his past, and it's just arrived in Grand, behind the wheel of the Porsche that smacked into Carol Anne.

Faded Genes

5. Faded Genes

30min

15th Feb 1990

Bonding in the woods, Tom and Dylan get tips about fathers and sons from Norris, while surgery-bound Desmond imparts a surprise on the same topic to Weldon.

Legends of Sport

6. Legends of Sport

30min

22nd Feb 1990

With Eddie in town to celebrate his glory days of yore, Janice has a knee-jerk reaction to his glory days of now; and Dylan leads Edda astray.

Deer Hunter

7. Deer Hunter

30min

1st Mar 1990

After Wayne's father is shot by a deer, Tom sets about networking at the funeral, while the widow falls under the official scrutiny of her son.

The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead

8. The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead

30min

8th Mar 1990

Weldon tries a cosmetic change for Carnegie Hall. Norris channels the spirit of a genius. Japanese bikers throw Tom's future off track.

Carnagie Hell

9. Carnagie Hell

30min

15th Mar 1990

In New York, Janice hears history repeating itself. While at Carnegie Hall, George Bush and Leonard Bernstein are replaced by Dan Quayle and Plafka Dobra.

An Obtuse Triangle

10. An Obtuse Triangle

30min

22nd Mar 1990

Janice compares rashes with Edda's Romeo. Norris finds all you need is love to avoid a career as a dead comic. Tom is tempted by an offer from Japan.

Trigonometry Made Easy

11. Trigonometry Made Easy

30min

29th Mar 1990

Norris succeeds in business without really trying. Wayne proposes to Janice. A secret admirer arranges to meet with Carol Anne.

Czech, Please

12. Czech, Please

30min

5th Apr 1990

Weldon's plans for Plafka are stabled. Janice gives Wayne a maybe, and learns the cause of her rash. Carol Anne yields to men's tears and Tom sees his $1.1 million turn into $46,853.

Blow Off

13. Blow Off

30min

12th Apr 1990

Aspiring beaus are dismissed by the Pasetti women. Desmond and Weldon square off in the name of love. Carol Anne plans a tryst while Tom plots his takeover of Eastern Europe.

First air date

18th Jan 1990

Last air date

27th Dec 1990

Status

Canceled

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks