Out of This World

21min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Comedy

Kids

Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in syndication from September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. During its first season, the series was originally part of NBC's Prime Time Begins at 7:30 campaign, in which the network's owned-and-operated stations would run first-run sitcoms in the 7:30-8 pm time slot to counterprogram competing stations' game shows, sitcom reruns and other offerings. Out of This World was rotated with the original series Marblehead Manor and She's the Sheriff, a syndicated revival of the 1983 sitcom We Got It Made, and a television adaptation of the play You Can't Take It With You. NBC ended the experiment after the 1987-88 season due to the low ratings put up by three of the series, with Out of This World being one of the two that was renewed. After its first season the series was largely moved to weekend time slots, where it remained until its cancellation following the fourth season.

Production Companies

Bob Booker Productions

MCA Television

Episodes

Cast

Evie's Thirteenth Birthday

1. Evie's Thirteenth Birthday

21min

17th Sep 1987

After thirteen years of keeping Evie's identity from her, Donna is forced to reveal the truth at her thirteenth birthday party when Evie exhibits a special, alien power that enables her to freeze time. Evie learns she's half alien and that her father is from the planet Antareus--not a CIA agent as her mother has been telling her all along. She is given her father's gift of the cube, a genetic device which allows her to speak to her father on Antareus. Although anyone can hear her father over the cube, her father can only hear Evie.

Playing With the Power

2. Playing With the Power

21min

24th Sep 1987

Evie misuses her new power to win a gift certificate and a basketball game. Her father grounds her by taking away her power for a week as punishment.

The Nightmare

3. The Nightmare

21min

1st Oct 1987

Evie is plagued by a bad dream about becoming a monster when she grows up.

Till Then

4. Till Then

21min

8th Oct 1987

Evie's mother feels a bit neglected because Evie is spending so much time talking with her father.

Evie, Get Your Basketball

5. Evie, Get Your Basketball

21min

15th Oct 1987

Evie has a free throw contest with the new boy in school. She falls in love with him instead and ends up losing the contest.

Every Beano Has His Day

6. Every Beano Has His Day

21min

22nd Oct 1987

Beano has been given a day of honor by the mayor. After gleaping him into a tuxedo, she mistakenly thinks she turned him into the mayor's dog. Attempting to reverse the change, she gleaps the dog to look like Beano.

Evie and the Young Astronauts

7. Evie and the Young Astronauts

21min

29th Oct 1987

Evie is accepted into the young astronauts program after winning an essay contest and Donna is shocked to find that Evie knows so much about science and outer space. After accidentally playing one of Evie's tapes while cleaning her room, she discovers that all the information in the essay actually came from Troy.

Fifties Mom

8. Fifties Mom

21min

5th Nov 1987

Evie wishes for a fifties mom while watching a 50's show, "My Favorite Mom", on TV. When the show is not on the next day, she has to live another 24 hours with a 50's mom.

Dueling Mayors

9. Dueling Mayors

21min

12th Nov 1987

It's reelection time for the mayor of Marlowe and his competition is other than Charles Nelson Reilly.

Baby Talk

10. Baby Talk

21min

19th Nov 1987

Evie wishes that she could understand a baby she's babysitting. When lightning strikes, the little boy starts talking to her.

Beano's New Diet Clinic

11. Beano's New Diet Clinic

21min

26th Nov 1987

Beano and Donna try to help an overweight child at Evie's school by trying to get Jackie Gleason to come to the opening of Beano's diet clinic.

Uh, Oh... Here Comes Mother

12. Uh, Oh... Here Comes Mother

21min

3rd Dec 1987

Donna and Beano's mother comes for a visit and she falls in love with Kyle.

The Anniversary

13. The Anniversary

21min

21st Jan 1988

Donna is happy and has put a heart around the date on the calendar. Evie is suspicious.

To Tell the Truth

14. To Tell the Truth

21min

28th Jan 1988

A crystal egg left by Troy causes people to tell the truth. It causes havoc when it accidentally goes off.

Pen Pals

15. Pen Pals

21min

4th Feb 1988

Evie and Donna try to find a woman for Beano in the personals section of the newspaper. After Evie replaces Beano's photo with Kyle's, Beano's date shows up.

Broadway Danny Derek

16. Broadway Danny Derek

21min

11th Feb 1988

Evie dislikes the new boy in school. Donna encourages her to be nice to him until she meets his dad who is just as bad.

Mosquito Man: The Motion Picture

17. Mosquito Man: The Motion Picture

21min

18th Feb 1988

When it's time to make a movie out of Kyle's old TV show character, he learns the new writers only want him in the movie so they can write him out and replace him with a young woman.

The Russians Are Coming

18. The Russians Are Coming

21min

25th Feb 1988

Russia thinks there is a nuclear research lab in the Garland house. They send Donna and Beano on a fake trip to Hawaii while one of their spies disguises herself as Donna to try and take her place and try to find the secret weapon which is causing power surges.

AKA: Dad

19. AKA: Dad

21min

21st Apr 1988

Donna and Beano's mother visits again. When she sees Buzz dancing with Donna, she mistakes Buzz for Troy.

The Illness

20. The Illness

21min

28th Apr 1988

Evie gets the measles...Antaerian style. Evie, Donna, and Beano have to prevent the doctor from learning the truth.

The Box Is Missing

21. The Box Is Missing

21min

5th May 1988

After returning from San Francisco, Evie discovers the cube is missing!

Boy Crazy

22. Boy Crazy

21min

12th May 1988

Donna thought she invited the new minister's daughter, Leslie, to meet Evie. It turns out Leslie is a boy who dresses like a punk and plays music she does not like.

The Three Faces of Evie

23. The Three Faces of Evie

21min

19th May 1988

When Chris becomes infatuated by an older woman, Evie wishes she was older.

I've Got a Secret

24. I've Got a Secret

21min

26th May 1988

Evie's secret is revealed when Lindsey sleeps over and accidentally hears Evie's father trough the cube.

First air date

17th Sep 1987

Last air date

25th May 1991

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks