Scripted series · ABC
Who's the Boss?
Father doesn't always know best!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tony Danza
Tony Micelli
196 eps
Judith Light
Angela Bower
196 eps
Alyssa Milano
Samantha Micelli
196 eps
Danny Pintauro
Jonathan Bower
196 eps
Katherine Helmond
Mona Robinson
196 eps
James Hampton
2 eps
Walter Olkewicz
Tiny McGee
2 eps
Nicole Eggert
Marci Ferguson
7 eps
Alan Oppenheimer
2 eps
Sam McMurray
2 eps
Fran Drescher
2 eps
Troy Slaten
2 eps
Leah Remini
2 eps
Franklin Cover
2 eps
Betty White
2 eps
Jennifer Runyon
1 eps
Wolfgang Puck
1 eps
Stuart Pankin
1 eps
Leslie Nielsen
1 eps
Derek McGrath
1 eps
Jennifer Bassey
1 eps
Nedra Volz
1 eps
James Hong
1 eps
Julie Carmen
1 eps
James Sloyan
1 eps
Delta Burke
1 eps
John Reilly
1 eps
Michelle Nicastro
1 eps
Gerald Hiken
1 eps
Peter Hobbs
1 eps
Nancy Stafford
1 eps
Marla Adams
1 eps
Michael Alldredge
Joe
1 eps
Pat Harrington Jr.
1 eps
Earl Boen
Jim Peterson
5 eps
James Coco
3 eps
Josh Byrne
3 eps
Tonya Crowe
3 eps
Richard Sanders
2 eps
Suzanne Barnes
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Who's the Boss? actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Who's the Boss? reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 196 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
8 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
198422 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S01E02 Briefless Encounter
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
198526 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S02E04 The Heiress
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
198624 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S03E23 Mona
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
198724 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S04E09 A Fishy Tale
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
198825 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S05E13 Cardinal Sin
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
198926 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S06E21 Couple Trouble
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
199025 episodes
2.0IMDbBest episode · S07E01 Ridiculous Liaisons
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
199124 episodes
1.0IMDb
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Blake Hunter
Showrunner
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Robert Sternin
Writer
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Jake Weinberger
Writer
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Prudence Fraser
Writer
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Michael Poryes
Writer
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Jeffrey Duteil
Writer
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Adam I. Lapidus
Writer
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Howard Meyers
Writer
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Bob Rosenfarb
Writer
Paul Haggis
Writer
Daniel Palladino
Writer
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Bob Perlow
Writer
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Clay Graham
Writer
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Danny Kallis
Writer
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Eric Gilliland
Writer
Lee Aronsohn
Writer
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Gene Braunstein
Writer
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Martin Cohan
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Danny KallisProducer
Writing
- Blake HunterWriter
- Robert SterninWriter
- Jake WeinbergerWriter
- Prudence FraserWriter
- Michael PoryesWriter
- Jeffrey DuteilWriter
Direction
- John TracyDirector
- Michael ZinbergDirector
- Linda DayDirector
- Frank BonnerDirector
- Jim DrakeDirector
- Asaad KeladaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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