Charlie Hoover

For the 19th-century baseball player, see Charlie Hoover (baseball).

Charlie Hoover is an American sitcom which aired on Fox from November 9 to December 28, 1991, starring Tim Matheson in the lead role and Sam Kinison, Lucy Webb and Bill Maher.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Charlie Hoover
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ian Gurvitz
Starring	Tim Matheson Lucy Webb Julie Hayden Michael Manasseri Leslie Engel Sam Kinison
Ending theme	Joey Carbone Dennis E. Belfield
Composers	Joey Carbone Robert Crew
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Ian Gurvitz Marc Gurvitz Lillah McCarthy
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Ian Gurvitz Productions Brillstein-Grey Entertainment New World Television TriStar Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	November 9 (1991-11-09) – December 28, 1991 (1991-12-28)

Synopsis

Charlie Hoover (Tim Matheson) is a man who just reached middle age when one day the voice within his head materializes in the form of Hugh (Sam Kinison), a foot-high miniature alter ego. Hugh guides Charlie on the path to getting his life in order.

Cast

• Tim Matheson as Charlie Hoover
• Lucy Webb as Helen Hoover
• Julie Hayden as Doris
• Michael Manasseri as Paul Hoover
• Leslie Engel as Emily Hoover
• Sam Kinison as Hugh

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Happy Birthday to Hugh"	Peter Baldwin	Ian Gurvitz	November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09)
On his depressing 40th birthday, Charlie meets his alter ego — a pint-sized loudmouth in a long coat — who helps him start to get it together, and helps him to get his promotion.
2	"Happy Anniversary"	Jeff Melman	Adam Markowitz & Bill Freiberger	November 16, 1991 (1991-11-16)
To celebrate his anniversary right, Charlie takes Hugh's advice and sets up a romantic anniversary celebration; unfortunately it's the same night he must make a business dinner.
3	"Two for the Road"	Jeff Melman	Art Everett & Nelson Costello	November 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)
Hugh is horrified when Charlie decides it may be time to get a vasectomy.
4	"Mother-in-Law"	Rob Schiller	David Chambers	November 30, 1991 (1991-11-30)
With Hugh's help, Charlie learns how to deal with his mother-in-law.
5	"Out of the Frying Pan"	Jeff Melman	Joe Toplyn	December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)
Emily has a problem with her cooking teacher and Doris has a blind date.
6	"Old Flame"	David Trainer	Stephen Paymer	December 21, 1991 (1991-12-21)
A co-worker chases Charlie in search of a fling, which is something Charlie also needs because two months earlier Helen left with the kids.
7	"Roll One for Ed"	David Trainer	Scott Buck	December 28, 1991 (1991-12-28)
When a co-worker dies, Charlie travels to Atlantic City to complete the man's dream of taking $100 and gambling it away.