Fathers and Sons (1986 TV series)

Fathers and Sons is an American sitcom television series created by Nick Arnold and Michael Zinberg, that aired on NBC from April 6 until May 4, 1986.

Fathers and Sons
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Nick Arnold Michael Zinberg
Starring	Merlin Olsen Nicholas Guest
Composer	Patrick Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 6 (1986-04-06) – May 4, 1986 (1986-05-04)

Premise

Merlin Olsen played a father who was also a baseball coach for his sons.^[1]

Cast

• Merlin Olsen as Buddy Landau
• Jason Late as Lanny Landau
• Kelly Sanders as Ellen Landau
• Andre Gower as Sean Flynn
• Ina Fried as Matty Bolen
• Nicholas Guest as Dr. Richard Bolen
• Hakeem Abdul-Samad (billed mononymously as "Hakeem") as Brandon Russo

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Ironman"	Michael Zinberg	Nick Arnold	April 6, 1986 (1986-04-06)
Buddy asks for help from a professional wrestler in order to encourage a handicapped student to join the wrestling team.
2	"We'll Always Have the Mall"	Will Mackenzie	Nick Arnold	April 13, 1986 (1986-04-13)
Lanny has a date with the girl of his dreams on the same day he plans to attend a basketball game with his dad.
3	"Desperately Seeking Einstein"	Robert McCullough	Michael Zinberg, Randall Zisk	April 27, 1986 (1986-04-27)
Sean's father is of no help with the project for the father-son science fair.
4	"Which Championship Season?"	Peter Baldwin	Nick Arnold	May 4, 1986 (1986-05-04)
Buddy's old friends doesn't agree with his tactics for turning his sons basketball team into a winning team.