One World (TV series)

One World is an American television teen sitcom that aired on the TNBC Saturday morning lineup^[1] from September 12, 1998^[2] to January 6, 2001 on NBC.^[3] The series was created by Robert Tarlow and executive produced by Peter Engel.^[4][5]

One World
Genre	Teen sitcom
Created by	Robert Tarlow
Starring	Bryan Kirkwood Arroyn Lloyd Harvey Silver Alisa Reyes Michelle Krusiec Brandon Baker Michael Toland Elizabeth Morehead
Theme music composer	Admusic John Adair Steve Hampton Korbin Kraus
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer	Peter Engel
Producer	Sue Feyk
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Peter Engel Productions NBC Enterprises
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12) – January 6, 2001 (2001-01-06)

The series was classified as educational under the Children's Television Act, due to its focus on morals and relationships, alongside other NBC shows including Hang Time and Saved by the Bell. However, along with other educational programming at the time, the show had limited popularity with teenagers,^[6] and was rarely viewed by elementary school aged children.^[7]

Production

Each episode of the series cost $400,000.^[8]

Premise

The series centered on the Blakes, a family mostly made up of six racially diverse foster teenagers living under one roof under the care of parents Dave, a former professional baseball player and Karen, a sculptor.^{[2][3][9][10][11][12]}

Cast

• Bryan Kirkwood as Ben Blake^[13]
• Arroyn Lloyd as Jane Blake^[11]
• Harvey Silver as Neal Smith^[14]
• Alisa Reyes as Marci Blake^[15]
• Michelle Krusiec as Sui Blake
• Brandon Baker as Cray Blake
• Michael Toland as Dave Blake
• Elizabeth Morehead as Karen Blake
• Kim Mai Guest as Kendra

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12)	December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)
2	13		September 11, 1999 (1999-09-11)	January 1, 2000 (2000-01-01)
3	13		September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23)	January 6, 2001 (2001-01-06)

Season 1 (1998)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Hurricane Jane"	Chuck Vinson	Robert Tarlow	September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12)
2	2	"What's In a Name?"	Chuck Vinson	Robert Tarlow	September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)
3	3	"Marci's Job"	Chuck Vinson	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)
4	4	"The Gift"	Chuck Vinson	Robert Bradley & Michael Grodner	October 3, 1998 (1998-10-03)
5	5	"Community Service"	Chuck Vinson	Kandace Yvette Williams	October 10, 1998 (1998-10-10)
6	6	"The 12 Steps to Ben"	Chuck Vinson	Larry Spencer & Robert Tarlow	October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17)
7	7	"Runaround Sui"	Chuck Vinson	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24)
8	8	"Crushes, Lies & Zuckerman"	Chuck Vinson	Larry Spencer	October 31, 1998 (1998-10-31)
9	9	"Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"	Chuck Vinson	Tod Himmel	November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
10	10	"Ben's Brother"	Chuck Vinson	Kandace Yvette Williams	November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)
11	11	"The Thanksgiving Show"	Chuck Vinson	Pamela Pettler	November 28, 1998 (1998-11-28)
12	12	"The One Where Sui & Alex Walk"	Chuck Vinson	Story by : Larry Spencer Teleplay by : Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05)
13	13	"Love Is a Many Splintered Thing"	Chuck Vinson	Robert Tarlow	December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)

Season 2 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
14	1	"Love and Foster's Kids's Aren't Always Blind"	Mary Lou Belli	Robert Tarlow	September 11, 1999 (1999-09-11)
15	2	"Flushed with Love"	Mary Lou Belli	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18)
16	3	"How Neal Got His Groove Back"	Mary Lou Belli	Tim Meinhart	October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02)
17	4	"The Tangled Web"	Mary Lou Belli	Robert Tarlow	October 9, 1999 (1999-10-09)
18	5	"Playing the Field"	Mary Lou Belli	Tom Tenowich	October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16)
19	6	"Cyrano De Bengerac"	Mary Lou Belli	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	October 23, 1999 (1999-10-23)
20	7	"It's All Geek to Me"	Mary Lou Belli	Scott Yaffe	October 30, 1999 (1999-10-30)
21	8	"Treasure of the Sierra Lotto"	Mary Lou Belli	Robert Tarlow	November 6, 1999 (1999-11-06)
22	9	"A Walk on the Wild Side"	Mary Lou Belli	Bernie Ancheta	November 13, 1999 (1999-11-13)
23	10	"Tough Love"	Mary Lou Belli	Tim Meinhart	November 20, 1999 (1999-11-20)
24	11	"Band on the Run"	Mary Lou Belli	Robert Tarlow	November 27, 1999 (1999-11-27)
25	12	"A Cheating Heart"	Mary Lou Belli	Chris Leavell	December 3, 1999 (1999-12-03)
26	13	"Coming of Age"	Mary Lou Belli	Scott Yaffe	January 1, 2000 (2000-01-01)

Season 3 (2000–01)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
27	1	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"	Mary Lou Belli	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23)
28	2	"Push Comes to Shove"	Mary Lou Belli	Bernie Ancheta	September 30, 2000 (2000-09-30)
29	3	"The Two Year Itch"	Mary Lou Belli	Scott Yaffe	October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)
30	4	"The Race Car"	Mary Lou Belli	Tim Meinhart	October 14, 2000 (2000-10-14)
31	5	"One of Our Own"	Mary Lou Belli	Tom Tenowich	October 21, 2000 (2000-10-21)
32	6	"Crushed"	Mary Lou Belli	Story by : Bernie Ancheta Teleplay by : Tim Meinhart & Scott Yaffe	October 28, 2000 (2000-10-28)
33	7	"Dad Strikes Out"	Mary Lou Belli	Scott Yaffe	November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04)
34	8	"Sui's in for Stormy Weather"	Mary Lou Belli	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11)
35	9	"Jane Cops Out"	Mary Lou Belli	Tim Meinhart	November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)
36	10	"Marci's in Hot Salsa"	Mary Lou Belli	Tanya Hekimian	November 25, 2000 (2000-11-25)
37	11	"Roots"	Mary Lou Belli	Tom Tenowich	December 2, 2000 (2000-12-02)
38	12	"Say Cheese"	Mary Lou Belli	Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian	December 16, 2000 (2000-12-16)
39	13	"Hitting on a Guy"	Mary Lou Belli	Robert Tarlow	January 6, 2001 (2001-01-06)

Awards and nominations

1999

YoungStar Awards^[16]

• Brandon Baker – Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program (won)
• Alisa Reyes – Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program (nominated)

2000

YoungStar Awards^[17]

• Brandon Baker – Best Young Actor/Performance in a Saturday Morning TV Program (won)
• Alisa Reyes – Best Young Actress/Performance in a Saturday Morning TV Program (nominated)

Reception

In a 1999 review, Alice Li of The Plain Dealer opined that One World managed to escape the formula of "overall triteness and unbelievably happy endings" that every Saturday morning teen comedy featured, though only "by a hair's breadth". Li praised the acting of Brandon Baker, Alisa Reyes and Michelle Krusiec, though criticized that of Bryan Kirkwood and Elizabeth Morehead. While describing the scripts as "cleverly written", she lamented that some lines were ineffectively delivered by actors, and concluded it was "a show with a solid story line and much less fluff" than others on the Saturday morning line-up.^[5]