Sister Kate (TV series)

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Sister Kate is an American sitcom created by Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, and Tony Sheehan, that aired on NBC from September 16, 1989, to July 30, 1990, during the 1989–1990 television season.

Sister Kate
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Frank Dungan Tony Sheehan Jeff Stein
Written by	Frank Dungan Jeff Stein Tony Sheehan
Directed by	Jeffrey Melman Noam Pitlik John Sgueglia
Starring	Stephanie Beacham Jason Priestley Erin Reed Hannah Cutrona Penina Segall Harley Cross Alexaundria Simmons Joel Robinson
Theme music composer	Mason Cooper and Brian Rawlings
Opening theme	"Maybe An Angel" performed by Amy Grant
Composers	Brian Rawlings and Mason Cooper
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producers	Frank Dungan Jeff Stein Tony Sheehan
Producer	Patricia Rickey
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Lazy B/F.O.B. Productions Mea Culpa Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 16, 1989 (1989-09-16) – September 1, 1990 (1990-09-01)

Synopsis

The series stars Stephanie Beacham as Sister Kate, a nun who in the pilot episode is transferred to Chicago to run an orphanage, where she is put in charge of a septet of unwanted orphans whose scheming ways have already run off three priests. Storylines involved Sister Kate matching wits with the kids, and the kids' potential adoptions.^[1]

Sister Kate premiered on Saturday, September 16, 1989 at 9:30 EST as a sneak preview, and aired regularly at 8:00 EST on Sundays.^[2] The low-rated series was canceled after 19 episodes.

Cast

• Stephanie Beacham as Sister Katherine "Kate" Lambert
• Jason Priestley as Todd Mahaffey
• Erin Reed as April Newberry
• Hannah Cutrona as Frederika "Freddy" Marasco
• Penina Segall as Hilary Logan
• Harley Cross as Eugene Colodner.
• Alexaundria Simmons as Violet Johnson
• Joel Robinson as Neville Williams
• Mike Williams as Mr. Beard
• Gordon Jump as Lucas Underwood

Guest Stars

• Robert Guillaume in episode "Neville's Hired Hand"
• Marion Ross in episode "The Nun"
• Dan Hedaya in episode "Father Christmas"
• Milli Vanilli in episode "Eugene's Feat"
• Sally Struthers in episode "Sweet Sixteen"

Guest appearances

Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan appeared as Milli Vanilli in the January 7, 1990, episode "Eugene's Feat", speaking a few lines in their natural voices before (what was later revealed to be) lip-synching their hit "Blame It on the Rain".

Theme song

The series theme song, "Maybe An Angel", was written by Brian Rawlings and Mason Cooper and performed by Contemporary Christian Music pop star Amy Grant.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	Noam Pitlik	Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan	September 16, 1989 (1989-09-16)
2	"Freddy's Bad Habit"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	September 21, 1989 (1989-09-21)
Sister Kate goes to extraordinary measures to break Freddy's smoking habit; Neville gets upset when someone wants to adopt Violet.
3	"Eugene's Secret"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan	September 24, 1989 (1989-09-24)
Sister Kate announces that everyone will be moving into shared bedrooms in an attempt to save money on heating costs. As a result, Eugene is fearful that a long-kept secret will get out while new roommates Freddy and April constantly quarrel with each other.
4	"Freddy's Date"	Jeff Melman	William C. Kenny & Brenda Hampton	October 1, 1989 (1989-10-01)
Freddy has a crush on the rich kid in her auto-shop class; Neville can't decide which musical instrument to play for his music class.
5	"Eugene's Model"	Jeff Melman	Tony Sheehan	October 15, 1989 (1989-10-15)
Violet becomes jealous of the amount of time Neville spends with Sister Kate; Eugene takes up drawing and searches for a nude female model.
6	"Neville's Hired Hand"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	October 22, 1989 (1989-10-22)
Neville is so taken with a vagrant who stops for food that Kate hires him to be both a cook and handyman, on the condition that he continues to stay off the booze that he claimed to stop drinking.
7	"Hilary's Date"	Phill Lewis	Chuck Lorre	October 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)
Hilary is somehow able to keep her wheelchair a secret from a boy she likes; Neville gives Kate the silent treatment after she scolds him for his language.
8	"Violet's Friend"	Jeff Melman	Brenda Hampton & William C. Kenny	November 5, 1989 (1989-11-05)
Violet's friend visits and puts the gang in an uproar and she gets upset and runs away. Later, Sister Kate gets a phone call from a local hospital informing her that Violet is there.
9	"Kate's Baby"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	November 19, 1989 (1989-11-19)
10	"Kate's Furnace"	Jeff Melman	Unknown	November 26, 1989 (1989-11-26)
11	"The Nun"	John Sgueglia	Tony Sheehan	December 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)
12	"April in Paris"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	December 10, 1989 (1989-12-10)
13	"Father Christmas"	John Sgueglia	William C. Kenny & Brenda Hampton-Cain	December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17)
14	"Eugene's Feat"	Phil Ramuno	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	January 7, 1990 (1990-01-07)
15	"Kandid Kate"	John Sgueglia	Unknown	January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21)
16	"Sweet Sixteen"	Unknown	Unknown	July 16, 1990 (1990-07-16)
17	"Bingo"	Michael Zinberg	Brenda Hampton-Cain & William C. Kenny	July 23, 1990 (1990-07-23)
18	"Todd's Cheap Date"	Jeff Melman	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	July 30, 1990 (1990-07-30)
19	"Underwood Underfoot"	Unknown	Unknown	September 1, 1990 (1990-09-01)

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
1990	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical	Stephanie Beacham
1990	Young Artist Awards	Nominated	Best New Television Series	–
			Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Television Series	Harley Cross
			Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Television Series	Jason Priestley