The Cavanaughs (TV series)

The Cavanaughs is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 1, 1986, to July 27, 1989.

The Cavanaughs
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Robert Moloney
Starring	Barnard Hughes Christine Ebersole Peter Michael Goetz Mary Tanner Bailey Danny Cooksey John Short
Composers	Paul Pilger Dennis Polen William Moloney
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Leonard Goldberg Robert Moloney
Producer	Seth Pearlman
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Mandy Films Paramount Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01) – July 27, 1989 (1989-07-27)

The series revolved around Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh, a 71-year-old, blue-collar Irish Catholic man living in South Boston with his daughter Kit and son Chuck, as well as Chuck's sons (one of whom was a Catholic priest) and daughter. Much of the show's humor stemmed from conflicts between the cantankerous, opinionated Pop and his grown children.^[1]

After airing during the 1986–87 television season, the show went on hiatus and returned in the summer of 1988.^[2]

Cast

• Barnard Hughes as Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh
• Christine Ebersole as Kit Cavanaugh
• Peter Michael Goetz as Chuck Cavanaugh
• John Short as Father Chuck Cavanaugh, Jr.
• Mary Tanner Bailey as Mary Margaret Cavanaugh
• Parker Jacobs as John Cavanaugh
• Danny Cooksey as Kevin Cavanaugh
• Art Carney appeared in three episodes as Pop's younger brother, Jimmy "The Weasel" Cavanaugh.^[2]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01)	March 9, 1987 (1987-03-09)
2	13		August 8, 1988 (1988-08-08)	July 27, 1989 (1989-07-27)

Season 1 (1986–87)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Rating/share (households)
1	1	"Member of the Wake-ing"	Unknown	Unknown	December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01)	19.9/29[3]
2	2	"Not So Gently Into the Night"	Unknown	Unknown	December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08)	16.4/24[4]
3	3	"Love with an Improper Stranger"	Unknown	Unknown	December 15, 1986 (1986-12-15)	17.8/26[5]
4	4	"Yes, Virginia, There Is a Pop"	Unknown	Unknown	December 22, 1986 (1986-12-22)	14.2/21[6]
5	5	"The Bishop's Back"	Unknown	Unknown	December 29, 1986 (1986-12-29)	14.9/24[7]
6	6	"Angst a Lot"	Unknown	Unknown	January 12, 1987 (1987-01-12)	16.9/25[8]
7	7	"Strike Too"	Unknown	Unknown	January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19)	17.8/25[9]
8	8	"The Arrangement"	Unknown	Unknown	January 26, 1987 (1987-01-26)	17.1/24[10]
9	9	"The Eyes Have Had It"	Unknown	Unknown	February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02)	17.4/26[11]
10	10	"A Chorus Malign"	Unknown	Unknown	February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09)	14.4/21[12]
11	11	"Banned in Boston"	Unknown	Unknown	February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16)	15.0/21[13]
12	12	"He Ain't Heavy, Father..."	John Pasquin	Robert Moloney	February 23, 1987 (1987-02-23)	15.8/24[14]
13	13	"Aunt Mom"	Unknown	Unknown	March 9, 1987 (1987-03-09)	13.5/19[15]

Season 2 (1988–89)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
14	1	"Weasel Waltz"	Unknown	Unknown	August 8, 1988 (1988-08-08)	9.4[16]	7.5/14[16]
15	2	"Coastal Disturbance"	Unknown	Unknown	August 15, 1988 (1988-08-15)	7.7[17]	5.8/11[17]
16	3	"Careers"	Unknown	Unknown	August 22, 1988 (1988-08-22)	10.2[18]	8.0/14[18]
17	4	"Monk's the Word"	Unknown	Unknown	August 29, 1988 (1988-08-29)	14.0[19]	10.6/18[19]
18	5	"Suggestive Dancing"	Unknown	Unknown	September 5, 1988 (1988-09-05)	13.3[20]	9.5/16[20]
19	6	"Many Happy Returns"	Unknown	Unknown	September 12, 1988 (1988-09-12)	13.0[21]	9.7/16[21]
20	7	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Up Your Nose"	Unknown	Unknown	September 19, 1988 (1988-09-19)	16.9[22]	12.3/19[22]
21	8	"Strange Bedfellows"	Unknown	Unknown	September 26, 1988 (1988-09-26)	15.1[23]	11.2/17[23]
22	9	"Gimme Shelter"	Andrew D. Weyman	Mark Masuoka	October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03)	10.7[24]	7.9/12[24]
23	10	"Fair Weather Friend"	Unknown	Unknown	June 29, 1989 (1989-06-29)	7.7[25]	5.8/11[25]
24	11	"The Last Temptation of Chuck"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 1989 (1989-07-06)	8.3[26]	6.1/11[26]
25	12	"The Cavanaugh Curse"	Unknown	Unknown	July 20, 1989 (1989-07-20)	7.5[27]	5.6/10[27]
26	13	"Just Weaseled"	Unknown	Unknown	July 27, 1989 (1989-07-27)	9.4[28]	6.9/13[28]