The Man in the Family

The Man in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from June 19 until July 31, 1991.

The Man in the Family
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ed. Weinberger Gina Wendkos
Starring	Ray Sharkey Anne De Salvo Julie Bovasso Don Stark Leah Remini Louis Guess Billy L. Sullivan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	The Weinberger Company Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	June 19 (1991-06-19) – July 31, 1991 (1991-07-31)

Premise

The black sheep of the family takes over the family-owned grocery store in Brooklyn following his father's death.^[1]

Cast

• Ray Sharkey as Sal Bovasso
• Anne De Salvo as Annie Bovasso
• Julie Bovasso as Angie Bovasso
• Don Stark as Cha Cha
• Leah Remini as Tina Bovasso
• Louis Guess as Uncle Bennie
• Billy L. Sullivan as Robbie

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Honor Bound"	Unknown	Ed. Weinberger and Gina Wendkos (story)	June 19, 1991 (1991-06-19)
Sal agrees to a business proposition from his shady buddy.
2	"Once Bitten..."	John Rich	Ron Clark	June 26, 1991 (1991-06-26)
Sal confronts the woman he left at the altar.
3	"Sal Falls in Love"	John Rich	Alan Daniels	July 3, 1991 (1991-07-03)
Sal falls in love with a seemingly-perfect woman.
4	"Uncle Sal"	John Rich	Ron Wullner	July 10, 1991 (1991-07-10)
Sal pretends Robby is his son to impress a woman.
5	"Date with a Don"	John Rich	Oliver Goldstick and Philip Rosenthal	July 17, 1991 (1991-07-17)
Annie gets a proposal she can't refuse from the neighborhood don.
6	"Real News"	John Rich	Ron Clark and Alan Daniels	July 24, 1991 (1991-07-24)
The Bavassos re-enact a store burglary for a reality-TV show.
7	"My Pal Joey"	John Rich	Ron Clark and Alex Daniels	July 31, 1991 (1991-07-31)
Sal doesn't trust his friend Joey to go out with Tina.