The O'Keefes

The O'Keefes is an American television sitcom created by Mark O'Keefe, that aired on The WB from May 22 to June 12, 2003.

The O'Keefes
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Mark O'Keefe
Starring	Judge Reinhold Kirsten Nelson Joseph Cross Tania Raymonde Matt Weinberg
Composers	Jonathan Wolff Jack Diamond
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (3 unaired)
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Hamcat Productions Turner Television
Original release
Network	The WB
Release	May 22 (2003-05-22) – June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)

Premise

The series was about the O'Keefe family: Harry and Ellie, together with their children, Lauren, Danny and Mark. The plot centered on the fact that the O'Keefe parents had homeschooled their children for most of their lives and with the dramatic and comic interest arising in situations where the children were beginning to experience the outside world.

There was a lot of controversy about this show among parents who homeschool their children, as they felt it portrayed homeschooling in a negative light.^[1]

Cast

• Judge Reinhold^[2] as Harrison Fitzpatrick "Harry" O'Keefe
• Kirsten Nelson as Ellie O'Keefe, Harry's wife
• Joseph Cross as Danny O'Keefe, Harry & Ellie's first son
• Tania Raymonde as Lauren O'Keefe, Harry & Ellie's daughter
• Matt Weinberg as Mark O'Keefe, Harry & Ellie's second son

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	Andy Ackerman	Mark O'Keefe	May 22, 2003 (2003-05-22)
2	"Election"	Bryan Gordon	Jennifer Konner & Alexandra Rushfield	May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)
3	"Substitute Teacher"	Joanna Kerns	Craig DiGregorio	June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05)
4	"Football"	Gil Junger	Craig DiGregorio	June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)
5	"Jobs"	Gerry Cohen	Paul Ruehl	June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)
6	"Festival of Birth"	Gil Junger	Mark O'Keefe	Unaired
7	"Lauren's Date"	Gil Junger	Tom Saunders & Kell Cahoon	Unaired
8	"Party"	Gerry Cohen	Kevin Murphy	Unaired