The Tom Show

The Tom Show is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB on Sunday nights from September 7, 1997, to February 22, 1998.^[1]

The Tom Show
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Tom Arnold J.J. Wall
Starring	Tom Arnold Shawnee Smith Michael Rosenbaum Lisa Wilhoit Mika Boorem Ed McMahon Tasha Smith
Composer	Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producers	Tom Arnold J.J. Wall
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Clean Break Productions Floating Cork Productions Universal Television
Original release
Network	The WB
Release	September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07) – February 22, 1998 (1998-02-22)

Premise

The series focused on Tom Amross, a TV producer who moved back to his home town of St. Paul, Minnesota, with his two young daughters following his divorce from his talk show host wife, who got a job producing his friend’s long running local morning talk show Breakfast With Charlie.

Cast

Main

• Tom Arnold as Tom Amross
• Shawnee Smith as Florence Madison
• Michael Rosenbaum as Jonathan
• Lisa Wilhoit as Kenlon Amross
• Mika Boorem as Elissa Amross
• Ed McMahon as Charlie
• Tasha Smith as Tanya Cole

Recurring

• Shannon Tweed as Maggie Amross

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	"Tom's Back Again"	Howard Murray	Tom Arnold & J.J. Wall	September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07)	3.40[2]
2	"Bad Publicity"	Alan Myerson	Unknown	September 14, 1997 (1997-09-14)	2.36[3]
3	"Kenlon's New Clothes"	Alan Myerson	David Raether	September 21, 1997 (1997-09-21)	3.52[4]
4	"Tom's First Date"	Alan Myerson	Unknown	September 28, 1997 (1997-09-28)	3.35[5]
5	"Rival Station"	Howard Murray	Unknown	October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05)	3.33[6]
6	"Long Day's Journey Into Fights"	Amanda Bearse	Mark Torgove & Paul Kaplan	October 12, 1997 (1997-10-12)	3.15[7]
7	"Tom Lives Brownie's Life for the Weekend"	Amanda Bearse	Unknown	October 26, 1997 (1997-10-26)	2.69[8]
8	"The Crown Prince of Finland"	Amanda Bearse	Maryanne Melleoan	November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02)	1.59[9]
9	"It's Jan!"	Mark K. Samuels	Unknown	November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)	2.66[10]
10	"The White Shadow"	Mark K. Samuels	Kevin Kelton	November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16)	3.54[11]
11	"A Tom Story"	Mark K. Samuels	David Raether	November 23, 1997 (1997-11-23)	2.66[12]
12	"Maggie Returns"	Mark K. Samuels	Unknown	December 14, 1997 (1997-12-14)	2.70[13]
13	"The Talk"	Howard Murray	Unknown	January 4, 1998 (1998-01-04)	2.41[14]
14	"Tom vs. the PTA"	Howard Murray	Paul A. Kaplan & Mark Torgove	January 11, 1998 (1998-01-11)	2.54[15]
15	"The Top Five"	Howard Murray	Unknown	January 18, 1998 (1998-01-18)	2.68[16]
16	"The Centerfold"	Rosario Roveto, Jr.	Tanya Ward	February 1, 1998 (1998-02-01)	2.88[17]
17	"The Band"	Unknown	Unknown	February 8, 1998 (1998-02-08)	3.23[18]
18	"Tom's Dream House"	Mark K. Samuels	Tom Arnold & Vincent Ueber	February 15, 1998 (1998-02-15)	2.79[19]
19	"The Ticket Scam"	Mark K. Samuels	Unknown	February 22, 1998 (1998-02-22)	3.27[20]