American Dreamer

1990
American Dreamer

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Pilot Sep 20, 1990

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EP2 Guys Just Wanna Have Fun Sep 22, 1990

Danny and Tommy go to a bar where they get more than they bargained for. Rachel and Holly try to spend some time together.

EP3 Flight of the Dodo Sep 29, 1990

Danny Brings home a stuffed Dodo bird and Rachel doesn't have the heart to tell him how ugly it is.

EP4 All God's Children Go to Wisconsin Oct 06, 1990

Lillian and Joe invite the Nashes to come to their farm in Wisconsin. Tommy and Holly loose their luggage while Danny and Rachel try to rekindle their romance.

EP5 Corvette Man Oct 13, 1990

""The Corvette man"" (a crazy man from the neighborhood who constanly is showing off his car) Crashes his car into the Nashes house.

EP6 Over the Hill? Oct 20, 1990

Danny's 50th birthday party. Holly anounces that she is pregnant.

EP7 Mr. Wizard Oct 27, 1990

Joe and Lillian decide to put on a play of wizard of oz for the neighborhood. When the man who plays the wizard suddenly gets ill Danny fills in.

EP8 Divorce, American Dreamer Style Nov 03, 1990

Danny and Rachel decide to call it quits, but when Tommy and Holly show them there wedding pictures they fall in love again.

EP9 In from the Cold (1) Nov 10, 1990

Danny forces tommy and Holly to move out of the house when he see's his phone and electric bill.

EP10 In from the Cold (2) Nov 24, 1990

Rachel lets Tommy and Holly come home against Danny's wishes.

EP11 The Fabulous Baker Girls Dec 01, 1990

Rachel and Holly enter a bake off.

EP12 A Face in the Cloud Dec 08, 1990

Danny feels left out when the family forgets to wake him up to go out for breakfast.

EP13 Don't Drink the Water May 25, 1991

Tommy and Holly go camping with their friend Adrienne. Adrienne is trying to take Tommy from Holly. Danny and Rachel enjoy a weekend to themseleves.

EP14 Mother Knows Best Jun 01, 1991

Rachel writes a newspaper article and the paper offers her a daily column called ""mother knows best""

EP15 Papa Joe Jun 08, 1991

Danny and Rachel have an argument over where to eat, Then they realize there not even hungry at all!

EP16 Heartbreak Diner Jun 15, 1991

Rachel and Danny decide to call it quits yet again but when they see eachother at the same diner (each with a date) they fall in love all over again.

EP17 They Shoot Ducks, Don't They? Jun 22, 1991

Danny and Tommy get arrested for hunting. Holly and Rachel watch soap operas.
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Released: 20 September 1990 Ended
Producted By: Paramount Television Studios
Country: United States of America
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American Dreamer is a situation comedy which aired in the U.S. on NBC as part of its 1990-91 lineup. American Dreamer stars Robert Urich as fictional character Tom Nash, formerly a high-powered network correspondent who was forced to reassess his priorities following the death of his wife. He decided to give up his career in order to spend more time with his children. To do this, he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he supported his family by contributing a column about "real people" to a Chicago newspaper. His editor, Joe Baines, felt Tom was completely wasting his talents and drove out from Chicago weekly to attempt to convince Tom to return the world of "hard news". Other characters included Tom's zany secretary, Lillian Abernathy, and a friendly waitress at Tom's favorite local diner, Holly Baker. This program was extremely low-key. Tom sometimes "broke the fourth wall" to address the viewers directly about his thoughts regarding the situations he encountered. This philosophizing gained only a small audience and the program was cancelled at midseason, although selected episodes were rerun the following summer.

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billy_w71 It seems like whenever a good show finally makes it on air the TV execs kill it before it has a chance to catch on.I hate that everything is so ratings driven at times because this was a really decent show about a man struggling with loss while raising two great kids and struggling with mid-life.Robert Urich brought a lot of soul to this show as only he could. It is rather melancholy to think about him during this show now. He looked as strong as he did when he played football but only a few years later he would be diagnosed with cancer.I loved the parts of the show where the set and background would fade to darkness with him there by himself, exposed and pontificating about some great insight into his life or existence. At other times, he would have conversations by himself like we all do in the isolated parts of our mind or deep thoughts.I hate that Urich was taken away from us so soon. He was a fine actor.