Empty Nest

Empty Nest is a television sitcom that ran on NBC for seven seasons from 1988 to 1995. The series was developed and produced by Susan Harris and distributed by Touchstone Television.

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Television - Sitcom - NBC - 1988 - 1995 - Susan Harris - Touchstone Television

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The show starred Richard Mulligan as pediatrician Harry Weston. Harry had three daughters, Carol (played by Dinah Manoff), Barbara (played by Kristy McNichol), and Emily (played by Lisa Rieffel), although Emily was rarely seen on the show. The series began with Carol and Barbara (and later Emily) having moved back home after the death of their mother, Lily.

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Richard Mulligan - Dinah Manoff - Kristy McNichol - Lisa Rieffel

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David Leisure, who had become famous in ads for Isuzu brand automobiles, played annoying neighbor Charlie Dietz. Park Overall played outspoken nurse LaVerne Todd, who worked for Harry at the hospital. Later in the series, Harry and LaVerne left the hospital to work at a clinic run by Maxine (Marsha Warfield).

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David Leisure - Isuzu - Park Overall - Marsha Warfield

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Empty Nest was a spin-off of sorts from Harris's series The Golden Girls; it was set in the same Miami neighborhood as that show, and characters from each made occasional guest appearances on the other. (One of them, Estelle Getty's Sophia Petrillo, joined Empty Nest as a regular for its final two seasons.) Empty Nest spawned a spin-off of its own, Nurses, which ran for three seasons and was also produced by Harris.

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Spin-off - The Golden Girls - Miami - Estelle Getty - Nurses

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