Kirk (TV series)

Kirk is an American family sitcom that aired on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997. The series was created by Ross Brown, and produced by Bickley-Warren Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Kirk was the follow-up starring vehicle for Kirk Cameron after his seven-year role as Mike Seaver on the popular ABC sitcom Growing Pains.

Kirk
Genre	Family sitcom
Created by	Ross Brown
Developed by	William Bickley Michael Warren
Directed by	Scott Baio William Bickley Richard Correll James Hampton Steve Muscarella Joel Zwick
Starring	Kirk Cameron Chelsea Noble Will Estes Louis Vanaria Taylor Fry Courtland Mead Debra Mooney
Theme music composer	Steven Chesne Gary Boren
Composers	Gary Boren Steven Chesne
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producers	William Bickley Michael Warren Charlotte Brown Ross Brown Susan Fales-Hill
Producers	Brenda Hanes-Berg Karen K. Miller
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	Bickley-Warren Productions Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	The WB
Picture format	NTSC
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	August 23, 1995 (1995-08-23) – January 12, 1997 (1997-01-12)

Synopsis

The show revolves around Kirk Hartman (Cameron), an aspiring illustrator and recent college graduate living in Greenwich Village. After his aunt decides to move to Florida to get married, Kirk is left in charge of his younger brothers and sister. It also stars Chelsea Noble, Will Estes, Courtland Mead, Louis Vanaria, and Debra Mooney.

Cast

• Kirk Cameron as Kirk Hartman
• Chelsea Noble as Elizabeth Waters
• Louis Vanaria as Eddie Balducci
• Will Estes as Cory Hartman
• Taylor Fry as Phoebe Hartman
• Courtland Mead as Russell Hartman
• Debra Mooney as Sally

Production

Kirk was one of only two series produced by Bickley-Warren Productions and Jeff Franklin Productions that was not produced by Miller-Boyett Productions (the other being Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, which William Bickley and Michael Warren served as showrunners/executive producers during that series' final three seasons).

During the development stage, the series originally went under the working title Life Happens,^[1] and was originally conceived as a series for ABC (who had broadcast other series produced by Bickley and Warren, and their production partners Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett) before the network's decision to move away from family sitcoms, just prior to the network's 1995 purchase by The Walt Disney Company.^[2]

Episodes

Season 1 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Welcome to New York"	William Bickley	Ross Brown	August 23, 1995 (1995-08-23)
2	2	"S'Wonderbra"	William Bickley	David Simon & Leslie Ray	August 30, 1995 (1995-08-30)
3	3	"Night at the Movies"	William Bickley	Nancy Steen	September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)
4	4	"Love! Valor! Deception!"	Rich Correll	David Steven Cohen	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)
5	5	"Magno Man vs. Capt. Chunks"	Rich Correll	Matthew Berry & Eric Abrams	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)
6	6	"Smart and Smarter"	William Bickley	Ellen Guylas	October 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)
7	7	"The Crush"	William Bickley	Scott Spencer Gorden	October 15, 1995 (1995-10-15)
8	8	"Helloween"	Rich Correll	Lisa A. Bannick	October 29, 1995 (1995-10-29)
9	9	"Educating Kirk"	William Bickley	David Cohen	November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05)
10	10	"Kirk Unplugged"	Rich Correll	Matthew Berry & Eric Abrams	November 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)
11	11	"A Kiss is Just a Kiss"	Rich Correll	Scott Spencer Gorden	November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)
12	12	"The Christmas Show"	Rich Correll	David Simon & Leslie Ray	December 10, 1995 (1995-12-10)
13	13	"The Spare"	William Bickley	Liz Sage	January 7, 1996 (1996-01-07)
14	14	"The Love Letter"	William Bickley	Nancy Steen	January 14, 1996 (1996-01-14)
15	15	"Double Date"	Steve Muscarella	Bob Underwood	February 4, 1996 (1996-02-04)
16	16	"Stuck On You"	William Bickley	Ron Burla	February 11, 1996 (1996-02-11)
17	17	"The Odd Couple"	James Hampton	Gail Honigberg	February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)
18	18	"Hey, Hey We're the Hartmans"	Rich Correll	Ron Burla	February 25, 1996 (1996-02-25)
19	19	"Baby, You Can Drive My Car"	Rich Correll	Nancy Steen	April 28, 1996 (1996-04-28)
20	20	"Operation Kirk"	William Bickley	David Simon & Leslie Ray	May 5, 1996 (1996-05-05)
21	21	"The Beach House"	William Bickley	William Bickley & Michael Warren	May 12, 1996 (1996-05-12)

Season 2 (1996–97)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
22 23	1 2	"For Whom The Wedding Bells Toll: Parts 1 & 2"	Rich Correll Joel Zwick	Susan Fales Michael A. Ross & Thom Bray	September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08)
24	3	"Yours, Mine and Ours"	Unknown	Unknown	September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15)
25	4	"She Stoops to Conquer!"	Steve Muscarella	Allison M. Gibson	September 22, 1996 (1996-09-22)
26	5	"Strangers in the Night"	Scott Baio	Mike Costa	September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)
27	6	"Hire Learning"	Scott Baio	Jill Cargerman	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
28	7	"Something's Got to Give"	James Hampton	Ron Burla	October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13)
29	8	"Balducci Blues"	Unknown	Unknown	October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20)
30	9	"Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Part 1"	James Hampton	Michael A. Ross & Thom Bray	November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03)
31	10	"Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)
32	11	"Witness for the Persecution"	Unknown	Unknown	January 12, 1997 (1997-01-12)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1996	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten – Television	Courtland Mead	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Young Actor – TV Comedy Series	Will Estes	Nominated

References

1. Kids will be kids (new television networks United Paramount Network and Warner Bros. Network)^{[dead link]}, Newsweek, July 3, 1995.
2. , The Columbian, (via HighBeam Research), August 20, 1995.

External links

• Kirk at IMDb