The Hogan Family
The Hogan Family

The Hogan Family

1986 6 Seasons 110 Episodes ⭐ 6.8 Comedy Family

The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.

The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Old Enough (a.k.a.) Goddess

Valerie discovers a mysterious love letter in David's pants pocket and questions him about it. She quickly learns that

EP 2

The Six

David's latest girl friend, Hilary makes quite an impression on both David and Valerie and David has been seeing her eve

EP 3

The Wrong Stuff

When Michael's military buddy, Skip Franklin comes to Chicago for a visit, he stops by and brings along with him a swagg

EP 4

One of the Boys

Mark longs to be like one of the guys (David and Willie) at least in the sporting arena and secretly goes behind Valerie

EP 5

Benefit of the Doubt

Valerie gets a call from school and learns Willie is failing science. She quickly discovers another problem, both Mark

EP 6

Dog Day Afternoon

The family dog, 17-year-old Murray is ailing and the family engages in a dogfight over whether or not to put the dog to

EP 7

Happy Anniversary

Valerie is determined not to miss her ""happy anniversary"" phone call from Michael, however when Willie falls off the g

EP 8

This Son for Hire

David in need of money to buy a compact disc player and decides to get a part-time job. However, the job he chooses pan

EP 9

Sick House

Mark is just getting over the flu and David is paranoid that he will end up with it. His worries continue when Willie s

EP 10

Executive Material

Despite promising her family that nothing will change after her promotion, Valerie finds that her new position leaves he

EP 1

Full Moon

Valerie has a rough morning and the rest of the day doesn't prove to be any better when she gets a call from the school

EP 2

The Big Fix-Up

Valerie fixes David up with the daughter of a friend of hers, however, David slips into depression when he gets dumped.

EP 3

Of Human Blondage

Valerie's friend Annie encourages her to try out a trendy hairdresser, however, she soon gets more than she bargained fo

EP 4

Caught on a Hot Tin Roof

Mark and Willie are intrigued by a slumber party that Annie's daughter is having next door. Tempted, they both decide t

EP 5

Leave It to Willie

Couch potato, Willie learns that life is no sitcom after he takes the family car for a spin, hits a parked car and allow

EP 6

Dr. No

Basketball hero David dreads his upcoming knee surgery, while Mark wishes that the girl who has a crush on him would cut

EP 7

One of a Kind

No one is looking forward to the arrival of Valerie's caustic Aunt Josephine, but once she's there, no one is prepared f

EP 8

The Roots of All Evil

Relations are strained between new used car owner David and investors Mark and Willie, who expect to be chauffeured in r

EP 9

Small Packages

On her birthday, Valerie gets just what she needs when the boys give her a new garbage disposal, and just what she doesn

EP 10

The Way We're Not

Michael finds a silver lining in an airline pilots' strike since now he has plenty of time to spend with the family whic

EP 11

Boston Tea Party

While heading to Bermuda to meet Michael, Valerie is mistaken for a purse snatcher by airport security and David misses

EP 12

Never on Tuesday

At a self-defense class, Valerie puts Annie's arm in a sling. At the same time, David may be in some hot water after he

EP 13

Wooly Bully

Valerie's discomfort after a bunion operation is compounded by Mrs. Poole's relentless help. Meanwhile, David takes a su

EP 14

Bad Timing

Old friends of the family visit for the weekend and one of them is a childhood sweetheart of David's who is now a grown

EP 15

A Night to Remember

Willie's fantasy date with the prettiest girl in the seventh grade could be realized if he can just persuade Mark to mak

EP 16

Whose Team is It Anyway?

Valerie, the new coach of the twins' soccer team, benches Willie for laziness in practice while David, who wants a new c

EP 17

Community Theatre

Although she's sworn off community theater, Valerie finds herself directing Annie's play, placating overworked stagehand

EP 18

Hogan vs. Hogan

When Mark's pet lizard dies while in David's care, Mark decides to haul David into small-claims court.

EP 19

Oedipus Wrecks

David takes his dad's new Italian sports car out for a spin to impress a young woman and ends up wrapping it around a tr

EP 20

Shape Up and Move Out

Willie's wanton destruction of his brothers' personal belongings leads David and Mark to give him the silent treatment.

EP 21

Babes in the Woods

After borrowing Mrs. Poole's camper for a trip, Valerie and the boys are stranded in the woods when thieves with a taste

EP 22

The Return of Uncle Skip

Valerie is less than thrilled with another visit from Michael's war buddy Skip Franklin who brings a surprise, his new b

EP 1

Movin' On

After Valerie's sudden death, Sandy, Michael's sister, moves in, and finds her school-counseling job a breeze compared w

EP 2

Liars and Other Strangers

Rich and Burt assume more than they should after David has a study session with the new girl in school and he lets them

EP 3

Burned Out

While moving in some of Sandy's belongings, the boys dig up old stuff in the attic, one of which is an old lamp David ma

EP 4

Take My Wife, Please

There's a hitch in the twins' school project on marriage when Willie goes after Mark's wife while David tries to best Sa

EP 5

You've Got to Believe

David reexamines his belief in God after his history teacher has a heart attack and David saves him with CPR.

EP 6

A Room With No View

David risks losing his best friend when he locks him in a closet to keep him from driving while drunk. Meanwhile, Sandy

EP 7

You Bet Your Life

David's on a roll at predicting football games and decides to bet some real money, but he could be wearing cement sneake

EP 8

School of Hard Knocks

Mark brakes David's fast times at high school when a special program puts Mark in the middle of David's classes and his

EP 9

Nightmare on Oak Street

The boys are all set for an evening of terror, watching a horror movie. However, when it's over each one of them is sca

EP 10

Poetic Injustice

Fresh from his triumphant A-plus in English, Willie crumbles under the pressure of composing a poem, while Sandy and Dav

EP 11

Love with the Proper Hogan

Crushed by a girl's rejection, David's pal Burt falls hard for Sandy, while Sandy thinks her principal's the one with ro

EP 12

Faulty Attraction

Sandy's ex-husband makes a move to get back in her life. Meanwhile, David moves into Michael's poker game.

EP 13

Teacher's Pet

There's a certain chemistry between David and his science teacher, while Sandy has a solution for a depressed Mrs. Poole

EP 14

Mother Poole's Visit

David's advice to Mrs. Poole to vent her anger against her overbearing mother-in-law backfires when Mother Poole moves i

EP 15

Mark and Willie's Day Off

An eager Willie and a reticent Mark ditch school for the day, but when Mark gets caught, Willie feigns ignorance about t

EP 16

A Restaurant Named Desire

Restaurant worker David smells trouble and it's coming from the kitchen as he tries to fend off the amorous advances of

EP 17

The King and I

Sandy's dreaded blind date turns out to be a ""King"" while David is ready to crown his brothers when they horn in on hi

EP 18

Skip III: The Bailout

Man's man Skip returns and takes Michael and David for a ride in a small plane, but when they're forced to bail out all

EP 19

Help Wanted

The boys recruit an enchanting if ditsy housekeeper for Sandy, but she turns out to be ""a lust cause"" for David.

EP 20

48 Hours

Michael and David's father-son retreat turns into a last stand when they get stuck in the Pooles' garage, while Willie a

EP 21

Close Encounters

Michael experiences close encounters of the most embarrassing kind when his friends find out he saw a UFO. Meanwhile, t

EP 1

Animal House

College freshmen David, Rich and Burt have been feeling a little left out of the college social scene and decide to spar

EP 2

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

After David fools the twins with a bald-faced lie, they turn the tables on the ""master of practical jokes"" by convinci

EP 3

Dad's First Date

A nervous Michael dives into the dating pool bu doesn't make much of a splash, while David will stop at nothing to avoid

EP 4

Foiled Again

David has a crisis of conscience when he's attracted to the coed that best friend Burt has his eye on, but he's caught o

EP 5

Save Baby Mark

David lights a fire under his brothers to get them to help sweep out the chimney, but Mark does a slow burn when he gets

EP 6

Saturday Night Feverish

Mark worries that he and his two left feet will trip over the light fantastic when Willie tells a girl that Mark likes,

EP 7

Tobacco Road

Sandy tries to teach Willie a lesson about cigarettes, but her efforts go up in smoke when she returns to smoking hersel

EP 8

The Big Sleep

It's a dream come true for psychology student David when Sandy, ""Queen of the All-Nighters,"" agrees to be the guinea p

EP 9

Secretarial Poole

Sandy thinks she's hired ""Robo-Secretary"" after Mrs. Poole whips the entire school into tiptop shape. Meanwhile, Mich

EP 10

Strangers On a Train

Willie is stirred by first-hand accounts of apartheid from Sandy's South African professor, so he and Mark embark on an

EP 11

The Naked Truth

Mark and Willie are barely able to contain themselves when they spot a nude portrait of Sandy hanging in an art gallery.

EP 12

Rebel with a Cause

Tired of being ""dull and predictable,"" Mark turns into a mini-James Dean, but his cool attitude only gets his family a

EP 13

Boy Meets Girl (1)

David and a pretty student get off on the wrong foot, and they continue to bicker when they're fixed up on a blind date

EP 14

Boy Loses Girl (2)

Love-struck David's girlfriend, Sara, receives a great job offer in Australia, so David decides to take the plunge and p

EP 15

Viva Las Vegas

David, Burt and Rich wager they'll have a wild weekend in Las Vegas, but they don't bet on ending up in jail. Meanwhile

EP 16

Double Date

Sandy and Michael endure twice the torture on a ""double date"" with the perfect prospective mates, while David decides

EP 17

The Long Goodbye

David chafes under the Hogan house rules, so he moves into an apartment with Burt and Rich, who make Felix and Oscar see

EP 18

Oh Dad, Poor Dad

The numbers 4 and 0 add up to a midlife crisis for Michael, and Sandy only multiplies his distress when she throws him a

EP 19

Slapshot

David puts himself in the penalty box over his guilt about injuring an opponent in a hockey game, and Mark threatens to

EP 20

Private Lessons

Willie wants to teach Mark a lesson in brotherly love when Willie's girlfriend decides she likes her tutor Mark better.

EP 21

Coming to America

It's amore at first sight for David when Sandy's friend arrives from Italy to stay with the Hogans.

EP 1

Paris (1)

The Hogans take a trip to Paris and enjoy the sites and sounds. Meanwhile, David befriends an attractive woman, Julia,

EP 2

Paris (2)

Paris, the City of Lights, has cast a romantic glow over David and Julia, however, Julia's day of playing hooky begins t

EP 3

Paris (3)

The private investigators catch up to Julia and whisk her away leaving David without an explanation or a goodbye. Howev

EP 4

Tracks of My Tears

Willie becomes obsessed with being number one on the track team and enlists David's help training him. However, Willie

EP 5

The Rivals

Mark is all excited when he gets a date with a popular girl in school, however, his high comes to an abrupt stop when he

EP 6

License to Drive

Mark wrecks his confidence when he has an accident during his driver's test, while David drives him crazy getting it all

EP 7

The Hospital

David is all excited about the Homecoming parade but is let down when he discovers that he will be sharing a camel costu

EP 8

Get a Job

Mark gets a job at Bossy Burger and goes out of his way to get Willie a job there too. However, Willie's constant goofi

EP 9

Stir Crazy

David finds producing a local cooking show starring Mrs. Poole isn't exactly a piece of cake. Meanwhile, the family is

EP 10

Educating Rita

After a breakup, Sandy tries to cheer up man-hungry, Rita Traeger and quickly discovers that her new best friend isn't t

EP 11

Stan and Deliver

Sandy's friend is so broke up over a breakup that Sandy invites him to stay at the Hogans', but his mood casts a pall ov

EP 12

Sandy in Love

David's toothache leads to romance with a bite for Sandy, who's feeling no pain after dating the dentist.

EP 13

Snowbound

Sandy and Michael's parents come to Chicago for a visit and Sandy manages to make it through the visit without loosing h

EP 14

Bad Day at Bossy Burger

When Sandy has to prepare for an upcoming presentation and Michael has to study for a flight test, David takes over the

EP 15

The Franklin Family

Michael's old war buddy, Skip comes to Chicago for yet another visit and a reunion where he will meet up with an old fly

EP 16

Forget Me Not

David might have to forget about his internship with a local TV station when Sandy, suffering from short-term memory los

EP 17

Heartburn

David becomes obsessed with a girl and lays out a plan to get her. However, once he has her, he becomes haunted by the

EP 18

The Go-Between

Mark has been tutoring a new girl, Cara, whom he has a crush on. However, she doesn't know he's alive because she has a

EP 19

Used Car

David is trying to unload his old car and gets a pair of buyers in Mark and Willie. However, a double date turns into a

EP 20

Mutiny on the Bossy

Mark is made ""head heifer"" at the Bossy Burger, but he finds himself in a real pickle when his co-workers think he's b

EP 21

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Michael comes down on Willie after his grades in biology drop. Mark agrees to tutor Willie for an upcoming exam but whe

EP 22

A Matter of Principal

Sandy decides not to send her angry letter of resignation to her principal but David mails it.

EP 23

Prom, Lies and Videotape

The upcoming prom has both Sandy and Willie with problems. Sandy is left without a caterer or a deejay after David botch

EP 1

California Dreamin' (1)

Sandy and Michael's father has just gotten a divorce and the family decides to go out to California to visit him. Grand

EP 2

California Dreamin' (2)

Sandy and Michael fear the worst when Lloyd disappears but breath a sigh of relief when he is found safe. Later, Sandy

EP 3

The Baby Stops Here

The babysitting kids misplace Mrs. Poole's infant niece.

EP 4

The Play's the Thing

Mark seethes when Willie gets the lead in a school play opposite Cara and he gets even crazier when he learns the two wi

EP 5

From Russia with Fries

Mark and Willie have been preparing for a visit of Russian dignitaries to Bossy Burger, but they arrive a day early and

EP 6

Ex Marks the Spot

Sandy gets news that her ex-husband, Richard is remarrying. However, she just can't quite muster up any happiness for t

EP 7

Come Fly With Me

David has hit a dry spell with the ladies and when he takes Michael's pilot's uniforms to the cleaners he gets a great i

EP 8

It Happened One Night . . . Or Did It?

Mark and Cara have a study session which turns into an all-nighter when she stays over. However, the family becomes sus

EP 9

The Best of Friends, Worst of Times

Mark's volunteer job at the hospital sets the scene for a documentary that David and Burt are filming. However, during

EP 10

A Sneaking Suspicion

David plans revenge on Mark and Willie when he loses his latest girlfriend because the twins beat her to a new job at a

EP 11

A Family Affair

Michael has a new girlfriend and he's been sneaking around to see her. The family is in for a shock when they meet her,

EP 12

Isn't It Romantic?

Lloyd is enthusiastic about an impending rendezvous with his first love who has come to town for a visit. Meanwhile, Wi

EP 13

Ho, Ho, Hogans

Christmas stress hits the Hogan family as Sandy struggles to get a Christmas tree and Mark and Willie battle it out over

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