About this season
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.
Episodes (21)
1. Movin' On
Aired 21 September 1987 • 30 min
After Valerie's sudden death, Sandy, Michael's sister, moves in, and finds her school-counseling job a breeze compared with what she faces at home: David tries to be a ""supermom,"" while Willie and Mark are at odds over a science project.
2. Liars and Other Strangers
Aired 28 September 1987 • 30 min
Rich and Burt assume more than they should after David has a study session with the new girl in school and he lets them assume that they are much more involved than they actually are. Quickly he learns he's inadvertently destroying a reputation.
3. Burned Out
Aired 5 October 1987 • 30 min
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 made as a gift for Michael. However, unaware to anyone, the lamp sparks a fire causing the house to go up in smoke and the Hogans to temporarily move in with the Pooles next door.
4. Take My Wife, Please
Aired 12 October 1987 • 30 min
There's a hitch in the twins' school project on marriage when Willie goes after Mark's wife while David tries to best Sandy at anything.
5. You've Got to Believe
Aired 19 October 1987 • 30 min
David reexamines his belief in God after his history teacher has a heart attack and David saves him with CPR.
6. A Room With No View
Aired 2 November 1987 • 30 min
David risks losing his best friend when he locks him in a closet to keep him from driving while drunk. Meanwhile, Sandy, Michael, Mark and Willie pay a visit to a resort that Sandy had invested in.
7. You Bet Your Life
Aired 9 November 1987 • 30 min
David's on a roll at predicting football games and decides to bet some real money, but he could be wearing cement sneakers when he loses big.
8. School of Hard Knocks
Aired 16 November 1987 • 30 min
Mark brakes David's fast times at high school when a special program puts Mark in the middle of David's classes and his love life.
9. Nightmare on Oak Street
Aired 23 November 1987 • 30 min
The boys are all set for an evening of terror, watching a horror movie. However, when it's over each one of them is scared stiff and go on to experience their own version of ""Nightmare at Zombie High.""
10. Poetic Injustice
Aired 16 December 1987 • 30 min
Fresh from his triumphant A-plus in English, Willie crumbles under the pressure of composing a poem, while Sandy and David lose it when they lose Mrs. Poole's beloved dog.
11. Love with the Proper Hogan
Aired 28 December 1987 • 30 min
Crushed by a girl's rejection, David's pal Burt falls hard for Sandy, while Sandy thinks her principal's the one with romance on his mind.
12. Faulty Attraction
Aired 4 January 1988 • 30 min
Sandy's ex-husband makes a move to get back in her life. Meanwhile, David moves into Michael's poker game.
13. Teacher's Pet
Aired 11 January 1988 • 30 min
There's a certain chemistry between David and his science teacher, while Sandy has a solution for a depressed Mrs. Poole, who's without her husband on their anniversary.
14. Mother Poole's Visit
Aired 18 January 1988 • 30 min
David's advice to Mrs. Poole to vent her anger against her overbearing mother-in-law backfires when Mother Poole moves in with the Hogans.
15. Mark and Willie's Day Off
Aired 25 January 1988 • 30 min
An eager Willie and a reticent Mark ditch school for the day, but when Mark gets caught, Willie feigns ignorance about the whole scheme.
16. A Restaurant Named Desire
Aired 15 February 1988 • 30 min
Restaurant worker David smells trouble and it's coming from the kitchen as he tries to fend off the amorous advances of his boss's fiance. Meanwhile, Michael teaches Mark how to defend himself.
17. The King and I
Aired 22 February 1988 • 30 min
Sandy's dreaded blind date turns out to be a ""King"" while David is ready to crown his brothers when they horn in on his date.
18. Skip III: The Bailout
Aired 7 March 1988 • 30 min
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 of their lives are put in jeopardy.
19. Help Wanted
Aired 14 March 1988 • 30 min
The boys recruit an enchanting if ditsy housekeeper for Sandy, but she turns out to be ""a lust cause"" for David.
20. 48 Hours
Aired 21 March 1988 • 30 min
Michael and David's father-son retreat turns into a last stand when they get stuck in the Pooles' garage, while Willie and Mark get an X-rated tape stuck in the VCR.
21. Close Encounters
Aired 2 May 1988 • 30 min
Michael experiences close encounters of the most embarrassing kind when his friends find out he saw a UFO. Meanwhile, the twins' refusal to give David an extra Springsteen ticket sends his high hopes plummeting to earth.