Webster (1983)
Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.
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Episode 1 - McGruff
Release Date: 1986-08-20Webster starts buying his lunch and the school bully keeps taking Webster's money. After George and Katherine get work about it, they try to stop him and the two end up being friends.
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Episode 2 - The Landlords
Release Date: 1986-09-26The Papadopolis' family rents a room to a clown not knowing that he is a clown.
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Episode 3 - The Derby
Release Date: 1986-10-03George is so obsessed with Webster winning a derby, that he builds the car without Webster. Webster's feelings get hurt especially when he originally wanted them to build the thing together.
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Episode 4 - A Run for the Money
Release Date: 1986-10-17For a fundraiser, Katherine decides to run a 6-mile marathon, but a can of tomato juice falls on her foot and she can't run, so Webster takes the 6 mile challenge himself.
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Episode 5 - Read It and Weep
Release Date: 1986-10-24The Family leanrs that Papa Papadopolis is illiterate and he is greatfully ashamed of it. To try and ease the tension from this new problem they just discovered, George and Katherine enroll him into a class, after manipulation and persuasion.
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Episode 6 - Witchbusters
Release Date: 1986-10-31Webster discovers that a woman who is said to be a witch, is not a real broom-riding witch, but a woman who is lonely and who needs to care for her.
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Episode 7 - The Tribute
Release Date: 1986-11-07Webster talks about his late dad when the school is looking to name the school after a famous sportshero.
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Episode 8 - Kiss Me, Kate
Release Date: 1986-11-14A former teammmate of George makes a pass at Katherine and Webster witnesses it.
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Episode 9 - Play Ball
Release Date: 1986-11-21Katherine coaches Webster's baseball team and she assigns him to right field. Webster wants to pitch and after he is given the chance to pitch, it's back to the old right field for Webster.
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Episode 10 - The Big Sleepover
Release Date: 1986-12-05Webster invites a girl over for a harmless sleepover.
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Episode 11 - The Man in the Red Flannel Suit
Release Date: 1986-12-12Suppose to be Santa Clause for a Christmas parade, he loses his part and is upset about it.
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Episode 12 - Secrets
Release Date: 1987-01-09George gets angry after finding out that his new station manager's son is bullying Webster around.
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Episode 13 - Leave It to Diva
Release Date: 1987-01-16George and Katherine has different ideas on how to celebrate Webster's birtday. George wants to take him to a professioal wrestling match and Katherine wants to take him to an opera.
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Episode 14 - A Test of Characters
Release Date: 1987-01-23Webster's photographs tend to capture an instructor's true character.
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Episode 15 - Freedom of the Press
Release Date: 1987-01-30Webster writes stories about other teacher's love lives in the school paper. The information then puts Katherine's teaching job at risk because Webster got the information by overhearing her gossiping about them.
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Episode 16 - Honor Thy Grandfather
Release Date: 1987-02-06When children are making fun of Papa Papadopolis at the comminuty center, Webster gets fed up.
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Episode 17 - Seeing It Through (a.k.a.) It's a Dog-Eat-Dog World
Release Date: 1987-02-13Webster gets a job walking dogs around the neighborhood.
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Episode 18 - Our Song
Release Date: 1987-02-20Webster and Jerry both invite the Four Tops to perform at George and Katherine's anniversary party.
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Episode 19 - The K.O. Kid
Release Date: 1987-02-27Webster gets an autograph from Mike Tyson on a pair of boxing gloves, but the autograph accidentally gets wiped off which makes Webster upset.
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Episode 20 - Games People Play
Release Date: 1987-03-06Trouble starts to brew when a girl suggests a kissing game at Webster's party.
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Episode 21 - Katherine the Brave
Release Date: 1987-04-12Webster (Emmanuel Lewis) faces pressure from his peers when they ask him to fire Katherine (Susan Clark) as Junior Ranger troopleader
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Episode 22 - A++ Parents
Release Date: 1987-03-27Webster writes an essay praising and appreciating the love and leadership that George and Katherine has given him throughout the years.
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Episode 23 - What Price Friendship?
Release Date: 1987-05-08Two of Webster's friends hort and take over Webster's hard-earned money. As a result, he learns a lesson from this.