My Two Dads
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| My Two Dads | |
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 Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan & Staci Keanan |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Danielle Alexandra Michael Jacobs |
| Starring | Paul Reiser Greg Evigan Staci Keanan Chad Allen Giovanni Ribisi Florence Stanley Dick Butkus |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 20, 1987–April 30, 1990 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
My Two Dads was a sitcom that starred Staci Keanan (Step by Step), Paul Reiser (Mad About You), and Greg Evigan (B.J. and the Bear). It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television (then Columbia Pictures Television in December 1987) and distributed by TeleVentures.
[edit] Show Synopsis
The show begins when Marcy Bradford, the mother of Keanan's character dies. The two men who had competed for the woman's affections (played by Reiser and Evigan) before her daughter Nicole was born had been awarded joint custody. The mix-ups of two single straight men raising a teenaged daughter provided the story each week. Due to the parents' differences in personality and behavior, the show could also be labeled as The Odd Couple with a daughter.
The series regularly featured Giovanni Ribisi and Chad Allen as two boys who competed for Nicole's affections as her two dads had done for her mother's. Actress Florence Stanley also appeared as Judge Margaret Wilbur, who was responsible for assigning Nicole's custody, and who regularly looks over the family. The cast was rounded by former football player Dick Butkus, who managed the cafe in the first floor of the building where the family lived. The cafe (Klawicki's) was the second spot in the show where the plot usually revolved (the first being the family's apartment).
Nicole's actual paternity was never revealed on the show. However, in one episode, Nicole had a DNA test run to determine which of her two dads was her biological father. She destroyed the results before opening them after realising that she was happier not knowing who the father was. Margaret would later look at the results, but threw them away afterwards and didn't reveal the results. However, many speculated that both are not the father due to a different last name of Nicole's.
My Two Dads was an offshoot of another popular NBC Show, Night Court. Judge Margaret W. Wilbur, played by Florence Stanley, was the same character on both shows, as the hard nosed, no nonsense Judge that awards Nicole into the custody of Micheal and Joey.
The series is currently distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
[edit] Main Cast
Paul Reiser - Michael Taylor
Greg Evigan - Joey Harris
Staci Keanan - Nicole Bradford
Florence Stanley - Judge Margaret W. Wilbur
Giovanni Ribisi - Cory Kupkus (credited as Vonni Ribisi)
Chad Allen - Zach Nichols (1989-1990)
Dick Butkus - Ed Klawicki (1987-1989)
Amy Hathaway - Shelby Haskell (1989-1990)
Don Yesso - Julian (1989-1990)
