History Series / MrBelvedere

A DomCom developed and executive produced by Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein and airing on Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], about a posh British butler employed by an otherwise typical American NuclearFamily. The Belvedere character had been created by author Gwen Davenport in her 1947 novel, ''Belvedere'', and portrayed by Creator/CliftonWebb in a trio of late-'40s and early-'50s films.

A DomCom developed and executive produced by Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], about a posh British butler employed by an otherwise typical American NuclearFamily. The Belvedere character had been created by author Gwen Davenport in her 1947 novel, ''Belvedere'', and portrayed by Creator/CliftonWebb in a trio of late-'40s and early-'50s films.

Produced by Dungan and Stein's Lazy B/F.O.B. Productions along with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], the series aired on ABC for six seasons (1985–90).[[note]]The first season only had seven episodes, due to premiering as a MidseasonReplacement for ''Series/{{Webster}}'', which was moved up half an hour earlier in a time-slot shift with ''Series/{{Benson}}''.[[/note]] It returned to the air in reruns on [=FamilyNet=] in October 2011, and can currently also be seen on Creator/AntennaTV.

* NonindicativeName: The Young Savages, a band Kevin briefly joins, dress conservatively and play oldies and traditional pop standards. You'd probably expect a metal or punk band from their name. They're called The Young Savages because the other four members are a guy named Young and three brothers named Savage.

A DomCom developed and executive produced by Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} in the [[TheEighties 1980s]], about a posh British butler employed by an otherwise typical American NuclearFamily. The Belvedere character had been created by novelist Gwen Davenport in her 1947 book, ''Belvedere'', and portrayed by Clifton Webb in a trio of late-'40s and early-'50s films.

A DomCom developed and executive produced by Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein, produced by their production company, Lazy B/F.O.B. Productions, and [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} in TheEighties, about a posh British butler employed by an otherwise typical American NuclearFamily. The Belvedere character had been created by novelist Gwen Davenport in her 1947 book, ''Belvedere'', and portrayed by Clifton Webb in a trio of late-'40s and early-'50s films.

In the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} suburb of Beaver Falls, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett) struggles to adapt to the Owens household. At the show's start, the family's breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife, Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff), is attending law school. Oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the show's run, George becomes a television sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley makes it to junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere gets married and moves to Africa.

The series spanned six seasons from 1985 to 1990.[[note]]The first season only had seven episodes, due to premiering as a MidseasonReplacement for ''Series/{{Webster}}'', which was moved up half an hour earlier in a time-slot shift with ''Series/{{Benson}}''.[[/note]] It returned to the air in reruns on [=FamilyNet=] in October 2011, and can currently also be seen on Creator/AntennaTV.

* NonindicativeName: The Young Savages, a band Kevin briefly joins, dress conservatively and play oldies. You'd probably expect a metal or punk band from their name. They're called The Young Savages because the other four members are a guy named Young and three brothers named Savage.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In one episode, Kevin is challenged by his fraternity to bring the ugliest date he can find to a frat party. He decides to take his nerdy, HollywoodHomely lab partner. But then he ends up actually liking her, and decides not to take her, but she finds out (not knowing that it's a contest to see who can find the ugliest date) and has her feelings hurt, so Kevin relents and takes her. At the party, when she finds out that it was just a contest to find the ugliest date, she mercilessly chews out a very remorseful and embarrassed Kevin, and refuses to see him again. However, with her parting words, she reveals that [[spoiler: she had won a contest with her science club to see who could find the dumbest lab partner]].

* ThanksivingEpisode: "The Letter" in season 2.

* SuddenNameChange: Angela's last name was originally given as Gilbert in an early appearance, but was changed to Shostakovich in season six's "The Pageant".

* VerySpecialEpisode: This show – particularly the 1988 episode "The Counselor," where Wesley is touched inappropriately by a summer camp counselor, and the 1989 episode "Homecoming," where Heather is nearly raped by her date, a popular jock – is one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s.

* VerySpecialEpisode: This show - particularly the 1988 episode "The Counselor," where Wesley is touched inappropriately by a summer camp counselor, and the 1989 episode "Homecoming," where Heather is nearly raped by her date, a popular jock – is one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s.

* ThereIsAGod: Uttered by Belvedere, who got stuck while working on a furnace in Kevin's apartment building when Kevin (who is supposed to be the building's new super, something he volunteered to do in order to pay lower rent) pawns the job off on him to go on a date, in "Ghostwriter," after Kevin gets his arm stuck in a vending machine in the same room while getting Belvedere something to eat and the machine refuses to give back his change.

In the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} suburb of Beaver Falls, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett) struggles to adapt to the Owens household. At the show's start, the family's breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife, Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff), is attending law school. Oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the show's run, George becomes a television sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts her career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley makes it to junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.

In the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} suburb of Beaver Falls, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett) struggles to adapt to the Owens household. The family's breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife, Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff), is attending law school. At the show's start, oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the show's run, George becomes a television sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley makes it to junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.

In the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} suburb of Beaver Falls, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett) struggles to adapt to the Owens household. The family's breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife, Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff), is attending law school. At the show's start, oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the show's run, George becomes a sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley makes it to junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.

[-[[caption-width-right:350: The cast. Standing: Christopher Hewett (Mr. Belvedere). Sitting (from left to right): Bob Uecker (George Owens), Tracy Wells (Heather Owens), Rob Stone (Kevin Owens), Brice Beckham (Wesley Owens), and Ilene Graff (Marsha Owens).]]-]

In the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} suburb of Beaver Falls, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett) struggles to adapt to the Owens household. The family's breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff) is attending law school. At the show's start, oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the show's run, George becomes a sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley makes it to junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.

In the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} suburb of Beaver Falls, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett) struggles to adapt to the Owens household. The family breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff) is attending law school. At the show's start, oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the show's run, George becomes a sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley makes it to junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.

A DomCom developed and executive produced by Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein, produced by their production company, Lazy B/F.O.B. Productions, and [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} in TheEighties, about a posh British butler being employed by an otherwise typical American NuclearFamily. The Belvedere character had been created by novelist Gwen Davenport in her 1947 book, ''Belvedere'', and portrayed by Clifton Webb in a trio of late-'40s and early-'50s films.

In the series, butler Lynn Belvedere (Creator/ChristopherHewett), struggles to adapt to the Owens household. The breadwinner, George (Creator/BobUecker), is a sportswriter. His wife Marsha (Creator/IleneGraff) is attending law school. At the show's start, oldest son Kevin (Creator/RobStone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Creator/TracyWells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Creator/BriceBeckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the series, George becomes a sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley is in junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.

** 6VXX = Season 6.

* EpisodeCodeNumber: Like many TV shows from 20th Century Fox over the years, a funky episode code system was used, as their way of labeling each episode in production order. "3T##" for season 1, "4G##" for season 2, "5A##" for season 3, "5M##" for season 4, "5V##" for season 5, and "6V##" for season 6. 7 episodes were produced for season 1, with 22 episodes being produced for each subsequent season for a total of 117. At least two episodes that aired during season 5 had season 4 episode codes.

[-[[caption-width-right:350: The cast. Back row: Christopher Hewett (Mr. Belvedere). Front row (from left to right): Bob Uecker (George Owens), Tracy Wells (Heather Owens), Rob Stone (Kevin Owens), Brice Beckham (Wesley Owens), and Ilene Graff (Marsha Owens).]]-]

* RecycledSoundtrack: The show's theme song, "According to Our New Arrival." According to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, it was originally composed in 1984 for a rejected NBC pilot named ''Help'', which was later resurrected as ''Marblehead Manor'' in syndication from 1987-1988. The show starred Paxton Whitehead as Albert Dudley, the third generation butler for the titular mansion, who was always having the wool pulled over his eyes. The other regulars were chauffeur Jerry Stockton (Phil Morris), handyman Dwayne Stockton (Rodney Scott Hudson), the cook, Lupe (Dyana Ortelli), Lupe's son, Elvis (Humberto Ortiz), the gardener, Rick (Creator/MichaelRichards), and the mansion's owners, Randolf Stonehill (Bob Fraser, who also co-created the series with writing partner Rob Dames), and his wife, Hillary (Creator/LindaThorson).

* RecycledSoundtrack: The show's theme song, "According to Our New Arrival." According to {{Wiki/Wikipedia}}, it was originally composed in 1984 for a rejected NBC pilot named ''Help'', which was later resurrected as ''Marblehead Manor'' in syndication from 1987-1988. The show starred Paxton Whitehead as Albert Dudley, the third generation butler for the titular mansion, who was always having the wool pulled over his eyes. The other regulars were chauffeur Jerry Stockton (Phil Morris), handyman Dwayne Stockton (Rodney Scott Hudson), the cook, Lupe (Dyana Ortelli), Lupe's son, Elvis (Humberto Ortiz), the gardener, Rick (Creator/MichaelRichards), and the mansion's owners, Randolf Stonehill (Bob Fraser, who also co-created the series with writing partner Rob Dames), and his wife, Hillary (Creator/LindaThorson).

In the series, butler Lynn Belvedere (Christopher Hewett), struggles to adapt to the Owens household. The breadwinner, George (Bob Uecker), is a sportswriter. His wife Marsha (Ilene Graff) is attending law school. At the show's start, oldest son Kevin (Rob Stone) is a senior in high school, daughter Heather (Tracy Wells) is a freshman, and Wesley (Brice Beckham) is in elementary school. Over the course of the series, George becomes a sportscaster, Marsha graduates from law school and starts a career as a lawyer, Kevin leaves for college and gets his own apartment, Heather moves up in high school and is a senior by the show's final season, and Wesley is in junior high. In the two-part series finale, Mr. Belvedere marries and moves to Africa.