Safe at Home (TV series)

Safe at Home is a 1985 American sitcom created and air for TBS, then known as "Superstation WTBS". The series premiered on March 18, 1985 and was produced by The Arthur Company, which also produced TBS' two other original comedies of the time, Down to Earth and Rocky Road.[1][2][3][4][5]

Safe at Home
GenreComedy
Written byGeorge Beckerman
Barbara Berkowitz
Robert Gosnell
Danny Morris
Directed byBernard F. Basley
Mark Corff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerArthur Annecharico
ProducerArthur Epstein
Production companyThe Arthur Company
Release
Original networkSuperstation WTBS
Original releaseMarch 18, 1985 (1985-03-18) –
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Plot
Season 3 main cast of Safe at Home
(Front row, l–r) Katherine Britton, Richard Horvitz, Brenda Klemme. (Back row, l–r) Vic Dunlop, Gary Hudson, Jeanna Michaels and Michael J. Cutt.

Initially, the show focused on Caroline Ford, a young woman who moves away from her mom and dad to join her older brother in Chicago. Martha Nix originally played Caroline for season 1 and was replaced by Katherine Britton. Her brother Dan Ford, played by Michael J Cutt, worked as a sports anchor for a news broadcast along with his on-air sidekick, Tatum McCoy (played by Jeanna Michaels). In later episodes, they developed a relationship and eventually married. In fact, the series began focusing more on their relationship.

Michael J. Cutt originally did not get top billing in the series credits; however, when they replaced the character of Caroline, he became the star of the show. Other cast changes were made throughout the series run. Besides changing the lead actress in the series after the first season, Gary Hudson originally played Dan's friend Roger. He left the series shortly after and was replaced by Vic Dunlop, who played Dokey in season 2. Vic Dunlop left the following season and although both the characters of Dokey and Roger were mentioned from time to time, they were never seen again.

Richard Steven Horvitz played Gary, who was the nephew of the station's owner where the newscast took place. He worked for the newscast. He left midway through the final season. James Coburn was added to the cast during the final season as Caroline's love interest.

One other notable cast member was Brenda Lynn Klemme, who played Amy, the ditzy best friend of Caroline.

See also

References
  1. Tom Jicha (March 18, 1985). "Rumors are Ted turner attemptiing takeover of CBS". The Miami News.
  2. Ron Weiskind (March 18, 1985). "'Sessions' soft, but promising as series". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  3. Associated Press (June 4, 1985). "Author Co. makes cable comedies". The Madison Courier.
  4. John Carman (September 2, 1985). "Latest comedy has 'Rocky Road' to hoe on WTBS". The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
  5. Charles Witbeck (August 29, 1986). "High quality TV seeks out low costs". The Times-News.
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