CBS Summer Playhouse#ep23

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Tim Reid and Daphne Maxwell Reid acted as hosts during the first season, introducing each pilot. Viewers were also encouraged to call a 1-800 number at the end of each episode, to voice their preference. However, the "winning" pilot chosen by the viewers was never picked up as a series.

The series was revamped during the second and third seasons, and featured no hosts or viewer voting.

David Bianculli of The Philadelphia Inquirer criticized the anthology series, writing that it "may be the most inaccurate title ever given to a TV program". Bianculli cited two aspects, that the show premiered just before summer began in 1987 and that none of the episodes originated from theatrical playhouses.{{Cite journal|last=Bianculli|first=David|date=June 19, 1987|title=TV tonight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30869349/tv-tonight-by-david-bianculli/|journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer|volume=316|pages=42|via=Newspapers|access-date=April 22, 2021}}

{{Series overview

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| episodes2 = 18

| start2 = {{Start date|1988|06|21}}

| end2 = {{End date|1988|09|06}}

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| episodes3 = 10

| start3 = {{Start date|1989|06|20}}

| end3 = {{End date|1989|08|22}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = The Saint in Manhattan{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-16-ca-7681-story.html|title=VIEWERS VOTE YES ON CBS 'SAINT'|last= |first= |date=June 16, 1987|website=Los Angeles Times|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|06|12}}

|Aux4 = 7.4/16{{cite magazine|date=June 22, 1987|title=CBS, and Celtics come up short|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=25|page=42|id={{ProQuest|1016904306}}}}

|ShortSummary = In this revival of The Saint, Andrew Clarke starred as Simon Templar. His restlessness upon returning to New York is relieved and his interest is aroused after receiving a note from an old flame. She's Margot (Liliana Komorowska), a ballerina performing at Lincoln Center who's being threatened.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Kung Fu: The Next Generation{{cite news |last= |first= |date=June 18, 1987|title=WORTH NOTING ON TV|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0618/lwn18.html|work=The Christian Science Monitor|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|06|19}}

|Aux4 = 8.6/18{{cite magazine|date=June 29, 1987|title=NBC wins prime time CBS's news slump continues|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=26|page=41|id={{ProQuest|1016922640}}}}

|ShortSummary = A modern-day descendant of Caine (David Darlow) hopes to turn his estranged son (Brandon Lee) away from a life of crime in this revival of Kung Fu.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Changing Patterns

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|06|26}}

|Aux4 = 7.8/17{{cite magazine|date=July 6, 1987|title=NBC continues prime time, news wins|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=113|issue=1|page=66|id={{ProQuest|1285764430}}}}

|ShortSummary = Two housewives trying to enter the fashion industry (Valerie Perrine and Brenda Vaccaro) can't find a store willing to buy their designs.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Mickey and Nora

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|06|26}}

|Aux4 = 7.8/17

|ShortSummary = An ex-CIA agent (Ted Wass) can't convince anyone that he's no longer a spy. Co-starring Barbara Treutelaar as Nora.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Puppetman{{cite web |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=late&p=183&item=B:63981|title=CBS SUMMER PLAYHOUSE: PUPPETMAN (TV)|last= |first= |date= |website=The Paley Center for Media|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|07|03}}

|Aux4 = 5.2/12{{cite magazine|date=July 13, 1987|title=NBC wins; ABC takes second|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=113|issue=2|page=38|id={{ProQuest|1016923638}}}}

|ShortSummary = A children's show puppeteer (Fred Newman) is torn between spending time with his visiting 5-year-old son and saving his show in this Muppet sitcom from Jim Henson.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Sawdust

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|07|03}}

|Aux4 = 5.2/12

|ShortSummary = A bored accountant (James Eckhouse) buys a run-down circus and has a go at running it himself, much to the displeasure of his wife and children.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Barrington{{cite web |url=https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/mva77353|title=1987 PRESS PHOTO MATT SLAINGER IN "CBS SUMMER PLAYHOUSE"-"BARRINGTON"|last= |first= |date= |website=Historic Images Outlet|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|07|09}}

|Aux4 = 7.9/18{{cite magazine|date=July 20, 1987|title=NBC continues summer run|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=113|issue=3|page=74|id={{ProQuest|1014730210}}}}

|ShortSummary = A small-town New England police chief (Matt Salinger) is assigned to keep his eye on a government-protected witness (Robert Beltran) whose cover may have been blown.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Doctors Wilde

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|07|17}}

|Aux4 = 7.4/17{{cite magazine|date=July 27, 1987|title=NBC continues to set the summer pace|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=113|issue=4|page=104|id={{ProQuest|1014721188}}}}

|ShortSummary = Life's a zoo for husband-and-wife veterinarians (Joseph Bottoms and Jennifer Hetrick) who treat wild animals in their home.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Mabel and Max

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|07|31}}

|Aux4 = 7.9/18{{cite news|date=August 5, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305922968}}}}

|ShortSummary = New York actress Mabel (Geraldine Fitzgerald), who has not worked since a heart attack, opens her home to an aspiring young actress (Mary B. Ward) and becomes her acting coach.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = King of the Building

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|07|31}}

|Aux4 = 7.9/18

|ShortSummary = A doorman on Park Avenue (Richard Lewis) gets involved in the lives of his tenants.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 11

|Title = The Time of Their Lives

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|08|07}}

|Aux4 = 8.2/18{{cite news|date=August 12, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305912370}}}}

|ShortSummary = A recent widower (James Widdoes) asks his ex-vaudevillian father (Buddy Ebsen) to help him raise his four daughters.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 12

|Title = Infiltrator

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|08|14}}

|Aux4 = 7.0/15{{cite news|date=August 19, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305911516}}}}

|ShortSummary = A scientist (Scott Bakula) experimenting with teleporter technology manages to merge himself with an experimental probe that is designed to adapt automatically to any threat. The scientist is then recruited by a secret government agency to go on missions. As the probe technology adapts itself to higher and higher threat levels, the scientist becomes less and less human.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|EpisodeNumber2 = 13

|Title = Reno and Yolanda{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 28, 1987|title=Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio · 28|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/397470860/|work= |location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|08|28}}

|Aux4 = 7.1/14{{cite news|date=September 2, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305940786}}}}

|ShortSummary = Comedy about a ballroom-dancing couple (Louis Giambalvo and Suzie Plakson) who teach in an Atlantic City hotel.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 14

|EpisodeNumber2 = 14

|Title = Day to Day

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|08|28}}

|Aux4 = 7.1/14

|ShortSummary = While planning their parents' anniversary party, three sisters (Linda Purl, Deborah Harmon and Noelle Parker) catch up on their lives.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|EpisodeNumber2 = 15

|Title = Sirens

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|09|04}}

|Aux4 = 7.8/17{{cite magazine|date=September 9, 1987|title=Weekly Ratings Scorecard|magazine=Variety|volume=328|issue=7|page=54|id={{ProQuest|1438502179}}}}

|ShortSummary = Comedy about two female police officers (Dinah Manoff and Loretta Devine).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 16

|EpisodeNumber2 = 16

|Title = In the Lion's Den{{cite news |last=Brown|first=Joe|date=September 4, 1987|title=SHE WAS THE PLACE THAT WAS|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/09/04/she-was-the-place-that-was/c73feebf-09d6-4883-9fb3-22f45ce16272/|newspaper=The Washington Post|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|09|04}}

|Aux4 = 7.8/17

|ShortSummary = A former game-show producer (Wendy Crewson) finds herself producing a kiddie puppet show. Directed by James Burrows.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 17

|EpisodeNumber2 = 17

|Title = Travelin' Man

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|09|11}}

|Aux4 = 5.5/11{{cite news|date=September 16, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305935059}}}}

|ShortSummary = A burned-out Boston surgeon (James Naughton) decides to hit the road and reconnect with his father (Richard Farnsworth) and daughter, both of whom from he has been estranged.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 18

|EpisodeNumber2 = 18

|Title = Kingpins

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|09|18}}

|Aux4 = 5.4/10{{cite magazine|date=September 28, 1987|title=NBC takes last week of summer|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=113|issue=13|page=56|id={{ProQuest|1016936750}}}}

|ShortSummary = A father (Dorian Harewood) and daughter (Marie-Alise Recasner) run a bowling alley.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|EpisodeNumber2 = 19

|Title = Sons of Gunz

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|09|18}}

|Aux4 = 5.4/10

|ShortSummary = Comedy about a New Jersey auto dealer (Kenneth McMillan) and his four sons. Actor Robert Firth portrayed his philandering son Charley.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = My Africa{{cite web |url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/unsold_pilots_on_television_67_89/|title=UNSOLD PILOTS ON TELEVISION, 1967-1989|last= |first= |date= 24 July 2009|website=Television Obscurities|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|06|21}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 7.9/15{{cite news|date=June 29, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306054797}}}}

|ShortSummary = In 1952, a divorced doctor (Carl Weintraub) brings his children to live with him in Africa after their mother's death.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 21

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Real Life

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|06|28}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 5.7/11{{cite news|date=July 7, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306067407}}}}

|ShortSummary = Charlotte Brown's comedy about homemaking from the viewpoints of a blue-collar worker's wife and an ex-career woman.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Old Money{{cite web |url=https://www.ccn.com/lori-loughlin-failed-1988-tv-pilot-eerily-foreshadowed-stars-shocking-arrest/|title=Lori Loughlin: Failed 1988 TV Pilot Eerily Foreshadowed Star's Shocking Arrest|last=Wilmoth|first=Josiah|date=April 16, 2019|website=CCN|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|06|28}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 5.7/11

|ShortSummary = Comedy about a fabulously wealthy family, and the servants who work for them. Cast includes John Dye, Conchata Ferrell and Lori Loughlin.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 23

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = The Pretenders{{YouTube|title=CBS Summer Playhouse promo, 1988|id=6RHyBTfCyko}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|07|05}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 6.4/12{{cite news|date=July 13, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306059443}}}}

|ShortSummary = An FBI agent (Amanda Pays) finds herself teamed up with the twin brother of her former partner and boyfriend to solve his murder.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 24

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Baby on Board

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|07|12}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 7.5/14{{cite news|date=July 20, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306053136}}}}

|ShortSummary = A successful career couple in their forties (Lawrence Pressman and Jane Galloway) adjusts to the pressures of a new baby. Directed by David Steinberg.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 25

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Dr. Paradise{{cite web |url=https://www.radziwill.us/kesaphsiaucb.html|title=SALLY KELLERMAN PHOTO SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CBS SUMMER PLAYHOUSE DR PARADISE 1988|last= |first= |date= |website=Memorabilia Autographs|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|07|12}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 7.5/14

|ShortSummary = Comedy about a health resort located on a small tropical island, and the staff that works there. Cast includes Frank Langella and Sally Kellerman.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 26

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = The Johnsons Are Home

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|07|19}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 5.0/10{{cite news|date=July 27, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306073128}}}}

|ShortSummary = Off the wall family finds their version of domestic bliss in Minneapolis.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 27

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Limited Partners

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|07|19}}

|Viewers =

|Aux4 = 5.0/10

|ShortSummary = Two pals (Joe Flaherty and Kevin Meaney) try to get rich quick by buying a busted burger joint, and serving only British fast food.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 28

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Silent Whisper

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|07|26}}

|Viewers = 8.0{{cite news|date=August 3, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306108766}}}}

|Aux4 = 6.5/12

|ShortSummary = A San Francisco police detective is rendered voiceless and vows revenge when his family is murdered by a serial killer.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 29

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = Fort Figueroa{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/02/arts/review-television-from-the-heartland-to-la.html|title=Review/Television; From the Heartland To L.A.|last=Shepard|first=Richard F.|date=August 2, 1988|website=The New York Times|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|02}}

|Viewers = 8.2{{cite news|date=August 10, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306091263}}}}

|Aux4 = 6.4/12

|ShortSummary = A farming family from the mid-west inherits an apartment building in East LA. Cast includes Charles Haid.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 30

|EpisodeNumber2 = 11

|Title = Whattley by the Bay

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|09}}

|Viewers = 8.5{{cite news|date=August 17, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306073532}}}}

|Aux4 = 6.4/13

|ShortSummary = A big-city newspaper editor decides to return home to the town where he grew up.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 31

|EpisodeNumber2 = 12

|Title = Sniff

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|09}}

|Viewers = 8.5

|Aux4 = 6.4/13

|ShortSummary = An unsuccessful reporter (Robert Wuhl) finds his luck changing when he becomes the owner of a talented dog.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 32

|EpisodeNumber2 = 13

|Title = Off Duty

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|16}}

|Viewers = 6.9{{cite news|date=August 24, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306085657}}}}

|Aux4 = 5.0/10

|ShortSummary = Comedy set in a bar frequented by cops and ex-cops. Cast includes Eileen Brennan, Taurean Blacque, Tony Lo Bianco and Lisa Blount.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 33

|EpisodeNumber2 = 14

|Title = Roughhouse{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Photo-Ronny-Cox-in-CBS-Summer-Playhouse-TV-Show-hca84009-/372740055370|title=Press Photo Ronny Cox in CBS Summer Playhouse TV Show. - hca84009|last= |first= |date= |website=ebay|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|16}}

|Viewers = 6.9

|Aux4 = 5.0/10

|ShortSummary = Two would-be carpenters try to finish a custom house by morning.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 34

|EpisodeNumber2 = 15

|Title = Mad Avenue

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|23}}

|Viewers = 7.9{{cite news|date=August 31, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306070638}}}}

|Aux4 = 5.6/11

|ShortSummary = Drama about the 'frantic professional and personal' lives of the staff at a national advertising agency.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 35

|EpisodeNumber2 = 16

|Title = Further Adventures{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84080/further-adventures#overview|title=Further Adventures|last= |first= |date= |website=TCM |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|08|30}}

|Viewers = 8.3{{cite news|date=September 8, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306131520}}}}

|Aux4 = 5.6/10

|ShortSummary = Two photographers (David Bowe and John Scott Clough) accompany a Princess (Ada Maris) around the world in search of her missing parents.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 36

|EpisodeNumber2 = 17

|Title = Tickets, Please

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|09|06}}

|Viewers = 4.3{{cite news|date=September 14, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306121360}}}}

|Aux4 = 3.5/6

|ShortSummary = A sitcom focusing on patrons of a bar car on one of New York City's commuter railways. Cast includes Cleavon Little, Bill Macy, Marcia Strassman and Harold Gould. Shown as one of the last features on CBS Summer Playhouse.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 37

|EpisodeNumber2 = 18

|Title = Some Kinda Woman

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|09|06}}

|Viewers = 4.3

|Aux4 = 3.5/6

|ShortSummary = Opposites Attract as a free-spirited woman meets a conservative stockbroker. Directed by Bill Bixby, cast includes Morgan Fairchild and Hunt Block.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 38

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Microcops{{cite news |last=Shales|first=Tom|date=June 20, 1989|title='MICROCOPS' LITTLE OF NOTHING|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/06/20/microcops-little-of-nothing/e9ad5bf2-f32d-4273-a804-745232b9143c/|newspaper=The Washington Post|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|06|20}}

|Viewers = 7.4{{cite news |date=June 28, 1989 |title='Right' courts few viewers |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306211385}}}}

|ShortSummary = Two intergalactic 'Microcops' chase a cosmic crook named Cloyd (Page Mosely) to Earth, where their size becomes cellular.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 39

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = B-Men

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|06|27}}

|Viewers = 7.5{{cite news |date=July 7, 1989 |title=A summer holiday shuffle |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306227507}}}}

|ShortSummary = The "B Men" are high-schoolers who take up bounty hunting after "relying on their wits" to nab a serial killer.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 40

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Coming to America{{cite news |last=Smith|first=Ernie|date=January 23, 2017|title=When Networks Aired Their Failed TV Pilots in the Middle of the Summer|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-networks-aired-their-failed-tv-pilots-in-the-middle-of-the-summer|work=Atlas Obscura|location= |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Brennan|first=Patricia|date=July 2, 1989|title=E.G. MARSHALL HOSTS 'NATIONAL BAND CONCERT'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1989/07/02/eg-marshall-hosts-national-band-concert/600fb668-d622-497d-aa53-8c68c7f15ce1/|newspaper=The Washington Post|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|07|04}}

|Viewers = 5.2{{cite news |date=July 12, 1989 |title=Fox gets a boost from 'Video' |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306223263}}}}

|ShortSummary = Based on the film of the same name, this pilot places Prince Tariq of Zamunda (Tommy Davidson) and his assistant Oha (Paul Bates) in the house of a family in Queens, New York.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 41

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Shivers{{cite news |last=Haithman|first=Diane|date=March 24, 1989|title=TV Pilots Ready for an Air War|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-24-ca-293-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location= |access-date=}}{{cite book |last=Terrace|first=Vincent|author-link= |date= 17 January 2020|title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69-_DwAAQBAJ&dq=Shivers+1989+CBS&pg=PA224|location= |publisher= McFarland|page=224|isbn=9781476638102}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|07|04}}

|Viewers = 5.2

|ShortSummary = A divorced father (Mark Lindsay Chapman) and his children move into a house haunted by a Revolutionary War-era troublemaker and his girlfriend.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 42

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Elysian Fields{{cite web |url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/unsold_pilots_on_television_67_89/|title=UNSOLD PILOTS ON TELEVISION, 1967-1989|last= |first= |date= 24 July 2009|website=Television Obscurities|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|07|11}}

|Viewers = 7.9{{cite news |date=July 19, 1989 |title='All-Star Game' is a smash |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306215429}}}}

|ShortSummary = Nate Goodman (Jeffrey DeMunn) moves to New Orleans and into a boardinghouse filled with eccentrics, led by the divorced proprietor and her lustful sister.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 43

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = American Nuclear{{cite news |last=Ngo|first=Sheiresa|date=April 25, 2019|title=Why 'Avengers: Endgame' Star Mark Ruffalo Almost Quit Acting for Good|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/avengers-endgame-mark-ruffalo.html/|work=Cheet Sheet|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|07|25}}

|Viewers = 5.4{{cite news |date=August 2, 1989 |title=Fox in 'Married' bliss Sunday |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306234816}}}}

|ShortSummary = A New York columnist (James Farentino) and a mayoral aide marry and create a blended family with his rebellious daughter and her uptight children.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 44

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Curse of the Corn People{{cite news |last=Brennan|first=Patricia|date=July 30, 1989|title=A HUSBAND'S ACCOUNT OF HIS WIFE'S DYING|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1989/07/30/a-husbands-account-of-his-wifes-dying/56fad126-29e1-473f-9d56-e2f930ee51b9/|newspaper=The Washington Post|location= |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Finke|first=Nikki|date=June 23, 2006|title=The Day I Sucker-Punched Aaron Spelling|url=https://deadline.com/2006/06/the-day-i-sucker-punched-aaron-spelling-395/|work=Deadline|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|08|01}}

|Viewers = 8.0{{cite news |date=August 9, 1989 |title=ABC bottoms out after top 4 |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306233685}}}}

|ShortSummary = In Kansas, a group of friends in their 20s undertakes the making of a horror movie called "Curse of the Corn People" about a feminist zombie who stalks farmers, but things don't go as planned. Cast includes John Terlesky, Danielle von Zerneck and Catherine Keener.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 45

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = The Heat

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|08|08}}

|Viewers = 8.7{{cite news |date=August 16, 1989 |title=Sitcoms stand for ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306250165}}}}

|ShortSummary = Five Federal marshals are out to burn a maniacal bandit and his cohorts who have stolen three truckloads of Stinger missiles.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 46

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Road Show{{cite news |last=Brennan|first=Patricia|date=August 13, 1989|title=NBC'S 'GANGS, COPS AND DRUGS,' CBS' 'ROAD SHOW'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1989/08/13/nbcs-gangscops-and-drugs-cbs-road-show/cef15ad6-1ccb-47e2-8d13-863e5e71df10/|newspaper=The Washington Post|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|08|15}}

|Viewers = 8.1{{cite news |date=August 23, 1989 |title=NBC finds a hit on 'FM' dial |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306244947}}}}

|ShortSummary = A Philadelphia restaurant critic becomes intrigued by the big-city antics and small-town charms of an enigmatic traveler, and joins him on his journeys. Cast includes Lee Majors, Celeste Holm, Ellen Greene and Dub Taylor.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 47

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = Outpost{{cite news |last=Mills|first=Nancy|date=April 11, 1989|title=British, U.S. TV Producers Forging Atlantic Alliance|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-11-ca-1876-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location= |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Brennan|first=Patricia|date=August 20, 1989|title=REDSKINS TWICE, 'SAVED BY THE BELL'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1989/08/20/redskins-twice-saved-by-the-bell/154134ac-3381-4fe3-b5fb-82107e6b67bf/|newspaper=The Washington Post|location= |access-date=}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|08|22}}

|Viewers = 9.2{{cite news |date=August 30, 1989 |title='Baywatch' bonus for NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306214086}}}}

|ShortSummary = Rachel Morgan (Joanna Going) is the marshal of a sleepy human "Outpost" on the planet Icarus, where a vicious alien leads a group of native Icari on the warpath.

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