Joe's World

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| image =

| caption =

| genre = Sitcom

| runtime = 30 minutes

| company = T.A.T. Communications Company

| creator = Larry Rhine
Mel Tolkin

| producer =

| camera = Multi-camera

| starring = Ramon Bieri

| composer = Alan Thicke

| narrated =

| country = United States

| language = English

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|12|28}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1980|07|26}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 11

| list_episodes = Joe's World#Episodes

}}

Joe's World is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from December 28, 1979 to July 26, 1980.{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earl|authorlink1=Tim Brooks (television historian)|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present |edition=8th|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|isbn=0-345-45542-8 |pages=613–614}}

Premise

Joe is a hardworking house painter with a wife and five kids living in Detroit, yet he is deeply unhappy.{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/joes-world/cast/202401 |title=Joe's World Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2013-02-13}}

Broadcast

The first two episodes were shown on a Friday night at 10 PM Eastern, with one episode airing the following Wednesday at 9:30 PM. The show was then put on hiatus, with the remaining episodes airing starting on Saturday, May 10 at 9:30 PM, with the final episode airing on July 2. The pilot episode did not air as the first episode, but rather as the fifth.{{cite news |last=Holsopple|first=Barbara|date=1979-12-28|title=Advance Response Poor, 'Joe's World Scraps Pilot'|work=Pittsburgh Press|location=Pittsburgh, PA}}

Cast

Ramon Bieri as Joe Wabash
K Callan as Katie Wabash
Christopher Knight as Steve Wabash
Melissa Sherman as Maggie Wabash
Michael Sharrett as Jimmy Wabash
Ari Zeltzer as Rick Wabash
Missy Francis as Linda Wabash
Russ Banham as Brad Hopkins
Misty Rowe as Judy Wilson
Frank Coppola as Andy, a friend of Joe's

Episodes

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; background:#fff;"
style="background:#39f;"\| No. ! style="background:#39f;"\| Title ! style="background:#39f;"\| Directed by ! style="background:#39f;"\| Written by ! style="background:#39f;"\| Original air date {{Episode list \|Title=The Invitation \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1979\|12\|28}} \|EpisodeNumber=1 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin \|ShortSummary= Joe pressures his eldest son to become a house painter. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=Steve's Drinking Problem \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1979\|12\|28}} \|EpisodeNumber=2 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= Burt Styler and Adele Styler \|ShortSummary= Katie is concerned over Steve's drinking. Things come to a head when Linda gets sick at school and a drunken Steve drives there to pick her up. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=The Woman Painters \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|01\|02}} \|EpisodeNumber=3 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= Al Schwartz and Ray Singer \|ShortSummary= Kate becomes concerned when Joe hires a beautiful female painter, worried he'll fall into temptation. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=Snowbound \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|05\|10}} \|EpisodeNumber=4 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore \|ShortSummary= The Wabash family is trapped inside their house during a blizzard. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=One in the Oven \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|05\|17}} \|EpisodeNumber=5 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= Gordon Mitchell \|ShortSummary= Katie announces that she is pregnant. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=Maggie Joins the Army \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|05\|31}} \|EpisodeNumber=6 \|DirectedBy= John Bowab \|WrittenBy= Charles Stewart and Jack Elisson \|ShortSummary= A conflict over house rules prompts Maggie to join the Army. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=If Something Should Happen \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|06\|07}} \|EpisodeNumber=7 \|DirectedBy= Jim Drake \|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Burt Styler, Adele Styler and Michael Endler\|t= Charles Stewart and Jack Ellison}} \|ShortSummary= Katie wants to secure the children's future. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=The Strike \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|06\|14}} \|EpisodeNumber=8 \|DirectedBy= John Bowab \|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin\|t= Joseph Bonaduce}} \|ShortSummary= Joe, Steve and Brad become embroiled in a dispute over the effects of paint enamel fumes on their health. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=The Gun \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|06\|28}} \|EpisodeNumber=9 \|DirectedBy= Gerren Keith \|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Bill Daley\|t= Bill Daley, Joel Kimmel and Ann Gibbs}} \|ShortSummary= The family panics when a vigilant Joe buys a gun to protect the family. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=No Time for Jimmy \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|07\|05}} \|EpisodeNumber=10 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Kenneth Lloyd and Jeffrey Lloyd\|t= Howard Ostroff and Phil Sharp}} \|ShortSummary= Joe misses his son's 13th birthday party when he gets the chance to supervise a large painting project. \|LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list \|Title=To Catch a Cheater \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1980\|07\|12}} \|EpisodeNumber=11 \|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith \|WrittenBy= Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin \|ShortSummary= When Joe puts undue pressure on her, Maggie cheats on an exam. \|LineColor=3399ff }}

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style="background:#39f;"| No.

! style="background:#39f;"| Title

! style="background:#39f;"| Directed by

! style="background:#39f;"| Written by

! style="background:#39f;"| Original air date

{{Episode list

|Title=The Invitation

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|12|28}}

|EpisodeNumber=1

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin

|ShortSummary= Joe pressures his eldest son to become a house painter.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Steve's Drinking Problem

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|12|28}}

|EpisodeNumber=2

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= Burt Styler and Adele Styler

|ShortSummary= Katie is concerned over Steve's drinking. Things come to a head when Linda gets sick at school and a drunken Steve drives there to pick her up.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=The Woman Painters

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|01|02}}

|EpisodeNumber=3

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= Al Schwartz and Ray Singer

|ShortSummary= Kate becomes concerned when Joe hires a beautiful female painter, worried he'll fall into temptation.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Snowbound

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|05|10}}

|EpisodeNumber=4

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore

|ShortSummary= The Wabash family is trapped inside their house during a blizzard.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=One in the Oven

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|05|17}}

|EpisodeNumber=5

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= Gordon Mitchell

|ShortSummary= Katie announces that she is pregnant.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Maggie Joins the Army

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|05|31}}

|EpisodeNumber=6

|DirectedBy= John Bowab

|WrittenBy= Charles Stewart and Jack Elisson

|ShortSummary= A conflict over house rules prompts Maggie to join the Army.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=If Something Should Happen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|06|07}}

|EpisodeNumber=7

|DirectedBy= Jim Drake

|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Burt Styler, Adele Styler and Michael Endler|t= Charles Stewart and Jack Ellison}}

|ShortSummary= Katie wants to secure the children's future.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=The Strike

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|06|14}}

|EpisodeNumber=8

|DirectedBy= John Bowab

|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin|t= Joseph Bonaduce}}

|ShortSummary= Joe, Steve and Brad become embroiled in a dispute over the effects of paint enamel fumes on their health.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=The Gun

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|06|28}}

|EpisodeNumber=9

|DirectedBy= Gerren Keith

|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Bill Daley|t= Bill Daley, Joel Kimmel and Ann Gibbs}}

|ShortSummary= The family panics when a vigilant Joe buys a gun to protect the family.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=No Time for Jimmy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|07|05}}

|EpisodeNumber=10

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Kenneth Lloyd and Jeffrey Lloyd|t= Howard Ostroff and Phil Sharp}}

|ShortSummary= Joe misses his son's 13th birthday party when he gets the chance to supervise a large painting project.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=To Catch a Cheater

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|07|12}}

|EpisodeNumber=11

|DirectedBy= Herbert Kenwith

|WrittenBy= Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin

|ShortSummary= When Joe puts undue pressure on her, Maggie cheats on an exam.

|LineColor=3399ff

}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|tt0078632}}
[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/joes-world/202401 TV Guide]

Category:1979 American television series debuts

Category:1980 American television series endings

Category:1970s American multi-camera sitcoms

Category:1980s American multi-camera sitcoms

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television

Category:Television shows set in Detroit

Category:NBC sitcoms