Alt Name: | Under One Roof |
Genre: | Sitcom |
Creator: | Sy Rosen |
Starring: | Chad Lowe (episodes 1–6) Ross Harris (episodes 7–13) |
Composer: | Barry Goldberg |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 13 |
Producer: | Mort Lachman |
Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Company: | Mort Lachman and Associates Alan Landsburg Productions |
Network: | NBC |
Spencer, later titled Under One Roof, is an American sitcom television series created by Sy Rosen, that was broadcast on NBC for one season from December 1, 1984 until May 11, 1985.
The show originally starred Chad Lowe as high school student Spencer Winger, Mimi Kennedy as his mother Doris Winger, and Ronny Cox as his father George Winger.
Lowe left the series[1] in 1985 after six episodes and was replaced by Ross Harris, who assumed the role of Spencer.[2] At that time the show's title was changed from Spencer[3] [4] to Under One Roof;[5] [6] the first episode with the new title aired March 23, 1985. Cox also left the show during the retooling, his character written off as having left the family for a 23-year-old woman. Harold Gould and Frances Sternhagen were added to the cast as Spencer's maternal grandparents. Richard Sanders played the high school guidance counselor in the series. Each episode would open with Spencer making some wisecrack in class, causing the teacher to send him to his guidance counselor.