Who's The Boss

Who's The Boss

Category: Sitcom

Created By: Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter

Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, Katherine Helmond

Number of Seasons: 8

Number of Episodes: 196

Original Channel: ABC

Original Run: September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992

Who's the Boss? was an American television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond. It was broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1984 to 1992.



Who's The Boss

Premise

There's a widower (that means a man who's partner died) named Anthony Morton "Tony" Micelli ( Tony Danza) is a former baseball player.  He had to stop playing because he got injured.  He wanted to raise his daughter in a good environment.  They started out in Brooklyn but Tony wanted to find a better place.  He and his daughter, Samantha (Alyssa Milano) moved to Fairfield, Connecticut.  There Tony found a job as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, Angela Bower (Judith Light).  So Tony and Samantha moved in with Angela (yes you can guess what might happen).  The other cast members included Danny Pintauro as Angela's son, Jonathan and Katherine Helmond as Mona Robinson, Angela's sex-starved mother.

The title hints at the general setup of the show.  Angela was the breadwinner and Tony was the homemaker. 
Tony is an extravert and goes with the flow while Angela is a by the book businesswoman who doesn't know how to have fun.......not at the beginning.  Tony helped her loosen up......and I'm not hinting at anything.  There was sexual tension between Tony and Angela.  You can watch the episodes to see all the fun.

Tony turns out to be a great father/male role model for Jonathan.  Angela and Mona were mother/sister/female role models for Samantha.

Theme Song and Opening Sequence

The show's theme song, "Brand New Life", was written by series creators and executive producers Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, with music composed by Larry Carlton and Robert Kraft. There were three versions used throughout the series' run. The first version, used in the first two seasons, was performed by Tony Danza himself. The second version, which was used from 1986-1990, was performed by country music singer Steve Wariner. The third version was used for the final two seasons.