Raising Miranda
originally aired on CBS
Raising Miranda is an American sitcom starring James Naughton and Royana Black. It depicted the struggles of a father and his teenage daughter to adjust to their circumstances after their wife and mother abandons their family. Bryan Cranston played Donald Marshak's brother-in-law and Miranda's uncle Russell.
Donald Marshak, a building contractor in Racine, Wisconsin, suddenly finds himself a single parent when his wife Bonnie abandons him and their 15-year-old daughter Miranda. Miranda's wacky, unemployed Uncle Russell is Donald's brother-in-law and buddy. Joan and Bob Hoodenpyle are the Marshaks' noodly neighbors and friends.