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A Family for Joe (1990–1990) — drama · comedy · family on NBC

The answer: Concluded August 19, 1990.
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Genre
Drama · Comedy · Family
Network / streamer
NBC
Premiered
February 25, 1990
Ended
August 19, 1990
Runtime
~30 min per episode
1season
9episodes

About A Family for Joe

Who says you can't pick your relatives? Meet four kids who did... Veteran actor Robert Mitchum stars as the man the four Bankston kids call "Grandpa Joe." But that wasn't always his name. And he didn't know the Bankston children at all -until they found him. You see, Chris, Mary, Nick and little Holly Bankston were recently orphaned, and with no adult to care for them, the courts threatened to split them up and place them in foster homes. Desperate situations call for desperate measures, so the four shrewd kids selected a crusty old homeless person -- Joe -- and turned him into their long-lost "grandfather." In return for food, shelter and clothing, "Grandpa Joe" would agree to keep up the charade and everyone would be happy -- kids, court and Grandpa. But what starts out as a good "deal" quickly turns into more than they all bargained for. The children soon realize they need more strict guidance than they had imaged. Joe discovers that, in addition to adjusting to life in a comfortable house instead of a cardboard box, that for the first time in his life, being a "family man" is truly something worthwhile.

A Family for Joe episode schedule

9 aired

Aired · 9

DateEp.Title
August 19, 1990 S1·E9 Having a Baby
August 12, 1990 S1·E8 Night School
August 5, 1990 S1·E7 Once a Bum
May 5, 1990 S1·E6 Law and Order
April 28, 1990 S1·E5 Life of the Party
April 14, 1990 S1·E4 An Earful
April 7, 1990 S1·E3 Nick's Heart
March 31, 1990 S1·E2 The Medium
March 24, 1990 S1·E1 A Little Romance

A Family for Joe cast