The Bad News Bears (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = The Bad News Bears


caption =
format = Sitcom
creator =
writer = Paul Diamond
Bill Lancaster (characters)
director = Norman Abbott
William Asher
Bruce Bilson
Lowell Ganz
Jeffrey Hayden
Gene Nelson
starring = Jack Warden
Catherine Hicks
Sparky Marcus
Meeno Peluce
Billy Jayne
Corey Feldman
Shane Butterworth
Kristoff St. John
Tricia Cast
composer = David Michael Frank
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 23
producer = Ron Leavitt
Brian Levant
Norman Stiles
runtime =
network = CBS
picture_format = Film
audio_format = Monaural
first_aired = March 24, 1979
last_aired = July 26, 1980
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0078566
tv_com_id = 1437

"The Bad News Bears" was a short-lived television series that aired on CBS from March 24, 1979 until July 26, 1980. It was based on the 1976 hit movie "The Bad News Bears", that was followed by two sequels in 1977 and 1978. In the television version, Jack Warden portrayed former minor-leaguer Morris Buttermaker, the coach of the Hoover Junior High Bears, a sorry bunch of youthful misfits and bumblers. Catherine Hicks played Hoover Junior High principal Dr. Emily Rappant. Phillip R. Allen played Roy Turner, the coach of the dreaded rival Lions.

Corey Feldman, Billy Jayne (then credited as Billy Jacoby) and Meeno Peluce were cast amongst the team's players, and Tricia Cast played Amanda Wurlitzer, the Bears' star pitcher.

In the late 1980s, the show was occasionally rerun on Nick at Nite. In the early 1990s, it was rerun on Comedy Central.

Cast

*Jack Warden ... Morris Buttermaker
*Catherine Hicks ... Dr. Emily Rappant
*Phillip R. Allen ... Roy Turner
*Sparky Marcus ... Leslie Ogilvie
*Meeno Peluce ... Tanner Boyle
*Billy Jayne ... Rudi Stein
*Corey Feldman ... Regi Tower
*Shane Butterworth ... Timmy Lupus
*Kristoff St. John ... Ahmad Abdul Rahim
*J. Brennan Smith ... Mike Engelberg
*Charles Nunez ... Miguel Agilar
*Danny Nunez ... Jose Agilar
*Tricia Cast ... Amanda Whirlitzer
*Bill Lazarus ... Frosty
*Gregg Forrest ... Kelly Leek
*Rad Daly ... Josh Matthews
*Persephanie Silverthorn ... Student
*Sherrie Wills ... Marsha

Episodes

{| class="wikitable"! colspan=3 | Season 2
-! No. ! Episode Title ! Original Airdate
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1 || Lights Out || September 29, 1979
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2 || Wedding Bells (part 1) || October 6, 1979
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3 || Wedding Bells (part 2) || October 13, 1979
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4 || The Birds, the Bees and the Bears || June 7, 1980
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5 || First Base || June 28, 1980
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6 || Old Timers' Day || July 12, 1980
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7 || Scrambled Eggs || July 19, 1980
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8 || Good Life || July 26, 1980
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External links

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* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/forum/bad-news-bears/169 The Bad News Bears - General Comments in B in in Jump The Shark]
* [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/thebadnewsbearssitcom.html The Bad News Bears sitcom page]
* [http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/kids/badnewsbears.htm Nostalgia Central]
* [http://www.retroland.com/pop_view.php?eid=4455&cid=5&decade=1970 Retroland]