Series Description:

The Empty Nest TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on NBC about a widowed doctor with two grown daughters who move back in with him after their marriages failed.

Empty Nest Cast:

Richard Mulligan ........... Doctor Harry Weston
Kristy McNichol ............ Barbara Weston
Dinah Manoff ............... Carol Weston
Park Overall ............... Laverne Higby Todd Kane
David Leisure .............. Charley Dietz
Estelle Getty .............. Sophia Petrillo-Weinstock

Empty Nest Theme Song Lyrics

Title: "Life Goes On"

By: "John Bettis and George Tipton"

Life goes on, and so do we,
Just how we do it is no mystery.
One by one ... one by one, we fill the days,
We find a thousand different ways.
Sometimes the answer can be hard to find ... hard to find,
That's something I will never be.
I'm always here, for anything you need ... anything you need.
Rain or shine, I'll be the one,
to share it all as life goes on.
We share it all, as life goes on.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

Pilot (10/8/1988)
The Check Isn't in the Mail (10/15/1988)
Barbara Gets Shot (10/22/1988)
Fatal Attraction (11/5/1988)
Father of the Bride (11/12/1988)
Harry's Vacation (11/12/1988)
Tinker to Evers to Tucson (11/18/1988)
What's a Father to Do? (11/26/1988)
Harry's Friend (12/3/1988)
Libby's Gift (12/17/1988)
The First Time - Again (12/24/1988)
Full Nest (1/14/1989)
Tears of a Clown (1/21/1989)
Here's a Howdy-Do (1/28/1989)
Strange Bedfellows (2/4/1989)
Blame it on the Moon (2/11/1989)
Dumped (2/18/1989)
The More Things Change (2/25/1989)
Man of the Year (3/4/1989)
My Sister, My Friend (3/11/1989)
A Life in the Day (3/18/1989)
Cyrano de Weston (3/18/1989)

The Second Season

Settling (9/2/1989)
On the Interpretation of Dreams (9/2/1989)
Just You and My Kid (9/16/1989)
Rambo of Neiman Marcus (9/23/1989)
Harry Snubs Laverne (9/30/1989)
Between a Cop and a Hard Place (10/17/1989)
You Are 16 Going On 17 and I'm Not (10/21/1989)
The R.N. who Came to Dinner (11/6/1989)
Green Eggs and Harry (11/18/1989)
Overdue For a Job (12/2/1989)
A Christmas Story (12/16/1989)
Timing (12/16/1989)
MD, P.O.V (12/23/1989)
Change of Heart (12/23/1989)
Harry's Choice (1/6/1990)
Complainin' in the Rain (1/20/1990)
Everything But Love (1/27/1990)
It Happened Two Nights, Four Costume Changes (2/3/1990)
Love is Blind (2/17/1990)
Goodbye, Mr. Dietz (2/24/1990)
Lessons (3/3/1990)
Take My Man, Please (3/24/1990)
Did You Ever See a Dream Dying? (3/31/1990)
Still Growing After All These Years (4/28/1990)

The Third Season

A Flaw is Born (9/22/1990)
Harry's Excellent Adventure (9/29/1990)
There's No Accounting (10/6/1990)
Barbara the Mom (10/13/1990)
The Tortoise & the Harry (10/20/1990)
Mad About the Boy (10/27/1990)
Honey, I Shrunk Laverne (11/3/1990)
The Boy Next Door (11/10/1990)
A Family Affair (11/17/1990)
Someone to Watch Over Me (11/24/1990)
Harry Knows Best (12/8/1990)
Whenever I Feel Afraid (12/15/1990)
A Shot in the Dark (1/5/1991)
Sucking Up is Hard to Do (1/19/1991)
The Man That Got Away 1(/26/1991)
The Mentor (2/2/1991)
The Dog Who Knew Too Much (2/9/1991)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (2/16/1991)
All About Harry (3/9/1991)
Drive, He Said (3/16/1991)
The Last Temptation of Laverne (3/23/1991)
What's Eating You? (4/13/1991)
The Cruise (5/4/1991)
The Way We Are (5/11/1991)

The Fourth Season

50 Million Men and a Baby (9/21/1991)
Almost Like Being in Love (9/28/1991)
Her Cheatin' Heart (10/5/1991)
Food For Thought (10/12/1991)
Harry's Got a Gun (10/19/1991)
A Dreyfus Affair (10/26/1991)
Country Weston (11/2/1991)
Windy (11/9/1991)
Talk, Talk, Talk (11/16/1991)
Lonely Are the Brave (11/23/1991)
If You Knew Andy Like I Know ... (12/7/1991)
My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble ... (12/14/1991)
The Son of a Preacherman (1/4/1992)
Ex-appeal (1/11/1992)
The Great Escape (1/18/1992)
The Mismatchmaker (2/1/1992)
The Return of Aunt Susan (2/8/1992)
The Unimportance of Being Charley (2/15/1992)
Sayonara (2/22/1992)
Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde (2/29/1992)
Charley for President (3/14/1992)
Good Neighbor Harry (3/28/1992)
Final Analysis (4/25/1992)
Roots (5/2/1992)

The Fifth Season

Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (9/19/1992)
Take My Garage, Please (9/26/1992)
R.N. On the Rebound (10/3/1992)
... Or Forever Hold Your Peace (10/10/1992)
The Boomerang Affair (10/17/1992)
Cruel and Unusual Punishment (10/24/1992)
It's Not Easy Being Green (10/31/1992)
Dirty Harry (11/7/1992)
Timing is Everything (11/14/1992)
Thanksgiving at the Westons' (11/21/1992)
The Body Beautiful (12/5/1992)
Overboard (12/12/1992)
Emily (1/2/1993)
The Sting (1/9/1993)
The Fracas in Vegas (1/23/1993)
Pardon My Flashback (1/30/1993)
Dog Day Afternoon (2/6/1993)
More to Love (2/13/1993)
My Dad, My Doctor (2/20/1993)
Love and Marriage (2/27/1993)
The All-American Boy - Not! (3/20/1993)
Two For the Road (4/10/1993)
Aunt Verne Knows Best (5/1/1993)
My Mother, My Self (5/8/1993)
Charley to the Rescue (5/15/1993)
Surprise! Surprise! (5/22/1993)

The Sixth Season

When the Rooster Dies (9/25/1993)
Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello - Part 1 (10/2/1993)
Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello - Part 2 (10/9/1993)
Mama Todd, the Sequel (10/16/1993)
Mom's the Word (10/23/1993)
Diary of a Mad Housewife (10/30/1993)
Mother Dearest (11/6/1993)
No Volunteers, Please (11/13/1993)
Das Boob (11/20/1993)
The Girl Who Cried Baby (11/27/1993)
Superbaby (12/11/1993)
Read All About It (12/18/1993)
Love a la Mode (1/8/1994)
What's A Mother To Do? (1/15/1994)
Gesundeit (1/22/1994)
Under the Gun (1/29/1994)
Brotherly Shove (2/5/1994)
The Ballad of Shady Pines (2/12/1994)
Hog Heaven (3/5/1994)
Charley's Millions (3/8/1994)
Half That Jazz (4/5/1994)
The Devil and Dr. Weston (4/9/1994)
A Foreign Affair (4/16/1994)
Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy (4/23/1994)
Best Friends (5/21/1994)
Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder (5/21/1994)

The Seventh Season

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About - Part 1 (9/24/1994)
Mrs. Clinton Comes to Town - Part 2 (9/24/1994)
Just For Laughs (10/1/1994)
A Chip Off the Old Charley (10/8/1994)
The Woman Who Came to Dither (10/15/1994)
Carol Gets A Raise (10/22/1994)
The Courtship of Carol's Father (12/3/1994)
The Tinker Grant (12/3/1994)
Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Pain (12/17/1994)
Would You Believe... (12/17/1994)
Single White Male (1/7/1995)
Dear Aunt Martha (1/14/1995)
Goodbye Charley (1/21/1995)
Family Practice (1/28/1995)
Grandma, What Big Eyes You Have (2/4/1995)
Feelings, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Feelings (2/25/1995)
And Kevin Makes Three (3/4/1995)
Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend (3/18/1995)
The Ex-Files (3/18/1995)
Stand By Your Man (3/25/1995)
Life Goes On (2 Part Special) (4/26/1995)
My Pal Valy-Val (6/10/1995)
Remembrance of Clips Past (6/17/1995)