Empty Nest
The Fracas in Vegas
TV Flash files “The Fracas in Vegas” as hour 109 of 170 in the TV Flash guide — Empty Nest (1988–1995) on NBC, season 5, episode 15, aired 1993-01-23, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E15: listed hour 109 of 170 in the Empty Nest guide, hour 15 of 26 in season 5. It aired 1993-01-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sting” (S05E14). Next is “Pardon My Flashback” (S05E16).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Charley invites Harry on a Las Vegas trip and chaos ensues, meanwhile the girls have problems as one plans a wild night with her boyfriend and the other a girls slumber party.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Fracas in Vegas sit in the Empty Nest guide?
S05E15 is listed hour 109 of 170 — hour 15 of 26 in season 5, season 5 episode 15.
When did Empty Nest S05E15 air?
The Fracas in Vegas aired 1993-01-23 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need The Golden Girls first?
Helpful for the shared Miami universe and the crossovers, not required. Empty Nest runs seven seasons on Mulligan's grouch without Blanche in every scene.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Richard Mulligan's widowed pediatrician next door to the Golden Girls — Miami as a shared sitcom universe, adult daughters moving home, and Dinah Manoff as the chaos agent. Crossovers keep the cheesecake continuum alive. Proof a neighbor-spinoff can run seven seasons on grouch charm without needing Blanche in every scene.
Seven seasons. One hundred seventy hours. NBC, 1988–1995 — a neighbor-spinoff that ran into the mid-1990s without needing Blanche in every scene. That is the chart. Empty Nest is Susan Harris's Miami expansion: Richard Mulligan as widowed pediatrician Dr. Harry Weston, Dinah Manoff's Carol as the chaos agent, Kristy McNichol's Barbara, David Leisure's Charley, Park Overall's Laverne. Adult daughters moved home. Next door to the Golden Girls. Guest crossovers kept the cheesecake continuum alive. Rex will call it a…
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- Dinah Manoff as Carol Weston
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- Kristy McNichol as Barbara Weston
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- David Leisure as Charley Dietz
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- Park Overall as Laverne Todd
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