Empty Nest
The Devil and Dr. Weston
TV Flash files “The Devil and Dr. Weston” as hour 144 of 170 in the TV Flash guide — Empty Nest (1988–1995) on NBC, season 6, episode 24, aired 1994-04-09, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E24: listed hour 144 of 170 in the Empty Nest guide, hour 24 of 26 in season 6. It aired 1994-04-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy” (S06E23). Next is “Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder” (S06E25).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Devil and Dr. Weston sit in the Empty Nest guide?
S06E24 is listed hour 144 of 170 — hour 24 of 26 in season 6, season 6 episode 24.
When did Empty Nest S06E24 air?
The Devil and Dr. Weston aired 1994-04-09 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…
Filed against
- Richard Mulligan as Dr. Harry Weston
Richard Mulligan’s Burt Campbell survived Soap’s murder-and-aliens recap scripture — Katherine Helmond’s Jessica, boycotts, Billy Crystal’s Jodie — then moved next door to the Golden Girls as Empty Nest’s widowed pediatrician. ABC’s…
- Dinah Manoff as Carol Weston
Dinah Manoff’s Carol Weston was Empty Nest’s chaos agent — Richard Mulligan’s widowed pediatrician next door to the Golden Girls, Miami as a shared sitcom universe, adult daughters moving home, crossovers keeping the cheesecake continuum…
- Kristy McNichol as Barbara Weston
Kristy McNichol's Barbara Weston moved home on Empty Nest — Richard Mulligan's widowed pediatrician next door to the Golden Girls, Miami as a shared sitcom universe, adult daughters as the chaos and the point. The desk files her as 1980s…
- David Leisure as Charley Dietz
David Leisure’s Charley Dietz leered through Empty Nest as the neighbor joke next door to the Golden Girls — Miami as a shared sitcom universe, Richard Mulligan’s widowed pediatrician, adult daughters moving home. Crossovers kept the…
- Park Overall as Laverne Todd
Park Overall played Laverne Todd on Empty Nest, the 1980s Miami neighbor-spinoff next door to The Golden Girls — Richard Mulligan’s widowed pediatrician, adult daughters moving home, Dinah Manoff as chaos agent. Crossovers kept the…