Empty Nest
Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend
TV Flash files “Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend” as hour 164 of 170 in the TV Flash guide — Empty Nest (1988–1995) on NBC, season 7, episode 18, aired 1995-03-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E18: listed hour 164 of 170 in the Empty Nest guide, hour 18 of 24 in season 7. It aired 1995-03-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “And Kevin Makes Three” (S07E17). Next is “The Ex-Files” (S07E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Charley is jealous of Harry's friendship with Carol's boss.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend sit in the Empty Nest guide?
S07E18 is listed hour 164 of 170 — hour 18 of 24 in season 7, season 7 episode 18.
When did Empty Nest S07E18 air?
Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend aired 1995-03-18 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…