Wings
All in the Family
TV Flash files “All in the Family” as hour 25 of 172 in the TV Flash guide — Wings (1990–1997) on NBC, season 2, episode 19, aired 1991-03-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E19: listed hour 25 of 172 in the Wings guide, hour 19 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1991-03-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo” (S02E18). Next is “Mother Wore Stripes” (S02E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Brian's lack of a "sensitive, intelligent, attractive woman" is overheard by one, who offers to fill that void, which doesn't sit well with her son.
Viewer FAQ
Where does All in the Family sit in the Wings guide?
S02E19 is listed hour 25 of 172 — hour 19 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 19.
When did Wings S02E19 air?
All in the Family aired 1991-03-07 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a Cheers spinoff?
Not a spinoff — same producing brain trust (and later Frasier architects) with seaside ensemble energy instead of a Boston bar.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Nantucket as a one-plane airline sitcom: brothers, a cello, and Cheers-adjacent producers with salt air instead of bar stools. Tim Daly and Steven Weber bicker through Hackett Aviation while Crystal Bernard and Thomas Haden Church keep the terminal human. Must-See depth-chart comedy — gentler, seaside, and sneakily well-built if you like ensembles that actually clock in.
In medias res on a Nantucket tarmac: one-plane logistics, two brothers, a cello, salt air instead of bar stools. David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee — later *Frasier* architects, here the *Cheers*-adjacent brain trust — built NBC comfort multi-cam from 1990 to 1997. Max can keep his vending-machine culture; this is Must-See depth-chart comedy, a hangout that actually flies. Tim Daly and Steven Weber bicker through Hackett Aviation. Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church, Tony Shalhoub's Antonio, Rebecca Schull…
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- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
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- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
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