This article is about the TV series. For the Argentine film, see Empty Nest (film). For the psychological phenomenon, see Empty nest syndrome.
Empty Nest
Genre
Sitcom
Created by
Susan Harris[1]
Starring
Richard Mulligan
Kristy McNichol
Dinah Manoff
David Leisure
Park Overall
Paul Provenza
Lisa Rieffel
Marsha Warfield
Estelle Getty
Theme music composer
John Bettis
George Tipton
Opening theme
"Life Goes On" performed by Billy Vera
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
7
No. of episodes
170 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Hal Cooper
Nina Feinberg
Susan Harris
Gary Jacobs
Paul Junger Witt
Rod Parker
Tony Thomas
Bob Tischler
Producers
Gil Junger
Dennis Snee
Steven Sullivan
Ursula Ziegler
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
22–24 minutes
Production companies
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
Touchstone Television
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08) – June 17, 1995 (1995-06-17)[2]
Related
The Golden Girls
Nurses
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Empty Nest is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from October 8, 1988, to June 17, 1995. The series, which was created as a spin-off of The Golden Girls by creator and producer Susan Harris, starred Richard Mulligan as recently widowed pediatrician Dr. Harry Weston, whose two adult daughters return home to live with him. The series was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions in association with Touchstone Television.[3][4]
^"Golden Girls' Creator Adds Shows". LA Times. September 10, 1991. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
^"TV Listings for - June 17, 1995". TV Tango. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
^Rosenberg, Howard (October 8, 1988). "'Empty Nest' Looks Like Good Place to Nestle Down". LA Times. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
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