Baby Boom is an American television sitcom based on the 1987 film of the same name, created by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, and starring Kate Jackson. The pilot premiered on NBC on September 10, 1988, and the series aired from November 2, 1988, to September 10, 1989.
Sam Wanamaker and the baby twins Kristina and Michelle Kennedy reprised their roles from the film, but otherwise, the characters picked up from the original film were cast with new actors. J.C. Wiatt was played by Kate Jackson, Helga Von Haupt by Joy Behar and Charlotte Elkman by Susie Essman.
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Cast
Main
Kate Jackson as J.C. Wiatt
Daniel Bardol as Ken Arrenberg
Joy Behar as Helga Von Haupt
Susie Essman as Charlotte Elkman
Kristina and Michelle Kennedy as Elizabeth Alice Wiatt
Robyn Peterson as Arlene Mandell
Sam Wanamaker as Fritz Curtis
Camille Saviola as Ofelia
Guest starring
Jane Elliot as Julie
Robin Thomas as Rob Marks
Production
At the insistence of series creators Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, the show was made without a laugh track. In December 1988, NBC announced that the series would go on hiatus after the December 21 episode. The network had planned on bringing the show back after making certain "creative changes", but only three leftover episodes aired in the summer of 1989.
Episodes
Eight episodes have registered production codes with the United States Copyright Office.