One of Burt’s sons, Chuck (Jay Johnson), also lives in the Campbell house. Mary lives a middle-class life with her second husband Burt (Richard Mulligan) and two sons from her first marriage gay Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal) and Mafia tough guy Danny Dallas (Ted Wass). Jessica’s senile father, the Major (Arthur Peterson), and sarcastic butler Benson DuBois (Robert Guillaume) serve as consistent sources of humor and commentary on the crazy Tate household. Naive Jessica is part of a rich family which includes her philandering husband Chester (Robert Mandan) and three children man-crazy Corrine (Diana Conva), snotty Eunice (Jennifer Salt), and often-ignored Billy (Jimmy Baio).

This groundbreaking serial sitcom, created by Susan Harris, tells the story of two sisters - Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) and Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon). Katherine Helmond, Robert Mandan, Cathryn Damon, Richard Mulligan, Ted Wass, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Salt, Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Arthur Peterson, Jay Johnson, Robert Guillaume, Donnelly Rhodes, Sal Viscuso, Rebecca Balding, Marla Pennington, John Byner, Dinah Manoff, Eugene Roche, Roscoe Lee Browne, Gordon Jump, Gregory Sierra, Nancy, Barbara Rhoades, Bob Seagren, Randee Heller, Caroline McWilliams, Inga Swenson, Jesse Welles, Allan Miller, Robert Urich, Howard Hesseman, Charles Lane, Lynne Moody, Joe Mantegna, and Rod Roddy. Episodes: 85 (77 half-hours, eight hours), four seasons

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