| Who's the Boss? | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Martin Cohan Blake Hunter |
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| Starring | Tony Danza Judith Light Alyssa Milano Danny Pintauro Katherine Helmond |
| Theme music composer | Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter (lyrics) Larry Carlton and Robert Kraft (music) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 196 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Martin Cohan Blake Hunter (both; entire run) Danny Kallis (season 8) |
| Production locations | Universal Studios Hollywood Universal City, California (1983 Pilot at Stage 42 1984–1985 at Stage 44) Sunset Gower Studios Hollywood, California (1985–1988 at Stage 77 1988–1992 at Stage 15) |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production companies | Embassy Television (seasons 1–2) Embassy Communications (seasons 3–4) Hunter/Cohan Productions (seasons 4–8) ELP Communications (seasons 4–8) Columbia Pictures Television (seasons 4–8) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 20, 1984 – April 25, 1992 |
| Related | |
| The Upper Hand Living Dolls | |
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Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom television series created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, that aired on ABC from September 20, 1984, to April 25, 1992, with a total of 196 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. It was produced by Hunter-Cohan Productions in association with Embassy Television (later Embassy Communications and ELP Communications) and Columbia Pictures Television and stars Tony Danza as Tony Micelli, a former Major League Baseball athlete who strives to raise his daughter, Samantha Micelli (Alyssa Milano), outside of the hectic nature of New York City and relocates her to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he works as a live-in housekeeper for a single advertising executive named Angela Bower (Judith Light). The series' cast also includes Katherine Helmond as Angela's mother, Mona Robinson, and Danny Pintauro as Angela's young son, Jonathan Bower.
The show became one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1980s. The series was nominated for more than 40 awards, including ten Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one of each, although early reviews of the series were lukewarm. Also very successful in the ratings, Who's the Boss? ranked in the top ten in the final primetime ratings between 1985 and 1989, and has since continued in syndication worldwide.