Webster
Webster
TV ShowEnded

Webster

5.8 / 10
1983
6 seasons
150 episodes
Comedy

Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Another Ballgame

    16-09-1983

    After the untimely death of a young boy's parents, he is sent to live with his father's best friend.

  • Ep 2

    2.Happy Un-Birthday

    23-09-1983

    In oder to get some extra special attention, Webster makes believe that it is his birthday and wants a party.

  • Ep 3

    3.Consulting Adults

    30-09-1983

    Webster tries out for the football team. Katherine is then afraid that Webster will get seriously hurt especially because of his height and bulid. Also, we learn that Webster is pi...

  • Ep 4

    4.Katherine's Swan Song

    07-10-1983

    Catherine wants to get some attention from Webster and she tries a few things. Meanwhile, Webster's friend is not getting much attention because her mom just had a baby, so she run...

  • Ep 5

    5.Saying Goodbye

    21-10-1983

    George and Katherine find out that Webster doesn't know that his parents are dead. He originally thought that they had to go away and that they will come back for him, so it's up t...

  • Ep 6

    6.Green-Eyed Monster

    28-10-1983

    Catherine fears that she is getting old because George and Webster play games with a girl named Mandy, who is real young and really pretty. In the light of all this, Catherine gets...

  • Ep 7

    7.Second Time Around

    04-11-1983

    Thinking that George and Katherine never had an official wedding ceremony, Webster plans to prepare one for them.

  • Ep 8

    8.Travis

    11-11-1983

    It is revealed to George and Katherine why Travis, Webster's late father chose George to be Webster's godparent and legal guardian if something happened to them.

  • Ep 9

    9.That's Entertainment

    18-11-1983

    Webster goes on a TV-benefit show to sing and dance.

  • Ep 10

    10.Educating Katherine

    25-11-198324m

    Catherine gets a taste of the worst being a volunteer art teacher. She feels that she is booring and failing, do Webster tries to help her.

  • Ep 11

    11.Teddy Bear Scare

    02-12-1983

    George and Katherine both try and persuade Webster that he can do without his teddy bear which is lost.

  • Ep 12

    12.A Question of Honor

    16-12-1983

    All the blame goes to Webster when his friends try to rob the Tracadero, their hangout.

  • Ep 13

    13.Don't Jump, George

    23-12-1983

    Katherine is too obsessed with winning when she appears on a game show.

  • Ep 14

    14.George, the Patient in Spite of Himself

    06-01-1984

    Webster has to have his tonsils out, so he tries to be tough just like George.

  • Ep 15

    15.Maybe Baby

    13-01-1984

    Webster wants a baby brother or sister so he goes to George and Katherine and asks them for one.

  • Ep 16

    16.Missing

    20-01-1984

    George and Katherine both forget to pick Webster up from school so he goes with a friend and his parents leaving a panicing George and Katherine not knowing of something happened t...

  • Ep 17

    17.Secrets of the Night

    27-01-1984

    Webster is always nervous and it has resulted him into a bed-wetting problem.

  • Ep 18

    18.Special Friends

    03-02-1984

    Webster makes a friend when a boy needs a sponsor for the Special Olympics.

  • Ep 19

    19.Uncle Phillip

    24-02-1984

    George and Katherine want Webster's Uncle Phil out of his life, but that fails when Webster ends up running into him anyway.

  • Ep 20

    20.More Than a Memory

    02-03-1984

    Jerry, Katherine's secretary quits on account of helping Webster run for class president.

  • Ep 21

    21.Dreamland

    09-03-1984

    Webster gets nightmares because the teacher he has a crush on wants to read Webster's composition aloud.

  • Ep 22

    22.Webster Long (1)

    04-05-1984

    Webster's Uncle Phillip, Webster's last surviving relative, comes up to the apartment to take Webster to live with him. The Popadapolis' do not think that Uncle Phil can take care...

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