Who's the Boss?

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.

Who's the Boss? (1984-1992) is a American network sitcom created by Blake Hunter for ABC. Former professional baseball player Tony Micelli (Tony Danza) moves with his preteen daughter into the Connecticut-raised Manhattan home of advertising executive Angela Bower (Judith Light), taking a job as housekeeper and father figure to her young son Jonathan (Danny Pintauro). The engine of the show is the friction between Tony's laid-back working class instincts and Angela's type-A corporate polish, playing out in everyday household crises, dating complications, and the slow growth of an unlikely family. Alyssa Milano plays Tony's daughter Samantha, and Katherine Helmond adds sharp comic energy as Angela's mother Mona. Each episode is a self-contained studio-audience comedy built around a domestic problem resolved within twenty-three minutes, and the series runs for eight seasons. Its tone is warm, breezy, and gently sentimental, with a nostalgic 1980s New York feel. Fans of Full House, Growing Pains and The Odd Couple will find the same comfortable household humor and wholesome family heart.

Audiences broadly found the family sitcom warm and reliably funny, with Tony Danza's lead performance as the anchor of its steady eight-season run.

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Created by

Blake Hunter

Release Date

1984-09-20

Episode runtime

23 min

Rating

6.6 / 10 (314)

What is Who's the Boss? about?

A former baseball player turned housekeeper raises his boss's children in a Manhattan home alongside a driven advertising executive.

What is Who's the Boss? like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Who's the Boss? as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.

Is Who's the Boss? violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Who's the Boss?.

What did critics think of Who's the Boss??

Audiences broadly found the family sitcom warm and reliably funny, with Tony Danza's lead performance as the anchor of its steady eight-season run.

Which shows are like Who's the Boss??

Shows with a similar feel include Full House, Growing Pains, and The Odd Couple.

How long is Who's the Boss??

Who's the Boss?: 8 seasons, 196 episodes.

Is Who's the Boss? still running?

No, Who's the Boss? has ended.

Where can I watch Who's the Boss??

In United States, Who's the Boss? streams on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.