You Again?

This article is about television series. For the film, see You Again. For the Forester Sisters album or its title song, see You Again (album) and You Again (song).

You Again?
Publicity photo featuring John Stamos (left) and Jack Klugman (right)
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	Home to Roost by Eric Chappell
Written by	Jay Abramowitz Al Aidekman Eric Chappell Gary Jacobs Doug McIntyre Tom Musca Bernie Orenstein Jerry Stahl Saul Turteltaub Zachary D. Wechsler
Directed by	Peter Bonerz Bill Foster Gerren Keith Howard Murray Jerry Paris
Starring	Jack Klugman John Stamos Elizabeth Bennett
Composers	Chris Boardman Rik Howard Bob Wirth
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Ronny Hallin Sarah Lawson Bernie Orenstein Saul Turteltaub
Producers	Al Aidekman Rick Mitz Liz Sage
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Sweater Productions Taft Entertainment/Lawson Group Taft Entertainment Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 27, 1986 (1986-02-27) – January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07)
Related
Home to Roost

You Again? is an American sitcom television series that aired for two seasons on NBC from February 27, 1986, to January 7, 1987. It was based on the British show Home to Roost.

Synopsis

Jack Klugman stars as Henry Willows, a man still embittered from his divorce ten years earlier, who had made no effort to see his son Matt (John Stamos) during that time. Henry had become fairly comfortable with his life as a supermarket manager and was not really looking to make major changes to it when Matt arrived looking to stay with his father, whom he hardly knew anymore. Matt was an ill-mannered but quite attractive youth who was very popular with the girls. He drove the gruff Henry almost over the edge, but of course in the end familial ties conquered all differences in sitcom tradition.

Cast

Main cast

• Jack Klugman as Henry Willows
• John Stamos as Matt Willows
• Elizabeth Bennett as Enid Thompkins
• Valerie Landsburg as Pam
• Barbara Rhoades as Maggie Davis

Guest cast

• The Beach Boys
• K Callan
• Conrad Janis
• Richard Kline
• Robert Morse
• Alan Oppenheimer
• Marion Ross
• Armin Shimerman
• Liz Torres
• David Wohl

Production

Development

The show was based on the British show Home to Roost, which was still in production at the same time. British actress Elizabeth Bennett played housekeeper "Enid Thompson" in the British version and "Enid Tompkins" in the US version simultaneously, so she was a frequent commuter from London to Los Angeles during the time in which You Again? was in production.

Episode list

Season 1 (1986)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"All You Need Is Love"	Peter Bonerz	Eric Chappell	February 27, 1986 (1986-02-27)
2	2	"Dating Henry"	Peter Bonerz	Eric Chappell	March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03)
3	3	"Small Chance"	John Bowab	Eric Chappell	March 10, 1986 (1986-03-10)
4	4	"Henry and Matt Get Sick"	Jerry Paris	John B. Collins	March 17, 1986 (1986-03-17)
5	5	"Plastic Dream World"	Gerren Keith	Eric Chappell	March 24, 1986 (1986-03-24)
6	6	"Bad Apples"	Lee Bernhardi	Jerry Stahl	March 31, 1986 (1986-03-31)
7	7	"Enid Quits"	Barbara Schultz	Jerry Stahl	April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07)
8	8	"A New Life"	Peter Bonerz	Eric Chappell	April 14, 1986 (1986-04-14)
9	9	"Suspect"	Jerry Paris	Eric Chappell	April 28, 1986 (1986-04-28)
10	10	"The Wake"	Peter Baldwin	Sam Greenbaum	May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05)
11	11	"Uncle Randy"	Gerren Keith	Vivian Rhodes	May 19, 1986 (1986-05-19)
12	12	"Marry Me, a Little"	Howard Murray	Rick Mitz	June 2, 1986 (1986-06-02)
13	13	"The Strike"	Gerren Keith	Doug McIntyre	June 9, 1986 (1986-06-09)

Season 2 (1986–87)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"The Grad"	Unknown	Unknown	October 1, 1986 (1986-10-01)
15	2	"Quit is a Four Letter Word"	Unknown	Unknown	October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08)
16	3	"The Audition"	Unknown	Unknown	October 15, 1986 (1986-10-15)
17	4	"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Traffic Lights"	Unknown	Unknown	October 29, 1986 (1986-10-29)
18	5	"Sports Fantasy"	Unknown	Unknown	November 5, 1986 (1986-11-05)
19	6	"The Lush Life"	Unknown	Unknown	November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12)
20	7	"The DJ"	Unknown	Unknown	November 26, 1986 (1986-11-26)
21	8	"Social Insecurity"	Unknown	Unknown	December 3, 1986 (1986-12-03)
22	9	"Personals"	Unknown	Unknown	December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10)
23	10	"Enid Moves In"	Unknown	Unknown	December 24, 1986 (1986-12-24)
24	11	"Good Neighbors"	Unknown	Unknown	December 27, 1986 (1986-12-27)
25	12	"Henry, the Kissinger"	Unknown	Unknown	December 31, 1986 (1986-12-31)
26	13	"Where the Sun Don't Shine"	Unknown	Unknown	January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07)

Reception

Ratings

You Again? did not achieve the same level of hit status of Home to Roost in the UK, with many viewers finding it difficult to accept the 64-year-old Klugman as the father of 23-year-old Stamos. Nonetheless, the show finished at #19 in its first season's ratings, ahead of other, longer-running shows such as 227 and The Facts of Life and strong enough for NBC to renew it for a second season. It ran for just under a year, occupying four different time slots in the process, prior to its cancellation. Less than a year after You Again? went off the air, John Stamos began appearing on the long-running sitcom Full House.

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• You Again? at IMDb
• You Again? at epguides.com