Shirley
Shirley Miller is a widow with three children who moves from a big city to small one, and like most widows and displaced individuals, she has a hard time making ends meet and her children are not exactly pleased with their new surroundings. Also accompanying her is her stepson Bill; also like most stepmother/stepson relationships, the two often disagree. But she has help: the housekeeper Charlotte, handyman Dutch, and Lew--a friend who could possibly mean more in her life.
- 1979-1980
- 1 season
- NBC
- Comedy, Drama
Shirley Miller is a widow with three children who moves from a big city to small one, and like most widows and displaced individuals, she has a hard time making ends meet and her children are not exactly pleased with their new surroundings. Also accompanying her is her stepson Bill; also like most stepmother/stepson relationships, the two often disagree. But she has help: the housekeeper Charlotte, handyman Dutch, and Lew--a friend who could possibly mean more in her life.
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
Is This What Dad Really Wanted?
Fri, Oct 26, 1979 60 mins
Shirley Miller, a widow with four children, moves her family from New York to Lake Tahoe. Upon arrival they discover their new home is being fumigated.
Episode 2
Hard Hat
Fri, Nov 2, 1979 60 mins
Shirley is met with resentment by her boss and the men working at the construction firm where she has the job of paymaster.
Episode 3
Son of a Gun
Fri, Nov 9, 1979 60 mins
Shirley is unhappy when she learns that son Bill has discovered his father's gun. An intense discussion follows as to why she is uncomfortable with her child having a weapon.
Episode 4
Things Your Mother Forgot to Tell You
Fri, Nov 23, 1979 60 mins
Shirley becomes a substitute in a sex education class.
Episode 5
The One That Got Away
Fri, Nov 30, 1979
Bill's haughty mother wants him to leave Shirley and the family and live permanently in Paris.
Episode 6
Play on Words
Fri, Dec 7, 1979 60 mins
A student athlete disrupts substitute teacher Shirley's class and she is angered when the vice-principal insists that she overlook the behavior.
Episode 8
Twenty Years to Life
Fri, Dec 14, 1979 60 mins
Shirley, while substitute teaching, flunks an elite athlete which keeps him benched. Shirley finds out the student's older brother is the vice principal at the school which creates conflict.
Episode 9
Separate Agendas
Fri, Dec 21, 1979 60 mins
Debra does not trust the divorced man (Edward Winter) who is going out of his way to get into Shirley's good graces.
Episode 10
Visions of Christmas Past
Fri, Dec 28, 1979 60 mins
Shirley is caught up in memories of her late husband as she sets off in a snow storm to buy a Christmas tree for her family.
Episode 11
On the Skids
Fri, Jan 4, 1980 60 mins
After several times going out with Lew Armitrage Shirley realizes he has a drinking problem.
Episode 12
The Three Dates of Shirley Miller
Fri, Jan 18, 1980 60 mins
Episode 13
Teddy Roosevelt Slept Here
Fri, Jan 25, 1980 60 mins
A historical society believes that Teddy Roosevelt once slept in Shirley's house and invade her home.