The Ellen Burstyn Show

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Sep 1986
  • Episodes: 12
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Unknown
  • Comedy

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Season 1
1x1
Pilot
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 20, 1986
Ellen Burstyn stars as a writer at a Baltimore college who lives in a brownstone with her mother, 25-year-old daughter and 5-year-old grandson. In the pilot, Nick's dog is about to have .. show full overview
1x2
Monkey Business
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 1986
Bob, Molly's new suitor, an anthropologist, turns out to be a little too bolder for Ellen's liking. Bob invites both mother and daughter to a dinner and ends up kissing Ellen.
1x3
Where There's a Will
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 1986
Ellen grows curious about what is bequeated to her in her second husband's will and last testament. Tom Hines leaves Ellen's house without an explanation, Ellen feels remorse and asks him to stay.
1x4
The Guest Lecturer
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1986
A famed authoress venerated by Ellen comes to the college to give some lectures. But Ellen discovers the lady is an insufferable alcoholic who only emits bad reviews about her colleagues' works.
1x5
Crime and Punishment
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1986
Nick is caught shoplifting at a toy store. Sidney is looking forward to her debut as a piano player.
1x6
Sydney's Night Out
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1986
Lately, Sydney has been mysteriously going out. One night she comes home late late at night and tries to rush in stealthily. Ellen finds out and presses her for an answer, and she must confess she's been dating a married man.
1x7
Reading Between the Lines
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 1986
Ellen meets Frank Tanner, an author, at a radio station and uncovers he's illiterate. Tanner is a rich man who thinks that money may buy anything.
1x8
Family Affair
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 1986
Molly has second thoughts about reconciling with her estranged husband.
1x9
Molly Sings the Blues
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 1987
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1x10
Writer, Wronger
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 15, 1987
An ex-convict enrolls in Ellen's writing class.
1x11
The Box
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 22, 1987
Ellen finds a mysterious shoe box in a telephone booth. The box is labeled and she calls the owner only to be warned about opening the shoe box. The family becomes intrigued.
1x12 Show finale
Writes of Passage
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 05, 1987
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