Fudge (TV series) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Fudge |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Directed by | Bob Clark (pilot) Anson Williams (10 eps) Kristoffer Tabori (5 eps) Frank Bonner (1 ep) |
| Starring | Jake Richardson Luke Tarsitano Florence Henderson Nassira Nicola Eve Plumb |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mary Gregory de Butts Russell Marcus |
| Producer(s) | Kevin C. Slattery |
| Cinematography | Stephen C. Confer |
| Editor(s) | Nancy Forner David Helfand |
| Production company(s) | Kevin Slattery Productions Amblin Television MCA Television Entertainment |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC (Season 1) CBS (Season 2) |
| Original release | January 14, 1995 – December 16, 1997 |
Fudge is a 1995–1997 American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons (1995–1997), with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-a-Mania, which aired on January 7, 1995 in primetime. Fudge premiered on ABC in January 1995, and switched to CBS for its second season. TV Guide twice listed Fudge as one of the Ten Best Shows for Children. The show was canceled in 1997. At the Seventeenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, the cast was nominated for a Young Actors Award, Best Performance by a Young Ensemble: Television. Nassira Nicola, who played Sheila Tubman, won for Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series.
Cast
- Jake Richardson as Peter Warren Hatcher (storyteller)
- Luke Tarsitano as Farley Drexel "Fudge" Hatcher
- Nassira Nicola as Sheila Tubman
- Alex Burrall as Jimmy Fargo
- Nick Humphrey as Elliot
- Brenda Song as Jennie
- Teddy Dale as Sam
- Jared Moen as Daniel Manheim
- Eve Plumb as Anne Hatcher ("Mom")
- Forrest Witt as Warren Hatcher ("Dad")
- Rob Monroe as Henry
Episodes
TV movie
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| "Fudge-a-Mania" | Bob Clark | Bob Clark | January 7, 1995 | |
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The Hatchers and the Tubmans decide to go to Maine together for a few weeks in August. Peter and Sheila Tubman don't get along happy. His friend Jimmy Fargo comes to help brighten it. While in Maine, the families have many encounters including a baseball game with Red Sox center fielder Big A, a sailing trip, and a surprise from Peter's grandmother and Sheila's grandfather.
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Season 1 (1995)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "How Turtle Got His Name" | Anson Williams | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | January 14, 1995 |
| 2 | 2 | "Saving Up Is Hard to Do" | Anson Williams | Tom J. Astle | January 21, 1995 |
| 3 | 3 | "Fudge Meets Ratface" | Lynn Hamrick | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | January 28, 1995 |
| 4 | 4 | "The TV Star" | Unknown | Unknown | February 4, 1995 |
| 5 | 5 | "To Catch a Fudge" | Kristoffer Tabori | George Thompson | February 11, 1995 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Birthday Bash" | Iris Dugow | Teleplay by : Tom J. Astle | February 18, 1995 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Flying Train Committee" | Lynn Hamrick | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | February 25, 1995 |
| 8 | 8 | "Uncle Feather" | Lynn Hamrick | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | March 4, 1995 |
| 9 | 9 | "Ducky Soup" | Unknown | Unknown | March 11, 1995 |
Season 2 (1995)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 10 | 1 | "The Grade Escape" | Unknown | Unknown | August 19, 1995 | |
| 11 | 2 | "The Art of Friendship" | Anson Williams | Jay Ingram | August 26, 1995 | |
| 12 | 3 | "No Exit" | Unknown | Unknown | September 2, 1995 | |
| 13 | 4 | "Play It Again, Dad" | Anson Williams | Tom J. Astle | September 9, 1995 | |
| 14 | 5 | "The Candyman Shouldn't" | Anson Williams | Mary Gregory de Butts | September 16, 1995 | |
| 15 | 6 | "My Grandmother the Card" | Iris Dugow | Tom J. Astle | September 23, 1995 | |
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Guest star: Florence Henderson
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| 16 | 7 | "Big Little Lie" | Kristoffer Tabori | George Thompson | September 30, 1995 | |
| 17 | 8 | "Bye Anxiety" | Anson Williams | Joseph Purdy | October 7, 1995 | |
| 18 | 9 | "Bad Housekeeping" | Unknown | Unknown | October 14, 1995 | |
| 19 | 10 | "Odd Man Out" | Unknown | Unknown | October 21, 1995 | |
| 20 | 11 | "A Foreign Affair" | Unknown | Unknown | October 28, 1995 | |
| 21 | 12 | "Slam Funk" | Unknown | Unknown | November 4, 1995 | |
| 22 | 13 | "Reversal of Fortune" | Unknown | Unknown | November 11, 1995 | |
| 23 | 14 | "The Mouse Trappers" | Anson Williams | Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus & Tom J. Astle | November 18, 1995 | |
| 24 | 15 | "Midnight Cowboys" | Unknown | Unknown | December 16, 1995 | |
Other episodes
- Bye Anxiety
- Bad Housekeeping
- Odd Man Out
- A Foreign Affair
- Slam Funk
- Reversal of Fortune
- The Mouse Trappers
- Midnight Cowboys
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