Daddio
NBC (ended 2000)
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Season 2
- Ep 13Tender Is the Night Out
Chris and Linda plan a romantic night out for their anniversary, only to discover, when their children and friends begin to arrive, that they'd rather spend their special night with them. - Ep 12To Kill a Rocking Band
Linda, Shannon and Barb worry they are growing apart. Max and his friends start a band. - Ep 11A Christmas Quarrel
Chris is determined to bring back the magic of Christmas this year. However, he is so wrapped up in preparations that he runs the risk of spoiling it for everyone. - Ep 10The Big Sleepover
Shannon finds herself at the butt of a practical joke, but her real friends help her get the better of the cruel jokers. - Ep 9A Confederacy of Daddies
Chris finds another man who'll join the mothers' group - but Richard turns out not to be a dad after all. He's just using the group to pick up women! - Ep 8Of Mice and Math
Both the kids are having problems at school but Chris discovers their versions of events are not necessarily true. - Ep 7A Tale of Two Daddies
Chris's Dad is coming to visit, and Chris is desperate for his approval. Dad is old-fashioned and they can't stop arguing, so must agree to differ. - Ep 6Gone with the 'Ween
Shannon turns 13 on Halloween and Chris is stunned to learn that she is planning to go to a friend's house for a surprise party instead of the elaborate event he has planned for her. Meanwhile, Linda helps Jake turn the tables on the candy-swindling Max, and the subject of priorities causes friction when Linda is hesitant to ask her boss for time off for her family.moreless - Ep 5Rod's Head Revisited
Chris worries that Rod's attempts to expand his business will end in failure, but finds himself owing his friend an apology. - Ep 4Remains of the Day Off10/23/00
Seeing that Chris is exhausted from the daily grind of child care, Linda tries to give him a day off by taking the children to the beach, but she ends up stuck in traffic, and he ends up trying to recapture his youth by racing toy cars instead of golfing with Rod and Bobick.moreless - Ep 3For Whom the School Bell Tolls10/16/00
Max has second thoughts about starting middle school; Shannon has fashion concerns; Jake worries about kindergarten. - Ep 2Pride and Pregnancy10/9/00
Because Chris is out of town on business, Holly chooses Barb as her birth coach instead of Chris. When Chris comes home he is shocked and disappointed but later on he finds out that Holly choose Barb just to shout abuse at her while she was giving birth. - Ep 1The Last Temptation of Chris10/2/00
Chris and Bobick's childish but heated rivalry takes a turn for the worse when Rod discovers that the property line needs to be moved further into Bobick's side. But when Bobick tries to gain sympathy by acting like the perfect neighbor, Chris begins the battle of who can be nicer. Meanwhile, Max and Shannon fight over where the family will take their next vacation.moreless
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Season 1
- Ep 5Lord of the Ants4/20/00
When Barb accuses Chris of not properly educating his son Jake, the mommies group's "scholastic sharing day" turns into a heated competition between the two over who's the better parent. Meanwhile, Linda struggles with how to make a good impression when she speaks at Shannon's career day at school, but she ends up making an impression for all the wrong reasons.moreless - Ep 4Fence and Sensibility4/13/00
Chris and Bobick's childish but heated rivalry takes a turn for the worse when Rod discovers that the property line needs to be moved further into Bobick's side. But when Bobick tries to gain sympathy by acting like the perfect neighbor, Chris begins the battle of who can be nicer. Meanwhile, Max and Shannon fight over where the family will take their next vacation.moreless - Ep 3Crackers and Punishment4/6/00
Chris gets the mommies group kicked out of Playland when he brings in "outside food" and suddenly finds himself ousted from the group after a run-in with Barb over the incident. Meanwhile, Chris and Linda have trouble getting Max to do his chores, so they ask Rod to hire him, but Rod takes Max's unwillingness to work as a negotiating ploy and ends up paying the kid triple what he intended.moreless - Ep 2The Premium Also Rises3/30/00
When Chris and Linda decide to increase her life insurance, they find that in order to afford it, they will need to decrease Chris' insurance policy, which leaves him feeling inadequate. Although Chris tries to put a dollar figure on the work he does around the house, he comes to realize that the value in his job comes from the little moments with his kids. Meanwhile, Linda begins to feel her own pressure of assuming the responsibility of becoming the family's sole breadwinner.moreless - Ep 1Grapefruits of Wrath3/23/00
Chris is disappointed when his daughter fails to make the cut for the boys' baseball team, but when he finds out from the coach that she never tried out, he has to find a way to get her to open up to him. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his new, cantankerous next-door neighbor Bobick, an ex-Marine who resents Chris and the grapefruits his tree deposits on his lawn.moreless
