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Webster

5.9(44)
First Aired:September 16, 1983
Seasons:6 seasons
Episodes:150
Status:Ended

Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.

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Seasons & Episodes

E1Another Ballgame

Sep 16, 1983

After the untimely death of a young boy's parents, he is sent to live with his father's best friend.

E2Happy Un-Birthday

Sep 23, 1983

In oder to get some extra special attention, Webster makes believe that it is his birthday and wants a party.

E3Consulting Adults

Sep 30, 1983

Webster tries out for the football team. Katherine is then afraid that Webster will get seriously hurt especially because of his height and bulid. Also, we learn that Webster is picked to be on the team only because of George's fame in football.

E4Katherine's Swan Song

Oct 7, 1983

Catherine wants to get some attention from Webster and she tries a few things. Meanwhile, Webster's friend is not getting much attention because her mom just had a baby, so she runs away and Webster hides her in his room.

E5Saying Goodbye

Oct 21, 1983

George and Katherine find out that Webster doesn't know that his parents are dead. He originally thought that they had to go away and that they will come back for him, so it's up to George and Katherine to break the news to Webster of what really happened to his parents.

E6Green-Eyed Monster

Oct 28, 1983

Catherine fears that she is getting old because George and Webster play games with a girl named Mandy, who is real young and really pretty. In the light of all this, Catherine gets jealous.

E7Second Time Around

Nov 4, 1983

Thinking that George and Katherine never had an official wedding ceremony, Webster plans to prepare one for them.

E8Travis

Nov 11, 1983

It is revealed to George and Katherine why Travis, Webster's late father chose George to be Webster's godparent and legal guardian if something happened to them.

E9That's Entertainment

Nov 18, 1983

Webster goes on a TV-benefit show to sing and dance.

E10Educating Katherine

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Nov 25, 1983

Catherine gets a taste of the worst being a volunteer art teacher. She feels that she is booring and failing, do Webster tries to help her.

E11Teddy Bear Scare

Dec 2, 1983

George and Katherine both try and persuade Webster that he can do without his teddy bear which is lost.

E12A Question of Honor

Dec 16, 1983

All the blame goes to Webster when his friends try to rob the Tracadero, their hangout.

E13Don't Jump, George

Dec 23, 1983

Katherine is too obsessed with winning when she appears on a game show.

E14George, the Patient in Spite of Himself

Jan 6, 1984

Webster has to have his tonsils out, so he tries to be tough just like George.

E15Maybe Baby

Jan 13, 1984

Webster wants a baby brother or sister so he goes to George and Katherine and asks them for one.

E16Missing

Jan 20, 1984

George and Katherine both forget to pick Webster up from school so he goes with a friend and his parents leaving a panicing George and Katherine not knowing of something happened to him.

E17Secrets of the Night

Jan 27, 1984

Webster is always nervous and it has resulted him into a bed-wetting problem.

E18Special Friends

Feb 3, 1984

Webster makes a friend when a boy needs a sponsor for the Special Olympics.

E19Uncle Phillip

Feb 24, 1984

George and Katherine want Webster's Uncle Phil out of his life, but that fails when Webster ends up running into him anyway.

E20More Than a Memory

Mar 2, 1984

Jerry, Katherine's secretary quits on account of helping Webster run for class president.

E21Dreamland

Mar 9, 1984

Webster gets nightmares because the teacher he has a crush on wants to read Webster's composition aloud.

E22Webster Long (1)

May 4, 1984

Webster's Uncle Phillip, Webster's last surviving relative, comes up to the apartment to take Webster to live with him. The Popadapolis' do not think that Uncle Phil can take care of Webster the way they can, so Uncle Phil threatens to take them to court for custody.

E1Webster Long (2)

Sep 21, 1984

Uncle Phil and both George and Katherine all go to court to battle for cutstody of Webster.

E2Webster Long (3)

Sep 28, 1984

After losing the court case, Uncle Phil decides to run away to Atlanta Georgia without consenting George and Katherine.

E3The Great Walnutto

Oct 12, 1984

Webster helps the school janitor go back to being a magician.

E4Knock, Knock

Oct 19, 1984

Webster and his female friend are caught looking at each other naked. Catherine has a tough time trying to explain that they were only curious though when she talks to the friend's mother.

E5Burn Out

Oct 26, 1984

Webster gets congratulated when he saves George and Katherine from the apartment's fire. Little do they know that Webster actually caused the fire by playing with a chemistry set that he was not suppose to play with.

E6Moving On

Nov 2, 1984

Mystery and wonder are what to describe the new home George and Katherine are going to rent. This is a victorian house repleat with secret walls, openings, and more. Also, Webster, Katherine, and George all want to know why the owners don't want anybody to go near their runaway daughter's room.

E7You Can't Go Home Again

Nov 9, 1984

Just when George is about to retire, he is called upon to help a losing football team.

E8Thanksgiving Show

Nov 16, 1984

Webster, George, and Katherine are all trying to have a peaceful thanksgiving. But things don't turn out the way they plan when George's aggressive father and Katherine's snobby mother arrive for Thanksgiving dinner.

E9God Bless the Child

Nov 23, 1984

Webster gets angry at God when he realizes that God took his mommy and daddy away.

E10Too Much Class

Nov 30, 1984

After Webster transfers to an advanced learning class, his grades start to slip.

E11To Tell the Truth

Dec 7, 1984

Katherine is extremely embarassed when Webster announces that she has once been under the care of a psychiatrist.

E12Katherine Fights City Hall

Dec 14, 1984

The Popadopilis' and Webster all try and save the Tracadero diner from being demolished.

E13It's a Dog's Life

Jan 4, 1985

George and Katherine will not let Webster get a dog, so he tries to con Uncle Phil into getting him one without telling George and Katherine.

E14Runaway

Jan 11, 1985

After she ran away 7 years ago, Bill and Cassie's daughter returns to her parents.

E15Keep on Truckin', Papa

Jan 18, 1985

George and Katherine find a job for George's visiting father....a truck driver.

E16The Uh-Oh Feeling

Jan 25, 1985

Webster on his way back to the classroom overhears his female friend getting molested by a substitute teacher. After driving the information out of her, he tries to convince her to tell an adult.

E17Strike Up the Band

Feb 1, 1985

Webster meets Diahann Carroll, who is at Webster's school to raise money to bring musical instruments to the school district.

E18In the Family Way (1)

Feb 8, 1985

Katherine has been acting strange around George and Webster and they both find out that she is pregnant

E19In the Family Way (2)

Feb 15, 1985

Katherine thinks about life with another baby and then examines the possiblity of abortion. Then as she is soul-searching, fate decides for her and she has a miscarriage.

E20What is Art?

Feb 22, 1985

Webster makes a mistake by accidentally recycling Uncle Phil's tin can sculpture.

Best of Friends

E21Best of Friends

Mar 15, 1985

Webster gets a new best friend named Rob. As Webster enjoys Rob's protection, Rob gets angry because he thinks that Webster is using him as a bodyguard and George has to step in.

E22It's Academic

Mar 22, 1985

Katherine develops a desire for a visiting college professor.

E23Be It Ever So Humble

Mar 29, 1985

Bill keeps playing pranks on George and it gets to the point where they are at odds.

E24The Best Thing I Can Be

Apr 5, 1985

After going to an amusement park, Webster is deeply upset on account of his height.

E25Blast From the Past (1)

Webster gets trapped in a secret room that looks like there is no way out. Meanwhile, while Webster is trapped, the gang reminisces old episodes.

E26Blast From the Past (2)

As they are still reminiscing from past shows, they realize that they haven't seen Webster around the house and they start to get worried, not knowing that he is still in the secret room.

E1How the West Was Once (1)

Sep 20, 1985

The Popadopolis' visit Lizard Flatz Arizona and there they encounter Dusty, a man with interesting stories, a ranch, and moonhunter, a horse that seems to be a legend, but ends up a reality after saving Webster from a rattlesnake. Moonhunter gets caught by some greedy no-gooders, and Webster almost gets killed.

E2How the West Was Once (2)

Sep 20, 1985

George wants to live on the ranch, Webster wants to save moonhunter and set him free, and after all the excitement, they decide to head back to Chicago.

E3And Baby Makes Breakfast

Sep 27, 1985

For a class project, Webster gets married and a bunch of problems end up with him and his snotty, controlling ""wife"".

E4Big Problems

Oct 4, 1985

Webster's friend Rob is upset because he feels that he is too tall.

E5Alien

Oct 11, 1985

Webster's friend Rob picks up a tabloid and asks Webster some questions from it. Webster gets the questions right and according to the tabloid, Webster is an alien from Jupiter and he starts to believe it.

E6Parent Trap

Oct 18, 1985

As a lesson in teaching Webster responsibility, George and Katherine switch roles to where they are the kids and Webster is the parent.

E7Good Grief

Oct 25, 1985

Katherine is very upset when she finds out that her mother has passed away.

E8One More Shot

Nov 1, 1985

George takes Webster to the New York Nicks game and introduces Webster to basketball player Patrick Ewing.

E9Great Expectations (1)

Nov 8, 1985

Webster goes to Hollywood with Uncle Phil and his girlfriend. Matters turn worse after Uncle Phil's girlfriend cheats on Phil with Phil's producer. Meanwhile, Katherine gets sick while she and George have their 2nd honeymoon.

E10Great Expectations (2)

Nov 15, 1985

After cheating on Phil, The producer gives Phil's part to his now ex-girlfriend which leaves Phil fired. Meanwhile at George and Katherine's 2nd honeymoon, the power and heat go off.

E11Who's to Blame?

Nov 22, 1985

Robbers break into the house while Webster is home alone and he has to know how to act.

E12Chained

Nov 29, 1985

Webster gets a chain letter. George throws it away and things mysteriously go wrong. Webster does bad on his test, there is a spider, and Papa Popadopolis falls down the stairs. Webster then discovers that it wasn't the letter, it was just stuff that happened. Webster then gets an A on the retake test.

E13The Triangle

Dec 6, 1985

Webster takes a picture and shows it to Katherine. Katherine then starts to think that a neigbor is having an affair.

E14The Truth Hurts

Dec 13, 1985

Webster makes Katherine a dress for her birthday. She says that she likes it, but avoids wearing it when she is asked to put it on when they go out. She then tells Webster how she really feels about her gift.

E15Hello, I Must Be Going

Jan 10, 1986

Webster tries to set up Katherine's aunt Charlotte and Papa Papadopolis.

E16That's Rich

Jan 17, 1986

Webster learns that you can be rich without having a lot of money after Webster gets struck with the Lottery Fever.

E17TV or Not TV

Jan 24, 1986

George does a sportscast about Webster's Pee-Wee leauge hockey team. They like his sportscast so much that they want him to do children's sports and he is not too thrilled about that.

E18Borrowed Time

Jan 31, 1986

Rob's dad kidnaps him and Webster tries to rally up support to try and find him.

E19A Friend in Need

Feb 7, 1986

Jerry dresses up like a clown and takes Webster to the Leukimia ward at the children's hospital. Meanwhile, the kid is brought home and things do not go right.

E20Love Papadopolis Style

Feb 14, 1986

Webster falls in love with a girl on Valentines day and he thinks she's taken. But he tries to ask her out to a Valentines party anyway.

E21Almost Home

Feb 21, 1986

Webster's Uncle Jack has Webster visit him. Uncle Jack runs a foster home with a woman, but a conflict with this one child may force him to quit the home.

E22Farewell to Arms

Mar 7, 1986

Webster asks permission to buy a BB gun and he resorts to responsibility to get one. After getting one, and practicing with his friends, he accidentally kills a bird. This bird has babies and he takes the responsibility of raising them on his own.

E23There Goes the Bride

Mar 21, 1986

Katherine's aunt is getting married and George and Katherine decide to reenact their wedding vows.

E24Gotcha

Mar 28, 1986

Webster and Katheine hatch a scheme to try and rid a habit that George has.

E25My Family's Honor

May 2, 1986

Webster and Katherine both end up cheating on some school-related projects at the same time.

E26Special Delivery

May 8, 1986

George and Katherine both hire a maid who happens to be pregnant and goes into labor.

Cuckoo's Nest

E27Cuckoo's Nest

May 15, 1986

Katherine hosts a therapy session at the house.

E28Rear View Mirror (1)

May 22, 1986

Webster and Papa Popadopolis look back at past episodes. Then, they find out that George and Katherine are caught in a hurricane.

E29Rear View Mirror (2)

May 29, 1986

As they continue to reminisce, Webster, Papa Papadopolis, and Jerry receive news that George and Katherine have both survived the hurricane.

E1McGruff

Sep 19, 1986

Webster starts buying his lunch and the school bully keeps taking Webster's money. After George and Katherine get work about it, they try to stop him and the two end up being friends.

E2The Landlords

Sep 26, 1986

The Papadopolis' family rents a room to a clown not knowing that he is a clown.

E3The Derby

Oct 3, 1986

George is so obsessed with Webster winning a derby, that he builds the car without Webster. Webster's feelings get hurt especially when he originally wanted them to build the thing together.

E4A Run for the Money

Oct 17, 1986

For a fundraiser, Katherine decides to run a 6-mile marathon, but a can of tomato juice falls on her foot and she can't run, so Webster takes the 6 mile challenge himself.

E5Read It and Weep

Oct 24, 1986

The Family leanrs that Papa Papadopolis is illiterate and he is greatfully ashamed of it. To try and ease the tension from this new problem they just discovered, George and Katherine enroll him into a class, after manipulation and persuasion.

E6Witchbusters

Oct 31, 1986

Webster discovers that a woman who is said to be a witch, is not a real broom-riding witch, but a woman who is lonely and who needs to care for her.

E7The Tribute

Nov 7, 1986

Webster talks about his late dad when the school is looking to name the school after a famous sportshero.

E8Kiss Me, Kate

Nov 14, 1986

A former teammmate of George makes a pass at Katherine and Webster witnesses it.

E9Play Ball

Nov 21, 1986

Katherine coaches Webster's baseball team and she assigns him to right field. Webster wants to pitch and after he is given the chance to pitch, it's back to the old right field for Webster.

E10The Big Sleepover

Dec 5, 1986

Webster invites a girl over for a harmless sleepover.

E11The Man in the Red Flannel Suit

Dec 12, 1986

Suppose to be Santa Clause for a Christmas parade, he loses his part and is upset about it.

E12Secrets

Jan 9, 1987

George gets angry after finding out that his new station manager's son is bullying Webster around.

E13Leave It to Diva

Jan 16, 1987

George and Katherine has different ideas on how to celebrate Webster's birtday. George wants to take him to a professioal wrestling match and Katherine wants to take him to an opera.

E14A Test of Characters

Jan 23, 1987

Webster's photographs tend to capture an instructor's true character.

E15Freedom of the Press

Jan 30, 1987

Webster writes stories about other teacher's love lives in the school paper. The information then puts Katherine's teaching job at risk because Webster got the information by overhearing her gossiping about them.

E16Honor Thy Grandfather

Feb 6, 1987

When children are making fun of Papa Papadopolis at the comminuty center, Webster gets fed up.

E17Seeing It Through (a.k.a.) It's a Dog-Eat-Dog World

Feb 13, 1987

Webster gets a job walking dogs around the neighborhood.

E18Our Song

Feb 20, 1987

Webster and Jerry both invite the Four Tops to perform at George and Katherine's anniversary party.

E19The K.O. Kid

Feb 27, 1987

Webster gets an autograph from Mike Tyson on a pair of boxing gloves, but the autograph accidentally gets wiped off which makes Webster upset.

E20Games People Play

Mar 6, 1987

Trouble starts to brew when a girl suggests a kissing game at Webster's party.

E21Katherine the Brave

Apr 12, 1987

Webster faces pressure from his peers when they ask him to fire Katherine as Junior Ranger troop leader

E22A++ Parents

Mar 27, 1987

Webster writes an essay praising and appreciating the love and leadership that George and Katherine has given him throughout the years.

E23What Price Friendship?

May 8, 1987

Two of Webster's friends hort and take over Webster's hard-earned money. As a result, he learns a lesson from this.

E1San Francisco (1)

Sep 21, 1987

Webster helps an old man who wants to be reunited with his jazz band in San Francisco.

E2San Francisco (2)

Sep 28, 1987

Katherine is accused of extorting Henry's savings after he disappears.

E3San Francisco (3)

Oct 5, 1987

Katherine is bailed out of jail in time to catch Henry's comeback performance.

E4Hello, Nicky

Oct 12, 1987

Webster's cousin is not too crazy about moving to Nigeria with his family.

E5Grab Bag

Oct 19, 1987

Katherine's purse is stolen and Webster creates a crime prevention program.

E6Breaking Away

Oct 26, 1987

George's fishing plans get in the way of Webster's original plans.

E7The Strike

Nov 2, 1987

George does not approve of the way Webster's teacher teaches.

E8George's Brush With Life

Nov 9, 1987

When George learns that an old school friend of his has died, George thinks about his own life.

E9The Importance of Being Worthy

Nov 16, 1987

Webster is upset when funds raised for sports equipment are stolen.

E10A Hell of a Weekend

Nov 30, 1987

On a weekend trip, George and Katherine's hosts literally reveal themselves as nudists on a relaxing getaway.

E11Katherine, the Greek

Dec 7, 1987

When he fails to pick the winning teams for a football pool, he asks Katherine for her help.

E12Simple Gifts

Dec 14, 1987

A man dressed like Santa Clause keeps giving overexpensive gifts for Christmas and Katherine has had enough.

E13The Four Tops: The Sequel

Jan 4, 1988

The Four Tops meet their pal Webster.

E14Nerds Are People Too

Jan 11, 1988

After finding out that a buch of nerds are in the same school group Webster just joined, he starts to have second thoughts about joining that club.

E15Taming of the Stew

Jan 18, 1988

When Katherine demonstrated some of her cooking ""skills"" on television, George and Webster try to prevent trouble from brewing.

E16The Couch Potato Must Die

Jan 25, 1988

The family takes care of Jerry who had sprained his ankle, and they find out that he is no picnic to wait on.

E17The Cruise

Feb 1, 1988

Katherine and George look back at the time they first met after Webster is assigned a project about famous lovers.

E18Dial K for Katherine

Feb 8, 1988

Katherine has the idea that an ex-con is after her and she is frightened.

E19Homecoming

Feb 15, 1988

George gets some strange news about the boys who are on Nicky's football team.

E20Basketball Blues

Feb 22, 1988

George encounters a promising basketball player. The only problem is that this player is addicted to cocaine and George tries to help him out of it.

E21Love Letters

Mar 14, 1988

Webster plays matchmaker to a romance-seeking Nicky.

E22The Talk Show

Mar 21, 1988

Katherine is very jealous of George's new success and Webster thinks that the two might get a divorce.

E23Parental Guidance Suggested

Mar 28, 1988

Webster goes to see a movie that he was forbidden to see and ends up getting nightmares from it.

E24Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Apr 4, 1988

The family wins a spa from a shady dealer and tricks George into endorsing his product.

E25See George Run

Apr 11, 1988

George sees corruption in the Board of Education.

E1The Wild, Wild Webst

Sep 9, 1988

After being bullied around, Webster fantasizes that he is in the Wild West to take care of his bully.

E2The Painting

Sep 16, 1988

Katherine is appalled when she sees a nude portrait of her in an art gallery. The ironic part is that when she posed, she was fully clothed.

E3The Quiz Show

Sep 23, 1988

Webster and his classmates appear on a TV game show.

E4Papa's Big Romance

Sep 30, 1988

The family supports Papa's techniques with a belly dance instructor.

E5The Election

Oct 7, 1988

Webster is in charge of campaigning for a class presidential candidate, but the boy he presents loses.

E6Sale Away

Oct 14, 1988

While gathering things for a garage sale, the family reminisces.

E7The Crush

Oct 21, 1988

Katherine gives dating advice to a teen who wants to date an older woman, but she is in for a surprise when the older woman is her.

E8The Chelsea Cat

Oct 28, 1988

George and Katherine find out that their friend Chelsea is a cat burglar.

E9Take My Cousin, Please

Nov 4, 1988

Webster's rich aunt plans on adopting a boy and Webster thinks that he is just interested in her very large bank roll.

E10Heaven

Nov 11, 1988

Webster is upset when his turtle dies. He then gets even more upset after a friend tells him that the turtle will not be in heaven for him.

E11The Web-touchables (1)

Nov 18, 1988

Webster daydreams that he is in a 1920's type cops and robbers situation. In this adventure, Webster tries to nab a root-beer racketeer.

E12The Web-touchables (2)

Nov 25, 1988

While his daydream continues, Webster finds that he was ""set up"" by a gangster and moves in on the caper.

E13Rich Man, Poor Man

Dec 2, 1988

When Katherine's rich Uncle falls in love with the leading lady of a thratrical performance, Webster and Katherine's debuts are in danger.

E14Doing Time at the Community Center

Dec 9, 1988

Webster encounters a convicted gambler who is going under rehabilitation. This man's influence is then put on to Webster.

E15Bowled Over

Dec 16, 1988

An insulting couple want to use Katherine to help make them popular.

E16Thanksgiving with the Four Tops (a.k.a.) Pass the Potatoes, Obie

Jan 6, 1989

The Four Tops, who are friends of George are invited for thanksgiving after having nowhere to go for the holiday.

E17Here Come the Jets

Jan 13, 1989

Katherine tries to buy Webster tickets to see the Jets, but their sold out. She then tries to buy them off of a ticket scalper and then ends up arrested as part of a sting operation.

E18A Camping We Will Go

Jan 20, 1989

To try and spice up their romance and to bring back the youth in them, George and Katherine go camping together.

E19Ticket to Ride

Jan 27, 1989

Webster gets a brand new bike, but ends up getting a ticket from a cop.

E20The Science Project

Feb 3, 1989

Webster's very smart friend gets depressed because her science project didn't come in as number one.

E21The Gospel Truth

Feb 10, 1989

Webster arranges a Gospel group thinking that it is a rock group to perform at a party.

E22They Don't Shoot Horses, Do They?

Feb 17, 1989

Webster goes to the race track and learns that one of the horses will be put to death because it's too old to race anymore. With this, Webster tries to make a plan that will save the horse from the brutality.

E23The Visitor

Feb 24, 1989

Webster's pen pal, an adult butler from England visits to meet Webster in person.

E24Flood of Memories: The Final Chapter

Mar 3, 1989

A flood hits the basement and everyone realizes that most of the contents in the basement are pretty much ruined. This includes photographs of the family's evolvement which is expressed through a series of flashbacks from past episodes.

E25Webtrek

Mar 10, 1989

Webster's video game transports him as the captain of the Enterprise from Star Trek: The next Generation.

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Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.

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