The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986 · 1 season · 13 episodes · Canceled · ABC
Comedy
TMDB 7.5 · 2 votes
Ellen Brewer is a Baltimore college professor living with her overbearing mother Sydney and recently divorced daughter Molly as well as young grandson Nick.
Episodes
- S01E01Pilot1986-09-2030m
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 puppies. Ellen faces a troublesome student who never fulfills assignments.
- S01E02Monkey Business1986-09-2730m
Molly goes out on her first date since separating from her husband, but her date is more interested in Ellen.
- S01E03Where There's a Will1986-10-0430m
Ellen decides to prepare her last will and testament, but she gains disapproval from her family when she suggests that a poverty-stricken student live in her home rent-free.
- S01E04The Guest Lecturer1986-10-1830m
Ellen is disillusioned when she meets an award-winning writer she has always admired.
- S01E05Crime and Punishment1986-10-2530m
Ellen must deal with a grouchy store owner when 6-year-old Nick steals an expensive toy.
- S01E06Sydney's Night Out1986-11-0130m
Sydney's swept off her feet by a married man.
- S01E07Reading Between the Lines1986-11-0830m
Ellen learns that her friend, a best-selling author, is illiterate.
- S01E08Family Affair1986-11-1530m
Molly has second thoughts about reconciling with her estranged husband.
- S01E09Molly Sings the Blues1987-08-0830m
- S01E10Writer, Wronger1987-08-1530m
An ex-convict enrolls in Ellen's writing class.
- S01E11The Box1987-08-2230m
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.
- S01E12Writes of Passage1987-09-0530m
- S01E13I'm Dancing Faster Than I Can30m
After undergoing severe sleeplessness, Ellen goes to a physician. The medic prescribes her some vitamin pills. Ellen follows the treatment but its side effects soon show up, and she starts doing things faster than usual. Finally Sidney finds out that the medic was in fact a quack who gave Ellen amphetamines instead of vitamins.
