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Webster

TV Series (1983 - 1989)

The show, set in Chicago, revolved around Webster Long, a seven-year-old Black orphan whose biological parents were recently killed in a car accident. He is then taken in by retired football star George Papadopolis with whom his late father played professional football in the 1970s, and his wife Katherine.

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06x25 Webtrek Aired: Mar. 10, 1989

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

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Webster is Canceled/Ended

The show had 6 seasons and 150 episodes air between 1983 and 1989.

Series Info

Type:

Scripted

Premiered:

Sep. 16, 1983

Status:

Canceled/Ended

Runtime:

30 min.

Aired:

1983 - 1989

To-Date:

6 Seasons
150 Episodes

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Genre

- comedy
- family
- drama

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Lewis was trampled by a horse during filming of one episode on a ranch in California.
Original title was "Another Ballgame" and then "Then Came You" before it was called "Webster".
Paramount Television agreed that the show would continue in first-run syndication if it was canceled by ABC before it passed 100 shows; when ABC dropped the show in 1987, it had exactly that…
[show]Paramount Television agreed that the show would continue in first-run syndication if it was canceled by ABC before it passed 100 shows; when ABC dropped the show in 1987, it had exactly that number of shows. Similar contractual agreements were made by Paramount for Cheers and Family Ties.
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