Lazy 22-year-old bachelor Matt Bailey (Matthew Perry) enjoyed a life of ease living at home (1273 Ashbury Drive, Ocean View, California) with his indulgent mother, Grace (Marian Mercer), while playing the dating field.
Things changed when his divorced 37-year-old sister, Vanessa (Diana Canova), moved in with her kids, Abby (Anndi McAfee) and Lucas (Scott McAfee).
Freeloading Matt and conservative Vanessa immediately began sparring, and with two kids around, Matt began to learn unaccustomed lessons in responsibility.
Matt worked as a cub reporter for a local newspaper called the Beach Cities News Advertisers, where Ben Brookstone (Alan Oppenheimer) was the gruff editor, Walter Peters (Dan Schneider) was a dim-witted reporter, and Laura (Brooke Theiss) was a foxy photographer who Matt would have liked to bed.
He was also the weekend reporter for Channel 6 News (“If It’s Important to You, It’s News to Us”) and wrote “Chat with Matt” for his elementary school newsletter, covering stories like the new scorpion at the Insect Museum.
The series originally aired on Wednesday nights between The Wonder Years and Home Improvement, but ABC pulled the show off the air after five low-rated episodes and decided to burn off the rest of the series on Friday nights.
A year later, Matthew Perry won the role of Chandler Bing on Friends.
Matt Bailey
Matthew Perry Grace Bailey
Marian Mercer Vanessa
Diana Canova Abby
Anndi McAfee Lucas
Scott McAfee Walter Peters
Dan Schneider Laura
Brooke Theiss Ben Brookstone
Alan Oppenheimer
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Freeloading Matt and conservative Vanessa immediately began sparring, and with two kids around, Matt began to learn unaccustomed lessons in responsibility.
