Empty Nest (1988)

Comedy · Drama · Family

Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people surrounding him: daughters Barbara and Carol; his wisecracking office assistant, nurse LaVerne Todd; and obnoxious neighborhood mooch Charley Dietz. Thank goodness he always finds a friendly shoulder (and a warm, wet tongue) in Dreyfuss, his enormous dog.

IMDb rating: 6.6 (4,387 votes)
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

8.22 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 9.2 30 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.7	152
2	The Check Isn't in the Mail	8.0	126
3	Barbara Gets Shot	8.7	127
4	Fatal Attraction	7.8	128
5	Father of the Bride	8.1	120
6	Harry's Vacation	8.3	119
7	Tinker to Evers to Tucson	8.2	117
8	What's a Father to Do?	8.2	117
9	Harry's Friend	7.8	117
10	Libby's Gift	8.3	116
11	The First Time - Again	8.2	113
12	Full Nest	8.0	120
13	Here's a Howdy-Do	8.0	115
14	Strange Bedfellows	8.3	116
15	Tears of a Clown	8.0	115
16	Blame It on the Moon	8.4	113
17	Dumped	8.6	122
18	The More Things Change...	8.2	117
19	Man of the Year	8.0	112
20	Cyrano de Weston	8.7	113
21	My Sister, My Friend	8.1	114
22	A Life in the Day	9.2	144

Season 2 (1989)

8.23 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 30 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Settling	8.2	115
2	Harry Snubs Laverne	8.1	113
3	On the Interpretation of Dreams	8.6	110
4	Between a Cop and a Hard Place	8.0	113
5	Just You and My Kid	7.8	113
6	Rambo of Neiman Marcus	8.3	109
7	You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not	8.7	117
8	The R.N. Who Came to Dinner	8.2	114
9	Green Eggs and Harry	8.5	111
10	Overdue for a Job	8.2	107
11	A Christmas Story	8.2	115
12	Change of Heart	8.1	110
13	Harry's Choice	8.1	112
14	Complainin' in the Rain	7.9	114
15	M.D., P.O.V.	8.2	118
16	Everything But Love	8.0	112
17	Timing	8.1	107
18	It Happened Two Nights, Four Costume Changes	8.9	110
19	Love Is Blind	8.5	108
20	Goodbye, Mr. Dietz	8.1	107
21	Lessons	8.4	109
22	Take My Mom, Please	8.0	110
23	Did You Ever See a Dream Dying?	8.6	107
24	Still Growing After All These Years	7.9	110

Season 3 (1990)

8.05 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 7.5 30 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Flaw Is Born	8.1	107
2	Harry's Excellent Adventure	8.2	109
3	There's No Accounting	8.2	108
4	Barbara the Mom	8.5	106
5	The Tortoise & the Harry	7.9	110
6	Mad About the Boy	7.3	108
7	Honey, I Shrunk Laverne	7.5	110
8	The Boy Next Door	8.2	108
9	A Family Affair	8.4	106
10	Someone to Watch Over Me	8.3	109
11	Harry Knows Best	8.2	110
12	Whenever I Feel Afraid	8.1	106
13	A Shot in the Dark	7.8	111
14	Sucking Up Is Hard to Do	8.2	106
15	The Man That Got Away	7.8	106
16	The Mentor	8.2	106
17	The Dog Who Knew Too Much	8.1	104
18	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?	8.9	114
19	All About Harry	8.1	106
20	Drive, He Said	8.1	104
21	The Last Temptation of Laverne	7.8	107
22	What's Eating You?	7.8	104
23	The Cruise	8.0	110
24	The Way We Are	7.5	106

Season 4 (1991)

8.01 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 29 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	50 Million Men and a Baby	8.2	106
2	Almost Like Being in Love	7.4	108
3	Her Cheatin' Heart	7.8	109
4	Food for Thought	7.8	107
5	Harry's Got a Gun	8.0	110
6	The Dreyfus Affair	8.2	108
7	Country Weston	8.2	107
8	Windy	8.2	105
9	Talk, Talk, Talk	7.9	109
10	Lonely Are the Brave	8.2	106
11	If You Knew Andy Like I Know...	7.9	103
12	My Nurse Is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble...	8.2	105
13	The Son of a Preacherman	7.9	103
14	Ex-Appeal	9.0	102
15	The Great Escape	9.0	100
16	The Mismatchmaker	7.4	102
17	The Return of Aunt Susan	8.1	101
18	The Unimportance of Being Charley	8.1	101
19	Sayonara	7.6	105
20	Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde	8.3	104
21	Charley for President	8.0	105
22	Good Neighbor Harry	7.3	104
23	Final Analysis	7.9	103
24	Roots	7.7	106

Season 5 (1992)

7.85 avg 26 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 27 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Why Do Fools Fall in Love?	8.2	105
2	Take My Garage, Please	7.6	104
3	R.N. on the Rebound	7.9	105
4	...Or Forever Hold Your Peace	7.6	105
5	The Boomerang Affair	7.7	110
6	Cruel and Unusual Punishment	7.4	104
7	It's Not Easy Being Green	8.2	109
8	Dirty Harry	7.8	102
9	Timing Is Everything	7.5	103
10	Thanksgiving at the Westons	8.3	103
11	The Body Beautiful	8.0	102
12	Overboard	7.5	104
13	Emily	8.3	101
14	The Sting	8.2	100
15	The Fracas in Vegas	8.3	105
16	Pardon My Flashback	7.4	101
17	Dog Day Afternoon	7.9	106
18	More to Love	7.8	106
19	My Dad, My Doctor	8.0	106
20	Love and Marriage	7.5	107
21	The All-American Boy - Not!	8.0	104
22	Two for the Road	7.6	108
23	Aunt Verne Knows Best	8.0	105
24	My Mother, My Self	7.5	103
25	Charley to the Rescue	8.1	104
26	Surprise! Surprise!	7.7	103

Season 6 (1993)

7.54 avg 26 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 30 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	When the Rooster Dies	7.7	110
2	Bye-Bye, Baby... Hello: Part 1	7.6	109
3	Bye-Bye, Baby... Hello: Part 2	7.5	110
4	Mama Todd, the Sequel	7.6	106
5	Mom's the Word	7.5	104
6	Diary of a Mad Housewife	7.5	106
7	Mother Dearest	7.4	109
8	No Volunteers, Please	7.8	107
9	Das Boob	7.5	106
10	The Girl Who Cried Baby	7.3	107
11	Superbaby	7.3	109
12	Read All About It	7.2	106
13	Love a la Mode	7.8	106
14	What's a Mother to Do?	7.8	106
15	Gesundheit	7.3	109
16	Under the Gun	7.1	112
17	Brotherly Shove	7.7	107
18	The Ballad of Shady Pines	7.8	106
19	Hog Heaven	7.3	104
20	Charley's Millions	7.7	110
21	Half That Jazz	7.7	107
22	The Devil and Dr. Weston	7.5	106
23	A Foreign Affair	7.2	103
24	Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy	7.6	105
25	Best Friends	7.7	102
26	Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder	7.9	104

Season 7 (1994)

7.85 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 7.3 27 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Let's Give Them Something to Talk About	7.9	104
2	Mrs. Clinton Comes to Town	7.1	110
3	Just for Laughs	8.2	106
4	A Chip Off the Old Charley	8.0	106
5	The Woman Who Came to Dither	8.2	105
6	Carol Gets a Raise	7.5	107
7	The Courtship of Carol's Father	7.9	105
8	The Tinker Grant	8.1	103
9	Would You Believe...	7.7	102
10	Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Pain	7.4	106
11	Single White Male	7.9	109
12	Dear Aunt Martha	8.1	108
13	Goodbye Charley	7.7	105
14	Family Practice	7.7	106
15	Grandma, What Big Eyes You Have	7.9	100
16	Feelings, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Feelings...	8.0	102
17	And Kevin Makes Three	7.9	105
18	Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend	8.1	104
19	The Ex-Files	8.0	101
20	Stand by Your Man	7.8	104
21	Life Goes On: Part 1	8.0	105
22	Life Goes On: Part 2	8.2	111
23	My Pal Valy-Val	7.8	104
24	Remembrance of Clips Past	7.3	104