Step by Step (1991)

Comedy · Romance

Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family

IMDb rating: 6.6 (18,087 votes)
Episode average: 6.6 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1991)

6.53 avg 22 episodes 6.8 → 6.5 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	6.8	240
2	The Dance	6.8	200
3	Rules of the House	6.5	175
4	First Anniversary	6.7	166
5	Frank & Son	6.8	152
6	Pulling Together	6.5	136
7	Yo-Yo's Wedding	6.4	143
8	Just for Kicks	7.2	141
9	Into the Woods	6.8	126
10	Mixed Messages	6.3	126
11	A Day in the Life	6.4	120
12	The New Car	6.4	123
13	Getting Organized	6.4	119
14	Home Alone	6.5	118
15	Drive, He Said	6.2	114
16	Bully for Mark	6.8	114
17	The Boys in the Band	6.4	116
18	School Daze	5.9	111
19	Country Club	6.7	118
20	Daddy's Girl	6.4	115
21	He Wanted Wings	6.3	111
22	Beauty Contest	6.5	114

Season 2 (1992)

6.28 avg 24 episodes 6.7 → 6.3 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	S.A.T. Blues	6.7	113
2	To B or Not to B	6.2	102
3	Stuck on You	6.3	102
4	J.T.'s World	6.2	116
5	It's a Dog's Life	6.0	103
6	The Boss	6.6	104
7	Model Daughter	6.1	105
8	Someone to Watch Over Me	6.4	108
9	The Making of the President	6.0	102
10	Virgin Territory	6.4	110
11	Back to Basics	6.1	102
12	Boys Will Be Boys	5.8	102
13	If I Were a Rich Man	6.6	98
14	Happy Birthday, Baby	6.3	99
15	One of the Guys	6.5	100
16	No Business Like Show Business	6.1	99
17	Love, Port Washington Style	6.5	96
18	Aloha: Part 1	6.3	110
19	Aloha: Part 2	6.2	102
20	No Way to Treat a Lady	6.3	96
21	The Un-Natural	6.2	89
22	The Psychic	6.4	94
23	This Old House	6.1	98
24	Double Date	6.3	87

Season 3 (1993)

6.61 avg 23 episodes 6.4 → 7.1 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Way-Off Broadway	6.4	89
2	The Apartment	6.8	89
3	Never on Sunday	6.1	98
4	The Paper Chase	6.5	89
5	Trading Places	6.5	85
6	Video-Mania	6.2	88
7	Hog Wild	6.5	89
8	Down and Out in Port Washington	6.4	86
9	The Marrying Dude	6.1	91
10	Sister Act	6.8	86
11	Christmas Story	7.4	139
12	Close Encounters of the Marital Kind	6.0	85
13	Bad Girls	6.6	85
14	Read All About It	6.6	81
15	Thirteen with a Bullet	7.0	84
16	My Bodyguard	6.8	83
17	Pretty Woman	7.0	80
18	Nightmare Weekend	7.3	85
19	Birth of a Salesman	6.8	76
20	Feeling Forty	5.6	84
21	The Case of the Missing Diary	6.6	87
22	Great Expectations	6.9	84
23	Prom Night	7.1	78

Season 4 (1994)

6.76 avg 24 episodes 7.0 → 6.2 30 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Karate Kid	7.0	89
2	College Bound	6.7	84
3	Animal House	6.7	80
4	Spoiled Sport	6.7	75
5	Revenge of the Nerd	6.3	78
6	Something Wild	7.4	94
7	Growing Up Is Hard to Do	6.7	82
8	Beyond Therapy	6.5	75
9	The Ice Cream Man Cometh	6.4	72
10	Letting Go	6.7	73
11	Make Room for Daddy	6.3	73
12	I'll Be Home for Christmas	7.4	94
13	Can't Buy Me Love	7.5	88
14	Thirtysomething	6.2	75
15	The Honeymoon Is Over	6.4	74
16	One Truck, Al Dente	7.6	83
17	Head of the Class	7.1	82
18	Back to School	6.7	76
19	She Came in Through the Bedroom Window	6.8	72
20	Indecent Proposal	7.1	85
21	Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?	6.4	79
22	Adventures in Babysitting	6.8	73
23	Big Girl on Campus	6.6	71
24	A Foster/Lambert Production	6.2	80

Season 5 (1995)

6.77 avg 24 episodes 6.4 → 6.4 30 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lil Sister Dontcha	6.4	78
2	Three Girls and a Baby	7.2	77
3	Party Animal	6.7	76
4	Midnight Caller	6.5	72
5	Maid to Order	7.1	77
6	Don't Ask	6.3	81
7	Hello, Mister Chips	7.2	78
8	Roadie	7.2	86
9	The Wall	7.0	89
10	Baby Come Back	6.9	75
11	The Fight Before Christmas	7.0	86
12	What's Wrong with This Picture?	6.7	78
13	Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling	6.2	80
14	Torn Between Two Mothers	6.6	74
15	Snow Bunnies	7.3	84
16	Secret Admirer	6.9	76
17	Forever Young	7.6	95
18	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?	6.8	77
19	Do the Right Thing	6.8	76
20	The Bodyguard Formerly Known as Prince	6.3	84
21	Major Pain	6.3	78
22	We're Going to Disney World: Part 1	6.7	91
23	We're Going to Disney World: Part 2	6.3	87
24	Men at Work	6.4	77

Season 6 (1997)

6.54 avg 24 episodes 6.9 → 6.8 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Crazy Love	6.9	89
2	Road Trip	5.9	79
3	Sex, Lies and Videotape	7.1	78
4	Just Say Maybe	6.6	80
5	The 'L' Word	6.7	84
6	She's the One	6.9	80
7	Independence Day	6.9	76
8	Reality Bites	7.0	77
9	Locket Man	7.0	77
10	How the West Was Won	5.4	90
11	Absolutely Fabio	6.2	79
12	Loose Lips	7.1	78
13	The Big Date	6.6	75
14	Future Shock	6.5	74
15	Show Me the Money	5.8	76
16	It Didn't Happen One Night	6.9	82
17	Macho Man	6.5	76
18	Ain't Misbehavin'	6.5	73
19	The Facts of Life	6.4	71
20	Talking Trash	6.0	71
21	Walk Like a Man	6.4	71
22	Shear Madness	6.3	76
23	The Kissing Game	6.6	70
24	Bonjour Jean-Luc	6.8	78

Season 7 (1997)

6.92 avg 19 episodes 6.9 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Making the Grade	6.9	78
2	A Star Is Born	7.0	77
3	Your Cheatin' Heart	6.5	72
4	Take This Job and Shove It	6.8	75
5	Poetic Justice	6.8	75
6	Can't Buy Me Love	6.4	72
7	Dream Lover	6.6	76
8	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	7.1	76
9	Goodbye, Mr. Chip	6.4	69
10	Too Many Santas	6.7	78
11	Phoney Business	6.8	71
12	Goin' to the Chapel	7.1	78
13	Feet of Clay	6.9	71
14	Pain in the Class	7.3	73
15	The Half Monty	6.2	81
16	And Justice for Some	7.3	79
17	The Understudy	7.4	83
18	We're in the Money	7.6	101
19	Movin' on Up	7.7	107

Step by Step (1991)

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