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The Hogan Family (1986)

Comedy · Family

The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.

IMDb rating
6.6 (2,283 votes)
Episode average
7.9 ↑ +1.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
6
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.83 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 7.9

Ep 1: 7.3 · 39 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 29 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 26 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 24 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 25 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 19 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Old Enough7.339
2The Six8.129
3The Wrong Stuff8.026
4One of the Boys7.424
5Benefit of the Doubt7.523
6Dog Day Afternoon7.825
7Happy Anniversary8.325
8This Son for Hire8.124
9Sick House7.921
10Executive Material7.919

Season 2 (1986)

8.27 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 25 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 27 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 27 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 26 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 29 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 24 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 28 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 27 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 24 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 24 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 27 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 29 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 29 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 25 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 26 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 24 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 25 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 25 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Full Moon7.925
2The Big Fix-Up7.827
3Of Human Blondage8.627
4Caught on a Hot Tin Roof8.926
5Leave It to Willie8.829
6Dr. No8.424
7One of a Kind8.528
8The Roots of All Evil8.527
9Small Packages8.424
10The Way We're Not8.324
11Boston Tea Party8.327
12Never on Tuesday8.329
13Wooly Bully8.124
14Bad Timing8.429
15A Night to Remember7.527
16Whose Team Is It Anyway?8.925
17Community Theatre7.623
18Hogan vs. Hogan7.524
19Oedipus Wrecks8.326
20Shape Up and Move Out8.524
21Babes in the Woods8.125
22The Return of Uncle Skip8.325

Season 3 (1987)

7.85 avg 21 episodes 7.8 → 6.8

Ep 1: 7.8 · 27 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 24 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 30 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 26 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 28 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 24 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 25 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 24 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 21 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 22 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 21 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 21 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 23 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 24 votesEp 21: 6.8 · 20 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Movin' On7.827
2Liars and Other Strangers7.624
3Burned Out8.630
4Take My Wife, Please8.526
5You've Got to Believe8.528
6A Room with No View8.324
7You Bet Your Life7.421
8School of Hard Knocks7.921
9Nightmare on Oak Street7.125
10Poetic Injustice7.924
11Love with the Proper Hogan7.621
12Faulty Attraction7.619
13Teacher's Pet7.720
14Mother Poole's Visit7.822
15Mark and Willie's Day Off8.121
16A Restaurant Named Desire7.521
17The King and I8.124
18Skip III: The Bailout7.324
19Help Wanted8.223
2048 Hours8.524
21Close Encounters6.820

Season 4 (1988)

7.88 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 21 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 24 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 22 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 21 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 19 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 20 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 23 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 22 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 18 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 20 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 17 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 18 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 21 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 18 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 20 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 18 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Animal House7.621
2Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow8.724
3Dad's First Date6.922
4Foiled Again7.421
5Save Baby Mark8.721
6Saturday Night Feverish7.919
7Tobacco Road8.020
8The Big Sleep7.721
9Secretarial Poole8.123
10Strangers on a Train7.522
11The Naked Truth7.922
12Rebel with a Cause8.518
13Boy Meets Girl8.120
14Boy Loses Girl7.617
15Viva Las Vegas7.721
16Double Date7.918
17The Long Goodbye7.821
18Oh Dad, Poor Dad7.818
19Slapshot7.518
20Private Lessons8.320
21Coming to America7.818

Season 5 (1989)

7.82 avg 23 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 21 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 15 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 18 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 17 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 15 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 15 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 15 votesEp 19: 7.1 · 13 votesEp 20: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 17 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 17 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Paris: Part 18.021
2Paris: Part 27.818
3Paris: Part 37.417
4The Tracks of My Tears8.015
5The Rivals8.218
6License to Drive7.716
7The Hospital7.517
8Get a Job7.817
9Stir Crazy7.817
10Educating Rita7.417
11Stan and Deliver7.920
12Sandy in Love8.013
13Snowbound8.116
14Bad Day at Bossy Burger7.917
15The Franklin Family8.315
16Forget Me Not8.215
17Heartburn7.517
18The Go-Between7.815
19Used Car7.113
20Mutiny on the Bossy7.516
21Crimes and Misdemeanors7.818
22A Matter of Principal8.317
23Prom, Lies and Videotape7.817

Season 6 (1990)

7.95 avg 13 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 20 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 22 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 13 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 10 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 16 votesEp 9: 9.0 · 36 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 20 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 16 votesEp 12: 6.4 · 14 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 27 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1California Dreamin': Part 18.420
2California Dreamin': Part 28.422
3The Baby Stops Here7.413
4The Play's the Thing8.214
5From Russia with Fries7.711
6Ex Marks the Spot7.810
7Come Fly with Me8.214
8It Happened One Night... Or Did It?8.616
9The Best of Friends, Worst of Times9.036
10A Sneaking Suspicion7.420
11A Family Affair8.416
12Isn't It Romantic?6.414
13Ho, Ho, Hogans7.427

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