Who's the Boss? (1984)

Comedy · Romance

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.

IMDb rating: 6.6 (17,410 votes)
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · The Roku Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.43 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.5	267
2	Briefless Encounter	7.7	217
3	Angela's First Fight	7.5	190
4	Mona Gets Pinned	7.1	192
5	A Rash Decision	7.2	169
6	Dinner for Two	7.5	163
7	Sorority Sister	7.4	156
8	Truth in Dating	7.1	155
9	Sports Buddies	7.2	149
10	Requiem	7.9	171
11	Samantha's Growing Up	7.8	161
12	Paint Your Wagon	7.5	164
13	Protecting the President	7.1	147
14	Guess Who's Coming Forever?	7.4	148
15	Angela's Ex: Part 1	7.3	141
16	Angela's Ex: Part 2	7.4	141
17	Eye on Angela	7.7	160
18	Double Date	7.3	145
19	Tony's Father-in-Law	6.9	141
20	Just Like Tony	7.5	136
21	Keeping Up with Marci	7.4	136
22	First Kiss	8.0	158

Season 2 (1985)

7.47 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 5.3 27 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It Happened One Summer: Part 1	7.9	150
2	It Happened One Summer: Part 2	8.0	150
3	Ad Man Micelli	7.5	129
4	The Heiress	7.7	125
5	Tony the Matchmaker	7.3	123
6	Custody: Part 1	7.9	128
7	Custody: Part 2	7.8	123
8	Hunk of the Month	7.8	124
9	Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's	7.8	127
10	The Prodigal Father-in-Law	7.5	115
11	The Graduate	7.2	110
12	Tony the Nanny	7.3	119
13	Junior Executive	7.4	123
14	Educating Tony	7.6	118
15	Gotta Dance	7.0	111
16	The Babysitter	8.0	123
17	Jonathan Plays Cupid	8.2	126
18	When Worlds Collide	7.6	121
19	Losers and Other Strangers	7.2	114
20	Tony for President	7.2	117
21	Not with My Client You Don't	7.4	110
22	Angela's New Best Friend	7.3	122
23	There's No Business Like Shoe Business	6.2	117
24	The Unnatural	7.7	122
25	The Anniversary Show	8.3	130
26	Charmed Lives	5.3	137

Season 3 (1986)

7.33 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.2 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Angela Gets Fired: Part 1	7.4	135
2	Angela Gets Fired: Part 2	7.7	119
3	Daddy's Little Montague Girl	7.7	111
4	Mona's Limo	7.1	108
5	The Hickey	7.5	114
6	Wedding Bells?	7.4	108
7	Jonathan the Gymnast	6.9	106
8	Semi-Private Lives	7.6	104
9	Forgive Me, Tony	7.0	106
10	Spud Micelli	7.2	101
11	The Christmas Card	7.5	111
12	The Way We Was	7.6	109
13	Jonathan Kills Tony	7.5	105
14	Marie's Secret	7.3	107
15	Tony, the Patchmaker	7.0	102
16	Hit the Road, Chad	8.1	125
17	Raging Housekeeper	7.1	103
18	The Proposal	7.3	108
19	Diet in Cell Block 11	6.9	108
20	Older Than Springtime	7.8	117
21	Walk on the Mild Side	7.3	106
22	Reconcilable Differences	7.2	101
23	Mona	6.6	120
24	A Moving Episode	7.2	109

Season 4 (1987)

7.43 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.1 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Frankie and Tony Are Lovers	8.0	124
2	Big Girl on Campus	7.2	106
3	There Goes the Bride	7.3	107
4	A Trip to the Principal	7.4	106
5	New Kid in Town	7.3	110
6	Two on a Billboard	7.5	105
7	A Farewell to Nick	8.2	129
8	Hell on Wheels	7.2	105
9	A Fishy Tale	7.0	106
10	Car and Driver	7.3	101
11	Just Mona and Me	7.5	103
12	Yellow Submarine	7.2	103
13	Another Single Parent	7.2	105
14	All in the Famiglia	7.5	101
15	Steady as She Goes	7.2	97
16	Tony and the Dreamtones	7.1	109
17	The Matriculator	7.3	96
18	Three Teens and a Tony	7.5	105
19	Housekeepers Unite	7.4	104
20	Model Daughter	7.7	95
21	Marry Me, Mona	7.6	99
22	Prom Night II	7.5	111
23	Sleep Talk, Sweet Talk	8.1	115
24	The Two Tonys	7.1	100

Season 5 (1988)

7.28 avg 25 episodes 7.3 → 7.6 24 min avg

Rebound

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sam's Car	7.3	109
2	My Fair Tony	7.4	98
3	Nineteen Again	7.2	101
4	Yankee-Doodle Micelli	7.8	103
5	A Jack Story	7.3	96
6	Double Dump	7.3	100
7	Life with Father	6.8	90
8	A Spirited Christmas	6.9	101
9	Teacher's Pet	7.0	102
10	Mrs. Rossini's Uncle	6.8	94
11	Your Grandmother's a Bimbo	6.9	103
12	Ton-An Enterprises	7.0	89
13	Cardinal Sin	7.9	111
14	Winter Break	7.3	98
15	First Date	7.7	101
16	Party Double	8.0	115
17	Boozin' Buddies	7.3	98
18	Heather Can Wait	7.6	98
19	Living Dolls	6.6	118
20	Men Are People, Too	6.8	92
21	Working Girls	7.6	95
22	Tony Does Golf	7.3	95
23	Ode to Angela	7.4	99
24	In Sam We Trust	7.3	91
25	It's Somebody's Birthday	7.6	86

Season 6 (1989)

7.18 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 7.4 24 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Search of Tony	7.8	99
2	Life's a Ditch	7.0	106
3	In Your Dreams	7.5	95
4	Sam's Novel Romance	7.3	87
5	Tony and the Professor	6.9	86
6	Mother and Child Disunion	7.0	94
7	Sam Can Manage	6.9	92
8	Supermom Burnout	7.5	93
9	Sex, Lies and Exercise Tape	7.4	91
10	To Tony, with Love	7.2	92
11	The World Accordion to Jonathan	6.9	91
12	Gambling Jag	6.7	99
13	Sam Accelerates	7.3	94
14	Tony Kills	7.2	90
15	Dear Landlord	6.7	92
16	Mona and Walter and Sam and Eric	7.4	96
17	Micelli's Marauders	7.1	92
18	Her Father's Daughter	7.5	95
19	Take Me Back to the Ballgame	7.2	94
20	I Dream of Genealogy	6.9	93
21	Couple Trouble	7.1	93
22	Operation Mona	7.5	89
23	Road Scholar	7.1	84
24	Beautician Heal Thyself	7.0	88
25	Sit Down and Be Counted	7.2	86
26	The All-Nighter	7.4	101

Season 7 (1990)

7.17 avg 25 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 24 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ridiculous Liaisons	7.1	101
2	Hey Dude	7.6	96
3	The Fabulous Robinson Sisters	7.2	100
4	Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?	7.4	92
5	One Flew Over the Empty Nest	7.1	95
6	The Kid	7.0	94
7	Parental Guidance Suggested	6.8	88
8	Roomies	7.5	111
9	Four Alarm Tony	6.8	97
10	Starlight Memories	7.6	97
11	Inherit the Wine	6.7	93
12	Who's Minding the Kid?	7.1	89
13	Broadcast Blues	6.9	88
14	Days of Blunder	7.1	93
15	You Can Go Home Again	7.1	98
16	Ms. Mom	7.1	86
17	The Unsinkable Tony Micelli	7.1	90
18	Tony and Angela Get Divorced	7.6	89
19	Let Her Tell You 'Bout the Birds and the Bees	7.2	84
20	Party Politics	6.8	84
21	Choose Me	7.1	88
22	Tony and the Princess	7.1	89
23	Between a Rock and a Hard Place	7.4	83
24	The Road to Washington: Part 1	7.4	86
25	The Road to Washington: Part 2	7.4	83

Season 8 (1991)

7.25 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 24 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Seer of Love	8.2	113
2	An Affair to Forget	7.9	105
3	Misery	6.8	96
4	Selling Sam Short	6.7	94
5	Tony Bags a Big One	6.7	86
6	A Well-Kept Housekeeper	6.9	88
7	Death and Love: Part 1	7.4	88
8	Death and Love: Part 2	7.6	89
9	Grandmommie Dearest	7.2	85
10	Field of Screams	6.6	84
11	This Sold House	7.3	84
12	Tony, Can You Spare a Dime?	7.5	83
13	Mrs. Al	6.9	80
14	Who's the Boss?	6.7	81
15	Tony Micelli, This Is Your Life	7.5	89
16	Allergic to Love	7.6	85
17	Better Off Wed: Part 1	7.1	79
18	Better Off Wed: Part 2	6.6	90
19	Tony and the Honeymooners	7.3	75
20	Split Decision	7.4	83
21	Mr. Micelli Builds His Dream House	6.8	86
22	Savor the Veal: Part 1	7.7	95
23	Savor the Veal: Part 2	7.6	93
24	Savor the Veal: Part 3	8.1	124