{{Short description|1997 American TV series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Sitcom | creator = {{Plain list| *Ed Decter *John J. Strauss }} | starring = {{Plain list| *Jason Bateman *D.W. Moffett *David Krumholtz *Paula Marshall }} | narrator = | composer = Donald Markowitz | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | executive_producer = {{Plain list| *Ed Decter *John J. Strauss }} | producer = | camera = Multi-camera | runtime = 30 minutes | company = {{Plain list| *Frontier Pictures *3 Sisters Entertainment *Warner Bros. Television }} | network = NBC | first_aired = {{start date|1997|1|8}} | last_aired = {{end date|1997|7|2}} }}
'''''Chicago Sons''''' is an American sitcom television series created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, that aired on NBC from January 8 until July 2, 1997.
==Premise== Three brothers move into an apartment overlooking Wrigley Field.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/chicago-sons/cast/200479 |title=Chicago Sons Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref>
==Cast== *Jason Bateman as Harry Kulchak *D.W. Moffett as Mike Kulchak *David Krumholtz as Billy Kulchak *Paula Marshall as Lindsay Sutton
==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width=75 |background=39f |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |prodcode= |episodes= {{Episode list |Title=Pilot |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|8}} |EpisodeNumber=1 |DirectedBy= James Burrows |WrittenBy= Ed Decter and John J. Strauss |ShortSummary= A recently separated construction worker moves into an apartment with his two younger brothers. |ProdCode= 465592 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=A Foursome is Not Necessarily a Good Thing |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|15}} |EpisodeNumber=2 |DirectedBy= James Burrows |WrittenBy= Laura Perkins Brittain |ShortSummary= Mike finds out that his estranged wife has been seeing another man. |ProdCode= 465552 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Butkus, Live! |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|22}} |EpisodeNumber=3 |DirectedBy= Michael Lembeck |WrittenBy= J.J. Paulsen |ShortSummary= Harry feels left out when Mike talks to Lindsay about a private matter. Dick Butkus guest stars. |ProdCode= 465558 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=To Have and to Hold |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|1|29}} |EpisodeNumber=4 |DirectedBy= Gil Junger |WrittenBy= Nancy Neufeld Callaway |ShortSummary= Harry has a proposition for Lindsay. |ProdCode= 465556 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Things We Do for Love |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|2|5}} |EpisodeNumber=5 |DirectedBy= Alan Rafkin |WrittenBy= Don Rhymer |ShortSummary= Mike tries a new approach to dating. Harry tries to woo a surgeon. |ProdCode= 465560 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Infrequent Flyers |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|2|12}} |EpisodeNumber=6 |DirectedBy= Steve Zuckerman |WrittenBy= Tad Quill |ShortSummary= Mike invites his brothers and Lindsay to Bahamas. Scottie Pippen guest stars. |ProdCode= 465562 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Love in the Time of Cicadas |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|2|19}} |EpisodeNumber=7 |DirectedBy= Gil Junger |WrittenBy= Eric Weinberg |ShortSummary= Mike has a meeting with his estranged wife. Harry and Lindsay has a close encounter. Gabrielle Reece guest stars. |ProdCode= 465559 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Belligerent Waitress and the Surly Fry Cook |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|5}} |EpisodeNumber=8 |DirectedBy= Gil Junger |WrittenBy= Tom Burkhard |ShortSummary= Harry accidentally mails a compromising videotape to a pastor. |ProdCode= 465557 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Kolchak Swings... And Kiss that One Goodbye |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|12}} |EpisodeNumber=9 |DirectedBy= James Burrows |WrittenBy= Kim Friese |ShortSummary= Harry and Lindsay try not to mix pleasure and business. Billy tries to make some quick cash. |ProdCode= 465551 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Running Interference |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|19}} |EpisodeNumber=10 |DirectedBy= Steve Zuckerman |WrittenBy= Michael Poryes |ShortSummary= Harry and Mike meddle in Billy's love life. |ProdCode= 465561 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Beauty and the Butt |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|6|18}} |EpisodeNumber=11 |DirectedBy= Gil Junger |WrittenBy= Mark LaVine and Eddie Ring |ShortSummary= A sculptor prefers Billy instead of Mike. |ProdCode= 465555 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=It's a Mezzner |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|6|25}} |EpisodeNumber=12 |DirectedBy= Michael Lembeck |WrittenBy= Tom Burkhard |ShortSummary= Billy comes up with a business idea involving an industrial sewing machine. |ProdCode= 465553 |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Mothers, Lost Fullbacks and Other Soft Things |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|2}} |EpisodeNumber=13 |DirectedBy= Rod Daniel |WrittenBy= Kim Friese |ShortSummary= Lindsay fears that her mother will steal the spotlight at a dinner for an architecture award. |ProdCode= 465554 |LineColor=3399ff }} }}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|118284}} *{{TV Guide show|200479}} *{{epguides|ChicagoSons}}
Category:1997 American television series debuts Category:1997 American television series endings Category:1990s American multi-camera sitcoms Category:English-language American television shows Category:Television shows set in Chicago Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Category:Television series about brothers Category:NBC sitcoms