{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = <!-- include ALT text per WP:ALT guideline --> | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Sitcom | creator = Robert Illes<br>James Stein<br>Jeff Harris<br>Bernie Kukoff | developer = | writer = {{Plainlist | * Bob Illes * Mike Milligan }} | director = Peter Baldwin | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Richard S. Castellano * Barry Miller * Jimmy Baio * Jerry Stiller * Bobbi Jordan * Florence Stanley}} | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = David Shire | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 14 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Douglas S. Cramer | producer = {{Plainlist| * Jeff Harris * Bernie Kukoff }} | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Douglas S. Cramer<br>Kukoff-Harris Partnership | channel = CBS | first_aired = {{Start date|1975|09|9}} | last_aired = {{End date|1976|01|13}} | related = }} '''''Joe and Sons''''' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 9, 1975 to January 13, 1976. It ran for a total of 14 episodes.
==Premise== The show focused on Joe Vitale, an Italian-American widower, who lived in Hoboken, New Jersey with his teenage sons Mark and Nick. Gus Duzik worked with him as a typical middle-class family worker at the Hoboken Sheet and Tube Company. Estelle was a cocktail waitress who lived in the apartment across the hall who helped Joe with his sons and liked to cook an occasional meal for the family.
== Cast == * Richard S. Castellano as Joe Vitale * Barry Miller as Mark Vitale * Jimmy Baio as Nick Vitale * Jerry Stiller as Gus Duzik * Bobbi Jordan as Estelle * Florence Stanley as Aunt Josephine
==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=CDAD00 |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |total_width= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 0 | Title = Joe and Sons | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|04|18}} | ShortSummary = Series pilot: Joe is worried about the mysterious behavior of his older son, who has been coming home late and falling asleep in class. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Mark's Doubt | DirectedBy = Peter Baldwin | WrittenBy = Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|09|09}} | ShortSummary = Blue collar worker Joe Vitale, a widower, has his hands full with two growing sons and an odd assortment of concerned friends, family and neighbors. A theological crisis begins the season, as the older boy declares his doubt in the existence of God. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Nick's Book | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Robert Illes & James Stein | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|09|23}} | ShortSummary = Joe is enraged when he discovers that his 12-year-old son's biology book contains an explicit section on sex education. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Joe's Date | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Adele & Burt Styler | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|09|30}} | ShortSummary = The promise of romance has Joe in a fever of anticipation as he prepares for a reunion with the bombshell of his high school class. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Carmela | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = George Almeyda | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|10|07}} | ShortSummary = Joe worries when he learns that Mark is dating the daughter of wild Flora (Dimitra Arliss), a woman who had a dubious reputation in high school. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Joe's Cruise | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Jeffrey Minches | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|10|14}} | ShortSummary = During a pandemonium-filled morning, Joe must choose between attending an annual boat ride with Gus or chauffeuring his kids around the city. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = A Real Lady | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|10|21}} | ShortSummary = Josephine plays matchmaker, arranging a blind date between Joe and a widow who inherited a garbage-truck company from her husband. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Uncle Charlie's Problem | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|11|04}} | ShortSummary = Joe willingly agrees to take Uncle Charlie after the sprightly old codger runs away from a retirement home. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = The Desperate Minutes | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|11|21}} | ShortSummary = Gus is suing the city of Hoboken for $2,000,000 for "bodily injuries and mental anguish" he suffered while riding a bus that collided with a car. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Clothes Don't Necessarily Make the Man | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|12|02}} | ShortSummary = Nick claims to be studying ballet for cultural enrichment, but his Aunt Josephine is beginning to worry about her nephew's masculinity. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Pot Luck | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|12|16}} | ShortSummary = A house plant left by Mark's long-haired friend is making Joe nervous; he's sure it's marijuana. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = Nick's Problem | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|12|23}} | ShortSummary = Nick, who has taken great pains to hide his bed-wetting from the others, finds himself the object of much concern when his secret is discovered. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = Thou Shalt Steal | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|01|06}} | ShortSummary = Gus fears for his life after running out of a crap game without paying up his losses. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = Jimmy Flynn's Wake | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|01|13}} | ShortSummary = Joe is trapped into holding a wake at his house for Gus's lately departed friend even though he never even knew the guy. | LineColor = CDAD00 }} }}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0072523|title=Joe and Sons}} * {{epguides|JoeandSons}}
Category:1975 American television series debuts Category:1976 American television series endings Category:1970s American sitcoms Category:Hoboken, New Jersey Category:English-language American television shows Category:Television series about widowhood Category:Television shows set in New Jersey Category:CBS sitcoms
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