Mulligan's Stew

For the stew, see Mulligan stew (food).

For the 1972 educational television series, see Mulligan Stew (TV series).

Mulligan's Stew
230px The cast of Mulligan's Stew
Genre	Comedy, drama, family
Starring	Lawrence Pressman Elinor Donahue
No. of seasons	1 season
No. of episodes	1 movie / 6 episodes
Production
Running time	Pilot movie: 90 mins Series: 60 mins
Production company(s)	Christiana Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	TV movie / Pilot June 20 (1977-06-20) Series October 25, 1977 (1977-10-25) – December 13, 1977 (1977-12-13)

Mulligan's Stew is comedy/drama television series produced by Paramount Network Television that originally aired as a 90-minute NBC television movie on June 20, 1977, and later, as a 60-minute series from October 25, 1977 to December 13, 1977. The series focused on the lives of the Mulligan family. Lawrence Pressman starred as Michael Mulligan, a high school teacher and football coach, and Elinor Donahue played his wife, Jane, who works as a school nurse. The series was set in the fictitious Southern California community of Birchfield.

Synopsis

Michael and Jane have three children: Mark, Melinda and Jimmy. They find making ends meet difficult, but manageable. Things get tighter moneywise and spacewise when the Mulligans take in their nephew Adam (Moose) and nieces Polaris (Polly) and Starshine (Stevie) Freedman, after their parents (Michael's sister and brother-in-law) are killed in a plane crash in Hawaii while in the process of adopting the Vietnamese-born Kimmy, leaving the Mulligans to finalize the adoption. They deal with the changes and bond as a family.

Cast

• Lawrence Pressman ... Michael Mulligan
• Elinor Donahue ... Jane Mulligan
• Johnny Whitaker ... Mark Mulligan (movie)
• Johnny Doran ... Mark Mulligan (series)
• Julie Anne Haddock ... Melinda Mulligan
• K.C. Martel ... Jimmy Mulligan
• Lory Koccheim ... Polaris 'Polly' Freedman
• Suzanne Crough ... Stevie Freedman
• Chris Ciampa ... Adam 'Moose' Freedman
• Sunshine Lee ... Kimmy Nguyen Freedman

Reception

Mulligan's Stew was scheduled opposite four Top 20 hits: Three's Company and Soap on ABC, and M*A*S*H and One Day at a Time on CBS. As a result, it suffered from dismal ratings, and was cancelled before the end of the season.

External links

• Mulligan's Stew at IMDb