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5.7/10 TV Original language(s) English First episode date 10 April 1989 Language English | 7.1/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 1 May 1989 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Roger ShulmanJohn Baskin Starring Eric IdleCaroline McWilliamsStuart PankinWendy SchaalJay LambertHenderson Forsythe Composer(s) Kevin QuinnRandy PetersenRobert Irving Cast Similar It's a Living, The San Pedro Beach Bu, Father and Scout, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, Crazy Like a Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nearly Departed is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Monday nights from April 10, 1989 to May 1, 1989. It was an updated version of Topper.
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Premise
The series focused on English professor Grant Pritchard, and his wife Claire, who are killed in a rockslide, then return to their home as ghosts to find plumbing contractor Mike Dooley and his family, wife Liz, son Derek, and his father, Jack, living there. Grandpa Jack was the only one who could see and hear the Pritchards but not the Dooleys. In exchange for continuing to live in the house as ghosts, the Pritchards would mediate through Grandpa Jack and try to help the Dooleys with their problems, such as when Derek was doing poorly in school because he was intimidated by bullies, Grant and Claire use their abilities to scare off the bullies.
Cast
Episodes
- Grant Meets Grandpa. (10 April 1989)
- Adventures in Babysitting. (17 April 1989)
- Altared States. (24 April 1989)
- TV or Not TV. (1 May 1989)
- Grandpa's Date. (Unaired)
- Grant's Aunt. (Unaired)