Day by Day

Doug Sheehan

Brian Harper

Christopher Daniel Barnes

Ross Harper

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Kristin Carlson / Judy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Eileen Swift / Sally

Thora Birch

Molly Farrell

Seasons

Season 1

13 episodes

Premiered Feb 29, 1988

Season 2

20 episodes

Premiered Oct 30, 1988

Episodes

1–6 of 13

Ep 1

Birthday Presence

Feb 29, 1988

Brian and Ross come to an understanding while trying to persuade a divorced father to attend his son's birthday party.

Ep 2

How to Succeed in Day Care

Mar 3, 1988

Brian and Kate are at odds and evens when the parents of overachiever Molly ask them to add math and reading to their curriculum.

Ep 3

One Big Happy Family

Mar 6, 1988

Self-sufficient teen Ross looks at quality time as an overrated inconvenience, while Brian is serious about getting to know his son.

Ep 4

That Saturday Feeling

Mar 13, 1988

Brian takes the title of ""Hippest Dad"" to heart, when all Ross would like him to be is ""Anonymous Ride Giver,"" especially when his dad's new found coolness threatens to ruin his party.

Ep 5

Community Service

Mar 20, 1988

Caught in a stock scam, Eileen receives a sentence worse than death: community service at the day-care center. Meanwhile, Ross's bathrobe, Baby, seems to have escaped from his custody.

Ep 6

Birth Wait

Mar 27, 1988