Fudge (TV series): Difference between revisions

{{short description|1995 American television series}}

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| genre = [[Sitcom]]

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| based_on = {{based_onBased on|The ''[[Fudge-a-Mania]]'' book series|[[Judy Blume]]}}

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| director = [[Bob Clark]] (pilot)<br>[[Anson Williams]] (10 eps)<br>[[Kristoffer Tabori]] (5 eps)<br>[[Frank Bonner]] (1 ep)

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| starring = [[Jake Richardson]]<br>[[Eve Plumb]]<br>Forrest Witt<br>Nassira Nicola<br>Alex Burrall<br>[[Luke Tarsitano]]

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1995|01|14}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1995|12|16}}

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'''''Fudge''''' is a 1995 American [[children's television series]] based on a series of [[Judy Blume]] booksnovels about a young boy nicknamed Fudge.<ref name=Daytime>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/168/mode/2up|access-date=March 22, 2020|page=168}}</ref> The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a [[telefilm]] adaptation of Blume's novel ''[[Fudge-a-Mania]]'', which aired on January 7, 1995, in [[primetime]],<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Listings for January 7, 1995|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1995/01/07/fudge|website=TV Tango|access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Fudge-a-Mania' is sweet kids' sitcom|work=Cox News Service|last=Kloer|first=Phil|publisher=[[Moscow-Pullman Daily News]]|date=January 12, 1995|page=3C|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arsjAAAAIBAJ&dq=Fudge+ABC+Saturday&pg=PA9&article_id=4022,1114647|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=dbnj01011995>{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Suzanne|title=Children's book looks great on TV|work=TV Data News Service|publisher=[[Daytona Beach News-Journal]] TV Journal|date=January 1, 1995|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUcuAAAAIBAJ&dq=Fudge+ABC+Saturday&pg=PA62&article_id=3610,520281|via=Google Books}}</ref> as part of the ''ABC Family Movies''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saturday's family night on ABC|last=King|first=Susan|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 10, 1994|page=6D|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0sAAAAIBAJ&dq=fudge+book+tv+series&pg=PA18&article_id=3797,3528419|via=Google Books|access-date=November 29, 2023}}</ref>

The show was canceled after the second season as part of ABC's restructuring of its Saturday morning lineup due to the network's 1996 acquisition by [[The Walt Disney Company]].

==Network=U.S. network broadcasts===

|ShortSummary=Peter reveals the story of how he got his dog, Turtle: He won a little turtle at a birthday party; he named it Dribble but. Fudge ate himthe turtle in inspiration of making his own turtle soup following a soup dinner with Peter's dad Warren's advertising client. When Fudge went to the hospital and then brought home, Peter'sWarren dadand Anne got him a puppy and to keep the memory of Dribble (since he died in Fudge's stomach), he named the puppy Turtle.

|ShortSummary=With their parentparents's wedding anniversary coming in short order, Peter hopes to find a good gift for them on a budget, and hopes that they like the gift he gives them. Meanwhile, Fudge becomes an elevator attendant to earn money for an anniversary gift, much to Peter's chagrin.

|ShortSummary=At the end of summer vacation, Peter dreads the idea of Fudge attending the same school as him. On Fudge's first day of [[kindergarten]], he climbed up to the top of a shelf and won't come down because his teacher, unlike his friends and family, wouldn't call him Fudge. Peter gets the idea of transferring Fudge to another class so that the other teacher will call him Fudge.

|ShortSummary=Sheila is in for a challenge when she volunteers to babysit Fudge whenwhile his parents have dinner with Sheila's parents at their apartment. Chaos ensues when Fudge plays a hiding game.

|ShortSummary=On Fudge's birthday, which happened to land on a Saturday, Peter is forced to stay home and celebrate at his brother's birthday party. In the end, Fudge didn't care that his friends came, all he wanted was for his big brother to be here on his birthday.

{{Episode table |background= |overall=7 |season=7 |title=26 |director=20 |writer=25 |airdate=15 |episodes={{Episode list

|ShortSummary=Peter's is to complete a take-home aptitude test, which Sheila brings two copies to him due to his illness. Peter completes the test on one copy, while the other is filled out and unwittingly aced by Fudge, which results in the latter beinggetting labeledthe highest score by accidentally handing in the one filled out by Fudge. As a "genius"result, Peter must find a way to prove that Fudge's intelligence is false or face humiliation.

|ShortSummary=Peter's friendship with Jimmy Fargo is in serious jeopardy in the wake of an announced appearance by Jimmy's father as a speaker on Career Day at school. <br>'''Special guest star:''' [[Michael Colyar]] as Frank Fargo. [[Sean Moran]]

|ShortSummary=When relatives come to visit, Peter gets the younger-sibling experience when he and Fudge are babysat by their older cousin, while the adults are out to dinner at a steakhouse, much to AnnAnne and Warren's disgust. <br> '''Note:''' [[Anson Williams]] guest stars as the waiter.

|ShortSummary=A routine dental checkup reveals Fudge had four cavities. As a result, AnnAnne and Warren challenges the whole family to give up sugary snacks and desserts for a week, much to the dismay of Fudge and Peter.

|ShortSummary=Peter and Fudge's grandmother comes to babysit them when AnnAnne and Warren go away for the weekend. However, their grandmother's plans conflict with that of Peter and his friends.

|ShortSummary= Peter and Fudge's wrestling results in one of the legs of an end table becoming broken. In order to conceal the truth to avoid punishment, Peter enlists aArnold fewand friends(unintentionally) Sheila to fix the table before their parents come home from their outing.

|DirectedBy=Frank Bonner

|WrittenBy=Tom J. Astle

|DirectedBy=Anson Williams

|WrittenBy=Lisa Stotsky

|DirectedBy=Allison Liddi

|WrittenBy=Kent Pierce

|ShortSummary=Peter has a crush on a new female student from China.

|DirectedBy=Kristoffer Tabori

|WrittenBy=Allison M. Gibson

|ShortSummary=A new boy interferes with the friendship of Peter and Jimmy.

|ShortSummary=When they look to add another room to their apartment, Peter gets a notion that their parents are thinking of having another baby. Meanwhile, Fudge befriends a mouse.

|DirectedBy=Kristoffer Tabori

|WrittenBy=Mary Gregory de Butts

The made-for-TV pilot movie and select episodes were released on [[VHS]] by [[GoodTimes Home Video]] under license by [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment|MCA Universal Home Video]] in early 1996.