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Baby, I'm Back (1978)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Robert Leszczak
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Writers Guild of America (wga)
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BABY, I'M BACK
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Charles Fries Productions
for
CBS
Executive Producers: Charles Fries & Lila Garrett
Produced by Sandy Krinski & Chet Dowling
Created by Mort Lachman

US Situation Comedy series 1977 Pilot + 1978 12 episodes x 30min

Starring:
Demond Wilson as Raymond Ellis
Denise Nicholas as Olivia Ellis (wife)
Kim Fields as Angie Ellis (daughter)
Tony Holmes as Jordan Ellis (son)

Helen Martin as Luzelle Carter (Olivia's mother)
Ed Hall as Col. Wallace Dickey (Olivia's new suitor, an army public relations officer)

Premise:
Seven years after deserting his family. Ray Ellis returns home to Washington D.C., seeking to regain his wife
and children's love. Stories relate Ray's efforts to prove he can be a good husband

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1.0 [--] Baby I'm Back: Pilot
22 October 1977

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CBS Mondays (30Jan78-1May78)

1.1 [--] Baby I'm Back: LIVING PROOF
30 January 1978 CBS Mon
Allan Rich ... Judge
Nick LaTour ... Justice of the Peace
Bill Cobbs ... Att. Adam Johnson
Fuddle Bagley
Bella Bruck
Patrick Cranshaw

1.2 [--] Baby I'm Back: PAY OR DIE
6 February 1978 CBS Mon
Al White ... Rosie
Wendell Wright ... Shake
A couple of loan sharks have caught up with Ray, and are demanding their money or they'll cause him bodily harm.
However, we'd later find out that the thugs were hired by Ray's mother-in-law, Luzelle, to get Ray to kick his
gambling habit. [RL]

1.3 [--] Baby I'm Back: FAREWELL TO BOYISH CHARM
13 February 1978 CBS Mon
Margaret Avery ... Racine Parks
John Hancock ... Shack

1.4 [--] Baby I'm Back: THE LONELIEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK
20 February 1978 CBS Mon
Patrick Cranshaw ... Old Man

1.5 [--] Baby I'm Back: Beat by a Drum
27 February 1978 CBS Mon

1.6 [--] Baby I'm Back: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANGIE
13 March 1978 CBS Mon
Nick LaTour ... Minister

1.7 [--] Baby I'm Back: THE CONFESSIONS OF COL. WALLACE DICKEY
20 March 1978 CBS Mon
Esther Sutherland ... Ruby

1.8 [--] Baby I'm Back: A DAY AT THE RACES
27 March 1978 CBS Mon
Bert Rosario ... Jiggers

1.9 [--] Baby I'm Back: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
3 April 1978 CBS Mon

1.10 [--] Baby I'm Back: LIKE FATHER, UNLIKE SON
10 April 1978 CBS Mon

1.11 [--] Baby I'm Back: OLIVIA'S JOB OFFER
17 April 1978 CBS Mon

1.12 [--] Baby I'm Back: YOU BET YOUR WIFE (final episode)
1 May 1978 CBS Mon
Alaina Reed-Hall ... Jackie

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