| Fudge | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Based on | The Fudge book series by Judy Blume |
| Directed by | Bob Clark (pilot) Anson Williams (10 eps) Kristoffer Tabori (5 eps) Frank Bonner (1 ep) |
| Starring | Jake Richardson Eve Plumb Forrest Witt Nassira Nicola Alex Burrall Luke Tarsitano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mary Gregory de Butts Russell Marcus |
| Producer | Kevin C. Slattery |
| Cinematography | Stephen C. Confer |
| Editors | Nancy Forner David Helfand |
| Production companies | Kevin Slattery Productions Amblin Television MCA Television Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC (Season 1) CBS (Season 2) |
| Original release | January 14, 1995 – December 16, 1997 |
Fudge is a 1995–1997 American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge.[1] The series ran for two seasons (1995–1997), with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-a-Mania, which aired on January 7, 1995 in primetime. Fudge premiered on ABC in January 1995, and switched to CBS for its second season. TV Guide twice listed Fudge as one of the Ten Best Shows for Children. The show was canceled in 1997.[2] At the Seventeenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, the cast was nominated for a Young Actors Award, Best Performance by a Young Ensemble: Television. Nassira Nicola, who played Sheila Tubman, won for Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series.[3]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Fudge-a-Mania" | Bob Clark | Bob Clark | January 7, 1995 | |
| The Hatchers and the Tubmans decide to go to Maine together for a few weeks in August. Peter and Sheila Tubman don't get along happily. His friend Jimmy Fargo comes to help brighten it. While in Maine, the families have many encounters including a baseball game with Red Sox center fielder Big A, a sailing trip, and a surprise from Peter's grandmother and Sheila's grandfather. | ||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "How Turtle Got His Name" | Anson Williams | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | January 14, 1995 | |
| Peter reveals the story of how he got his dog, Turtle: He got a little turtle for whom he named Dribble but Fudge ate him. When Fudge went to the hospital and then brought home, Peter's dad got him a puppy and to keep the memory of Dribble (since he died in Fudge's stomach), he named the puppy Turtle. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Saving Up Is Hard to Do" | Anson Williams | Tom J. Astle | January 21, 1995 | |
| 3 | 3 | "Fudge Meets Ratface" | Lynn Hamrick | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | January 28, 1995 | |
| On Fudge's 1st day of kindergarten, he climbed up to the top of a shelf and won't come down because his teacher wouldn't call him Fudge. Peter gets the idea of transferring Fudge to another class so that the other teacher will call him Fudge. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The TV Star" | Unknown | Unknown | February 4, 1995 | |
| 5 | 5 | "To Catch a Fudge" | Kristoffer Tabori | George Thompson | February 11, 1995 | |
| 6 | 6 | "The Birthday Bash" | Iris Dugow | Teleplay by : Tom J. Astle | February 18, 1995 | |
| On Fudge's birthday, Peter is forced to stay home and celebrate his brother's 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. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Flying Train Committee" | Lynn Hamrick | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | February 25, 1995 | |
| Peter and his friends are working on a school project about the city. But right before the project was due, Fudge vandalizes it forcing his parents to build a wall separating them. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Uncle Feather" | Lynn Hamrick | Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus | March 4, 1995 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Ducky Soup" | Unknown | Unknown | March 11, 1995 | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | "The Grade Escape" | Unknown | Unknown | August 19, 1995 |
| 11 | 2 | "The Art of Friendship" | Anson Williams | Jay Ingram | August 26, 1995 |
| 12 | 3 | "No Exit" | Unknown | Unknown | September 2, 1995 |
| 13 | 4 | "Play It Again, Dad" | Anson Williams | Tom J. Astle | September 9, 1995 |
| 14 | 5 | "The Candyman Shouldn't" | Anson Williams | Mary Gregory de Butts | September 16, 1995 |
| 15 | 6 | "My Grandmother the Card" | Iris Dugow | Tom J. Astle | September 23, 1995 |
| 16 | 7 | "Big Little Lie" | Kristoffer Tabori | George Thompson | September 30, 1995 |
| 17 | 8 | "Bye Anxiety" | Anson Williams | Joseph Purdy | October 7, 1995 |
| 18 | 9 | "Bad Housekeeping" | Unknown | Unknown | October 14, 1995 |
| 19 | 10 | "Odd Man Out" | Unknown | Unknown | October 21, 1995 |
| 20 | 11 | "A Foreign Affair" | Unknown | Unknown | October 28, 1995 |
| 21 | 12 | "Slam Funk" | Unknown | Unknown | November 4, 1995 |
| 22 | 13 | "Reversal of Fortune" | Unknown | Unknown | November 11, 1995 |
| 23 | 14 | "The Mouse Trappers" | Anson Williams | Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus & Tom J. Astle | November 18, 1995 |
| 24 | 15 | "Midnight Cowboys" | Unknown | Unknown | December 16, 1995 |