The Cavanaughs (TV series)
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The Cavanaughs was an American television situation comedy
, broadcast on CBS
from 1986 to 1989.
The series revolved around Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh (Barnard Hughes
), a 71-year-old, blue-collar Irish Catholic
man living in South Boston with his daughter Kit (Christine Ebersole
) and son Chuck (Peter Michael Goetz
), as well as Chuck's sons (one of whom was a Catholic priest) and daughter. Much of the show's humor stemmed from conflicts between the cantankerous, opinionated Pop and his grown children.
Art Carney
appeared in three episodes as Pop's younger brother, Jimmy "The Weasel" Cavanaugh.
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
, broadcast on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
from 1986 to 1989.
The series revolved around Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh (Barnard Hughes
Barnard Hughes
Bernard Aloysius Kiernan “Barnard” Hughes was an American actor of theater and film. Hughes became famous for a variety of roles; his most notable roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder.-Personal life:Hughes was born in Bedford...
), a 71-year-old, blue-collar Irish Catholic
Irish Catholic
Irish Catholic is a term used to describe people who are both Roman Catholic and Irish .Note: the term is not used to describe a variant of Catholicism. More particularly, it is not a separate creed or sect in the sense that "Anglo-Catholic", "Old Catholic", "Eastern Orthodox Catholic" might be...
man living in South Boston with his daughter Kit (Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole is an American actress and singer.-Early life:Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School...
) and son Chuck (Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz is an American actor.Goetz was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Esther L. and Irving A. Goetz, a construction engineer. Goetz studied at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the University of Minnesota, from which he...
), as well as Chuck's sons (one of whom was a Catholic priest) and daughter. Much of the show's humor stemmed from conflicts between the cantankerous, opinionated Pop and his grown children.
Art Carney
Art Carney
Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney was an American actor in film, stage, television and radio. He is best known for playing Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the situation comedy The Honeymooners....
appeared in three episodes as Pop's younger brother, Jimmy "The Weasel" Cavanaugh.
Cast
- Barnard Hughes as Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh
- Christine Ebersole as Kit Cavanaugh
- Peter Michael Goetz as Chuck Cavanaugh
- John Short as Father Chuck Cavanaugh, Jr.
- Mary Tanner Bailey as Mary Margaret Cavanaugh
- Parker Jacobs as John Cavanaugh
- Danny CookseyDanny CookseyDanny Cooksey is an American singer, actor and voice actor. He has been in show business since he was very young and is best remembered for playing the roles of Sam McKinney on the last years of the TV show Diff'rent Strokes and Robert "Bobby" Budnick on the Nickelodeon program, Salute Your...
as Kevin Cavanaugh