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Fudge
Genre Sitcom
Directed by Bob Clark (pilot)
Anson Williams (10 eps)
Kristoffer Tabori (5 eps)
Frank Bonner (1 ep)
Starring Jake Richardson
Luke Tarsitano
Florence Henderson
Nassira Nicola
Eve Plumb
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Mary Gregory de Butts
Russell Marcus
Producer(s) Kevin C. Slattery
Cinematography Stephen C. Confer
Editor(s) Nancy Forner
David Helfand
Production company(s) Kevin Slattery Productions
Amblin Television
MCA Television Entertainment
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network ABC (Season 1)
CBS (Season 2)
Original release January 14, 1995 (1995-01-14) – December 16, 1997 (1997-12-16)

Fudge is a 1995–1997 American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. 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. 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.

Cast

  • Jake Richardson as Peter Warren Hatcher (storyteller)
  • Luke Tarsitano as Farley Drexel "Fudge" Hatcher
  • Nassira Nicola as Sheila Tubman
  • Alex Burrall as Jimmy Fargo
  • Nick Humphrey as Elliot
  • Brenda Song as Jennie
  • Teddy Dale as Sam
  • Jared Moen as Daniel Manheim
  • Eve Plumb as Anne Hatcher ("Mom")
  • Forrest Witt as Warren Hatcher ("Dad")
  • Rob Monroe as Henry

Episodes

TV movie

Title Directed by Written by Original air date
"Fudge-a-Mania" Bob Clark Bob Clark January 7, 1995 (1995-01-07)
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 happy. 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.

Season 1 (1995)

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 (1995-01-14)
2 2 "Saving Up Is Hard to Do" Anson Williams Tom J. Astle January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)
3 3 "Fudge Meets Ratface" Lynn Hamrick Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus January 28, 1995 (1995-01-28)
4 4 "The TV Star" TBA TBA February 4, 1995 (1995-02-04)
5 5 "To Catch a Fudge" Kristoffer Tabori George Thompson February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11)
6 6 "The Birthday Bash" Iris Dugow Teleplay by : Tom J. Astle February 18, 1995 (1995-02-18)
7 7 "The Flying Train Committee" Lynn Hamrick Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
8 8 "Uncle Feather" Lynn Hamrick Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus March 4, 1995 (1995-03-04)
9 9 "Ducky Soup" TBA TBA March 11, 1995 (1995-03-11)

Season 2 (1995)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
10 1 "The Grade Escape" TBA TBA August 19, 1995 (1995-08-19)
11 2 "The Art of Friendship" Anson Williams Jay Ingram August 26, 1995 (1995-08-26)
12 3 "No Exit" TBA TBA September 2, 1995 (1995-09-02)
13 4 "Play It Again, Dad" Anson Williams Tom J. Astle September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)
14 5 "The Candyman Shouldn't" Anson Williams Mary Gregory de Butts September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16)
15 6 "My Grandmother the Card" Iris Dugow Tom J. Astle September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23)
Guest star: Florence Henderson
16 7 "Big Little Lie" Kristoffer Tabori George Thompson September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
17 8 "Bye Anxiety" Anson Williams Joseph Purdy October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)
18 9 "Bad Housekeeping" TBA TBA October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)
19 10 "Odd Man Out" TBA TBA October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
20 11 "A Foreign Affair" TBA TBA October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
21 12 "Slam Funk" TBA TBA November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)
22 13 "Reversal of Fortune" TBA TBA November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
23 14 "The Mouse Trappers" Anson Williams Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus & Tom J. Astle November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)
24 15 "Midnight Cowboys" TBA TBA December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)

Other episodes

  1. Bye Anxiety
  2. Bad Housekeeping
  3. Odd Man Out
  4. A Foreign Affair
  5. Slam Funk
  6. Reversal of Fortune
  7. The Mouse Trappers
  8. Midnight Cowboys
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