Empty Nest The Unimportance of Being Charley (Season 4, Episode 18)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Family

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Empty Nest

The Unimportance of Being Charley (Season 4, Episode 18)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Family

Charley attempts to fool his parents when he tells them that he is Captain of the ship he works on. Meanwhile Carol believes that Harry favors Barbara over her.

Director

Steve Zuckerman

Writers

Susan Harris (created by) | Steven Sullivan (written by) (as Steve Sullivan) | Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan (written by) (as Ursula Ziegler)

Producers

Pat Dougherty | Peter Gallay | Gil Junger (as Gilbert Junger) | David Richardson

Composer

George Aliceson Tipton

Casting Directors

Donna Larson | Ellen Meyer

Production Designer

Edward Stephenson

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 15, 1992

Release date

Feb 15, 1992 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 8 wins & 17 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Mulligan Dr. Harry Weston Dr. Harry Weston See fewer	Soap (1977)
Kristy McNichol Barbara Weston Barbara Weston See fewer	The Pirate Movie (1982)
Dinah Manoff Carol Weston Carol Weston See fewer	Grease (1978)
David Leisure Charley Dietz Charley Dietz See fewer	10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Park Overall Laverne Todd Laverne Todd See fewer	Empty Nest (1988)
Marian Mercer Ursula Dietz Ursula Dietz See fewer	9 to 5 (1980)
Richard Stahl Fred Dietz Fred Dietz See fewer	Overboard (1987)
Gregg Daniel Simms Simms See fewer	Truth or Dare (I) (2018)
Richard Reicheg The Captain The Captain See fewer	Nashville (1975)