Fudge (TV series)

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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
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
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. 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.^[2]

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^[3]^[4]
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 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.

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)
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 (1995-01-21)
3	3	"Fudge Meets Ratface"	Lynn Hamrick	Teleplay by : Mary Gregory de Butts & Russell Marcus	January 28, 1995 (1995-01-28)
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. So 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 (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)
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 (1995-02-25)
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 (1995-03-04)
9	9	"Ducky Soup"	Unknown	Unknown	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"	Unknown	Unknown	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"	Unknown	Unknown	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"	Unknown	Unknown	October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)
19	10	"Odd Man Out"	Unknown	Unknown	October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
20	11	"A Foreign Affair"	Unknown	Unknown	October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
21	12	"Slam Funk"	Unknown	Unknown	November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)
22	13	"Reversal of Fortune"	Unknown	Unknown	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"	Unknown	Unknown	December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)

References

^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 168. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ 17th Annual Young Artist Awards Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ Brenda song profile at The New York Times
^ Brenda Song at IMDb

External links

Fudge at IMDb

[Daytime-1] Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 168. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[2] 17th Annual Young Artist Awards Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Brenda song profile at The New York Times

[4] Brenda Song at IMDb

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v t e Works by Judy Blume
Fudge series	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Superfudge Fudge-a-Mania Double Fudge Characters Peter Hatcher
Novels	The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo Iggie's House Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Then Again, Maybe I Won't Freckle Juice It's Not the End of the World Deenie Blubber Forever... Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself Wifey Tiger Eyes Smart Women Just as Long as We're Together Here's to You, Rachel Robinson Summer Sisters In the Unlikely Event
Non-fiction and others	The Judy Blume Diary Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You The Pain and the Great One Places I Never Meant to Be
Adaptations	Fudge (TV series) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (film)

v t e Children's programming on CBS in the 1990s
First-run animated series	Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) Muppet Babies (1984–91) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Garfield and Friends (1988–94) Rude Dog and the Dweebs (1989–90) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990–97) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990–91) Mother Goose and Grimm (1991–93) Back to the Future (1991–93) Where's Waldo? (1991–92) Fievel's American Tails (1992–93) The Little Mermaid (1992–95) Raw Toonage (1992–93) Marsupilami (1993–94) All-New Dennis the Menace (1993–94) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993–94) Conan and the Young Warriors (1994) Beethoven (1994–95) Aladdin (1994–96) Skeleton Warriors (1994) Wild C.A.T.s (1994–95) Stickin' Around (1994) The Adventures of Hyperman (1995–96) Timon & Pumbaa (1995–97) Santo Bugito (1995–96) The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–97) The Mask (1995–97) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995–97) Project G.e.e.K.e.R. (1996–97) Franklin (1998–99; 2000-02) Anatole (1998–2000) Dumb Bunnies (1998–99) Flying Rhino Junior High (1998–2000) Birdz (1998–99) Mythic Warriors (1998–2000) New Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1999–2000) Blaster's Universe (1999–2000) Rescue Heroes (1999–2000)
First-run live-action series	Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) Riders in the Sky (1991) The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (1992) Beakman's World (1993–98) Really Wild Animals (1995–96) Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996–97) Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (1996–97) The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (1997–98) Wheel 2000 (1997–98) Fudge (1997) The Weird Al Show (1997–98) The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show (1997–98) In the News (1997–98)
Rebroadcasts	Inspector Gadget (1991–92) Cyber C.O.P.S. (1993) CBS Storybreak (1993–95, 1996–98) Rupert (1999)
Related topics	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) Modern animation in the United States

v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1990s
First-run animated series	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–91) Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1989–90) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1986–91) Beetlejuice (1989–92) The Wizard of Oz (1990–91) Little Rosey (1990–91) New Kids on the Block (1990–91) Darkwing Duck (1991–93) Hammerman (1991–92) The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–92) Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992–94) Goof Troop (1992–93) The Addams Family (1992–95) Cro (1993–95) Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–95) Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–95) Free Willy (1994–95) ReBoot (1994–96) Bump in the Night (1994–96) The New Adventures of Madeline (1995) Dumb and Dumber (1995–96) What-a-Mess (1995–96) Brand Spanking New Doug (1996–2001) Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (1996–97) The Oz Kids (1996) Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996–97) Jungle Cubs (1996–97) Nightmare Ned (1997) 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–98) Recess (1997–2004) Pepper Ann (1997–2000) Science Court (1997–2000) Hercules (1998–99) Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2001) Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2001)
First-run live-action series	Animal Crack-Ups (1987–90) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Land of the Lost (1991–92) CityKids (1993–94) Fudge (1995–96) Hypernauts (1996) Bone Chillers (1996–97) Flash Forward (1996–97)
Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1985–2000) DuckTales (1997)
Related programming and topics	Disney's One Saturday Morning Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) Modern animation in the United States