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Holding the Baby
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	Holding the Baby; by Dominic Minghella; Mark Wadlow;
Developed by	Howard J. Morris
Starring	Jon Patrick Walker; Jennifer Westfeldt; Eddie McClintock
Composers	Paul Buckley; Jonathan Wolff
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (6 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Howard J. Morris Productions; Granada Entertainment; 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	August 23 –; December 15, 1998

Holding the Baby is an American sitcom television series that aired on Fox from August 23 until December 15, 1998. The series is an American version of the British show of the same name.

Premise

An ad exec hires a female grad student as a nanny for his newborn son when his wife moves to Tibet with another man.^[1]

Cast

Main

Jon Patrick Walker as Gordon Stiles
Jennifer Westfeldt as Kelly O'Malley
Eddie McClintock as Jimmy Stiles
Ron Leibman as Stan Peterson
Sherri Shepherd as Miss Boggs
Carter Kemp / Jordan Kemp as Dan

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	James Widdoes	Howard J. Morris	August 23, 1998 (1998-08-23)
Gordon begs Kelly to babysit Danny.
2	"Father Knows Breast"	Jeff Melman	Jack Kenny and Brian Hargrove	August 30, 1998 (1998-08-30)
Gordon fears he has an underdeveloped maternal instinct when joins a class for new moms.
3	"Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner"	Richard Correll	Ellen Idelson and Rob Lotterstein	September 6, 1998 (1998-09-06)
The parents of Gordon's wife comes for a visit. They have no idea that their daughter is in Tibet with another man.
4	"Homeward Boundaries"	Richard Correll	Ari Posner and Eric Preven	September 20, 1998 (1998-09-20)
Gordon gives Kelly the night off.
5	"Looking For Mr. Hoppity"	Jeff Melman	Jack Kenny and Brian Hargrove	December 1, 1998 (1998-12-01)
Stan's new wife uses Dan's stuffed bunny in a menagerie of stuffed animals.
6	"The Gay Divorcee"	Jeff Melman	Howard J. Morris and Rosalind Moore	December 8, 1998 (1998-12-08)
Kelly makes Gordon's Date think that he is gay.
7	"One Date at a Time"	Richard Correll	Eric Idelson and Rob Lotterstein	December 15, 1998 (1998-12-15)
Gordon and Kelly end up ruining each other's dates.
8	"Viva Las Gordy"	Michael Zinberg	Ellen Idelson and Rob Lotterstein	Unaired
Gordon plans a charity event.
9	"My Brother, My Wife"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
Jimmy offers to babysit Dan while Gordon is at work. Heather Locklear has a cameo.
10	"No Man Is A Fantasy Island"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
Jimmy gets the leading role in a movie. Gordon's fantasy about Kelly ends up on her answering machine.
11	"Make Room For Da Da"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
12	"Barefoot In The Nanny Park"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
13	"Gordy's Choice"	TBD	TBD	Unaired

References

^ TV Guide. "Holding the Baby Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-12.

External links

[1] TV Guide. "Holding the Baby Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-12.

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