The O'Keefes

*The O'Keefes*
The O'Keefes
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Mark O'Keefe
Starring	Judge Reinhold; Kirsten Nelson; Tania Raymonde; Joseph Cross; Matt Weinberg
Composers	Jonathan Wolff; Jack Diamond
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (3 unaired)
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Hamcat Productions; Turner Television
Original release
Network	The WB
Release	May 22 –; June 12, 2003

The O'Keefes is an American television sitcom created by Mark O'Keefe, that aired on The WB from May 22 to June 12, 2003.

Premise

The series was about the O'Keefe family: Harry and Ellie, together with their children, Lauren, Danny and Mark. The plot centered on the fact that the O'Keefe parents had homeschooled their children for most of their lives and with the dramatic and comic interest arising in situations where the children were beginning to experience the outside world.

There was a lot of controversy about this show among parents who homeschool their children, as they felt it portrayed homeschooling in a negative light.^[1]

Cast

Judge Reinhold^[2] as Harrison Fitzpatrick "Harry" O'Keefe
Kirsten Nelson as Ellie O'Keefe
Tania Raymonde as Lauren O'Keefe
Joseph Cross as Danny O'Keefe
Matt Weinberg as Mark O'Keefe

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Andy Ackerman	Mark O'Keefe	May 22, 2003 (2003-05-22)
2	"Election"	Bryan Gordon	Jennifer Konner & Alexandra Rushfield	May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)
3	"Substitute Teacher"	Joanna Kerns	Craig DiGregorio	June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05)
4	"Football"	Gil Junger	Craig DiGregorio	June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)
5	"Jobs"	Gerry Cohen	Paul Ruehl	June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)
6	"Festival of Birth"	Gil Junger	Mark O'Keefe	Unaired
7	"Lauren's Date"	Gil Junger	Tom Saunders & Kell Cahoon	Unaired
8	"Party"	Gerry Cohen	Kevin Murphy	Unaired

References

^ "Hollywood Poised to Reinforce Homeschool Stereotypes". hslda.org. April 23, 2003. Archived from the original on September 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^ McFarland, Melanie (May 23, 2003). "O'Keefes: Family sitcom populated by geniuses". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 29 May 2022.