The New Leave It to Beaver

The New Leave It to Beaver

The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It to Beaver began with the 1983 CBS TV movie Still the Beaver, and was picked up in 1984 as a Disney Channel series with the same name; however, it only lasted one season. It was then picked up by TBS in 1986 and renamed The New Leave It to Beaver. The series, also syndicated in the late 1980s, lasted until June 1989. It is one of the rare examples of a television series revival sequel that revolves around the characters from the original series. Other examples of this would be The New WKRP in Cincinnati, The Brady Brides, What's Happening Now!! and the 2012 version of Dallas. The New Leave It to Beaver is the second longest running of any series revival in television history.

Comedy

Seasons

1. Growing Pains

Air Date: 1984-11-08

Beaver warns his young son to decline a job offer from Eddie Haskell's sneaky boy, Freddie.

2. Supply and Demand

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Wally's daughter Kelly tells a lie about owning a doll everyone wants.

3. Thanksgiving Day

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Beaver's oldest son Kip decides to have Thanksgiving dinner with a friend instead of the family.

4. The Gladiators

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Beaver's son gets in trouble with a group of rough boys.

5. Girl Talk

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Wally's daughter Kelly can't stand the idea of being kissed in the school play.

6. Pet Peeves

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Beaver's two boys learn about responsibility.

7. Haskells vs. Cleavers

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8. Dear Pen Pal

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9. No Free Lunch

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10. Paper Tiger

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11. Our Big Girl

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12. The Piano Lesson

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13. Slumber Party

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14. Escape from the Salt Mines

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15. Steppin' Out

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16. Father's Day

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During a blackout, the Cleavers reminisce about Ward and his fatherly ways.

17. Give and Take

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18. String of Pearls

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Kelly ruins june's pearls

19. Movin' On

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20. Carried Away

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21. Violet Rutherford Returns

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22. Sink or Swim

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Kelly Cleaver takes up swimming lessons after much hesitation. Olly and her swimming coach tell her the reason she needs to be able to swim is because ""one day you'll fall out of a jet-plane into the ocean!""

23. Punching In

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24. Wow

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25. A Boy and His Snake

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26. While The Beave's Away

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1. Puppy Love

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2. A Day in Mayfield

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3. In The Wings

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4. On The Wrong Track

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5. A Farewell to Freddie

Air Date: 1986-09-29

6. Birth Announcement

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Mary Ellen goes into labor, and gives birth to her and Wally's son, Kevin.

7. Heavy Metal

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8. Dumb Luck

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9. In The Dark

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10. Miss Honeywell Comes To Town

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Wally's baby nurse is hired to care for infant Kevin, with disastrous results when she clashes with Mary Ellen.

11. Bad Poetry

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Kelly plagerizes a poem for a school assignment, and is blackmailed by a girl she doesn't like.

12. The Brothers Cleaver

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13. A Slice of Life

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14. Earth Angels

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15. Perfect Candidate

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16. Murder in Mayfield

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17. I Had It All

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18. Yesterday's Gone

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19. How's Your Bird?

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20. Home For Christmas

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21. Got to Get You Out of My Life

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22. Does Not A Woman Make

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23. The Bestest Dad

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Wally takes the day off work to prove he's a good father, and Beaver chaperones Oliver's field trip to the museum.

24. Material Girl

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25. The Bruise Brothers

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26. A Night in Mayfield

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27. Super Sunday

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Eddie gets four tickets to the Super Bowl and he takes Wally, Lumpy and the Beaver with him. However Wally must give up his ticket when the newly single Beaver tries to impress a woman.

1. It's A Small World

Air Date: 1987-10-04

The 1957 pilot for the original series that had different actors for Ward and Wally, different roles for actors who played Mr. Rutherford and Miss Canfield, and an Eddie Haskell-type character played by Harry Shearer.

2. First Base

Air Date: 1987-10-19

Kelly hosts her first boy-girl party where she and Oliver get their chance at a first kiss in a game of Spin the Bottle. Also the debut of Troy Davidson as the suddenly preschool-age Kevin, son of Wally and Mary Ellen.

3. A Part of Life

Air Date: 1987-10-26

When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral.

4. Life Without Father

Air Date: 1987-11-02

Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results.

5. Perfect Harmony

Air Date: 1987-11-09

Kip's aspiring-star girlfriend creates a rift in the band and his relationship with Freddie as they sing Fire in the Gym, and Jerry Mathers revives his 1960s record Happiness Is by singing with Kip and Freddie.

6. Between Friends

Air Date: 1987-11-16

Beaver's son Oliver (John Snee) gets upset when his best friend Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi as Vonni) becomes the boyfriend of his cousin Kelly (Kaleena Kiff).

7. The Terrible Lizards

Air Date: 1987-11-30

Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone, while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.

8. See You In Court

Air Date: 1987-12-07

While Wally is trying to defend Eddie in court he winds up going after him when Eddie's shenanigans cause Wally and Mary Ellen to miss their gift vacation from Beaver and Lumpy to Key West.

9. Oops

Air Date: 1987-12-21

When Kelly accidentally deletes Mary Ellen's first story for her new job at the Mayfield newspaper, she makes it worse by submitting her own story that gets her mother fired.

10. Drivers Ed

Air Date: 1988-01-18

Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.

11. Ensign Cleaver

Air Date: 1988-02-01

June reminisces (black-and-white re-creations) about the night she met Ward at a USO dance, his awkward first steps, his charm that won her over, and Aunt Martha trying to prevent her from seeing him again.

12. Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Air Date: 1988-02-08

When Kip connects Oliver with his date's younger sister, all goes so well that Oliver falls head-over-heels in love and smothers the girl, leading to her dumping him just before a dance.

13. Don't Go Changing

Air Date: 1988-02-15

When Mayfield outlaws people living and sleeping on public property, Freddie and June open their homes to homeless Hank, Freddie's billboard contest friend.

14. And Everybody's Happy

Air Date: 1988-02-01

June reminisces (black-and-white re-creations) about the night she met Ward at a USO dance, his awkward first steps, his charm that won her over, and Aunt Martha trying to prevent her from seeing him again.

15. Wrap Party

Air Date: 1988-02-29

Cast and crew celebrate halfway point of season with a party, songs, and comments, as well as a tribute by Tony Dow to series creator Joe Connelly at his home with his extended family.

16. Junior Prom

Air Date: 1988-04-18

Kip callously dumps his date for the junior prom when his first choice accepts his offer at the last-minute, while Freddie struggles to raise enough cash to pay for a hot date, leaving both of them together alone on prom night.

17. Teenage Rebellion

Air Date: 1988-04-25

Oliver makes his family's life miserable when he isn't allowed to get a slingshot and talks Kelly into defying her parents' orders to clean her room, leading to a lengthy and disruptive stand-off.

18. Pacific Overture

Air Date: 1988-05-02

June falls for a Japanese client of Beaver's and Lumpy's and winds up in a long, passionate kiss with him before learning something disturbing about him, all while Wally is suffering from back pains.

19. Madcap Dreams

Air Date: 1988-05-09

A depressed Eddie Haskell suddenly decides he should become a country-western singer at a local talent show that doesn't go well, while Wally tries to help his young son Kevin ride his bicycle without training wheels.

20. Day Dreamin'

Air Date: 1988-05-16

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson plays a singing teacher in one of four elaborate musical numbers dramatizing Kip's infatuation with a "New Girl in School," and another in which each member of the cast sings solo.

21. The End of the World

Air Date: 1988-05-24

The final appearance of Giovanni Ribisi (billed here as Vonnie) as Ollie's best friend and Kelly's boyfriend, Duffy finds Kelly becoming jealous of a flirting girl which leads to their break up.

22. Episode 22

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24. The Great Debate

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25. A Casual Affair

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26. Hook, Line and Sinker

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27. Gosh, Wally

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28. Family Scrapbook II

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8. Chew Slowly

Air Date: 1989-01-01

Kelly's bad decision to sneak out with a lecherous older boy turns into a scary encounter until Freddie comes to the rescue in first show shot in Florida with new opening titles photos and livelier theme song.

9. First Down

Air Date: 1989-01-08

Oliver struggles with grueling football tryouts and living up to his father's expectations.

10. Beyond the Sandbox

Air Date: 1989-01-15

Wally and Mary Ellen go to great lengths to get Kevin qualified for a private school but finally decide against it as they are about to pay a bribe.

11. Party Line

Air Date: 1989-01-22

While Mary Ellen debates whether to reconnect with an old high school friend, Oliver secretly makes a connection with an anonymous telephone Party Line girl and debates whether to meet her at the soda shoppe.

12. On A Roll

Air Date: 1989-01-29

When Eddie believes he is on a winning streak, he goes missing while on a gambling spree and comes home with a racing dog he believes will deliver a big payoff at the track.

13. Road Trip

Air Date: 1989-02-05

When Kip and Freddie decide to indulge in spring break activities in Florida instead of interviewing at a college, they meet two co-eds and get busted when they are seen on TV.

14. Still The New Leave It To Beaver

Air Date: 1989-02-12

After staying out late and lying to his dad, Kip dreams ahead to the year 2014 and learns what it's really like to be a father.

15. And Freddie Makes Three

Air Date: 1989-02-19

Freddie "Fred" Haskell falls in love and makes plans to marry an older woman with a young son, alienating his father until the woman dumps Freddie and father and son reunite to watch The Flintstones.

16. What If?

Air Date: 1989-02-26

Working on photos for the school yearbook sparks Kip to try to re-light the flame with former girlfriend Laurie but winds up getting him burned, while Oliver and Kelly try to rap to a Nancy Sinatra song.

17. Darkness on the Edge of Mayfield

Air Date: 1989-03-19

Kip's and Freddie's music video of Fire in the Gym gets sabotaged when Lumpy insists they cast the daughter of a client, so they create a new song and video called Garage Band.

18. Rockets Red Glare

Air Date: 1989-03-26

Eddie's youngest son Bomber gets kicked out of military school and moves back home, befriending Oliver and getting him in trouble exploding fireworks.

19. The Return of the Monster in the Closet

Air Date: 1989-04-08

When Kevin becomes scared of a monster in his closet, keeping the family awake night after night, Wally confronts the invisible beast wearing a helmet.

20. What Has Four Legs and Flies?

Air Date: 1989-04-09

Kelly takes a job grooming horses in order to prove she deserves to have her own, and to take down her arrogant classmate played by Oliver's Party Line mystery girl actress.

21. A Day At The Mall

Air Date: 1989-04-30

On the same day Kelly and Oliver head to the mall while ditching school, Mary Ellen is there to help June find a dress for her big date, and they find Wally and Beaver in the lingerie store.

22. Shortcuts

Air Date: 1989-05-07

Wally decides to accompany Eddie in his truck drive to make sure he picks up Wally's long overdue air conditioner, but he can't prevent the many troubles Eddie causes.

23. Man's Greatest Achievements

Air Date: 1989-05-14

Oliver imagines he's a Batman-like superhero, rescues twin alien girls, outsmarts gangsters, becomes a werewolf, and talks to Mrs C. on Happy Days while writing an essay for school.

24. Brother vs. Brother

Air Date: 1989-05-21

A new girl at school attracts the attention of Oliver, Bomber, and Freddie, while the Beaver and June struggle with Wally's family moving in as Eddie fumigates their home.

25. Dads and Grads (1)

Air Date: 1989-05-28

The boys prepare to graduate. Beaver's ex-wife arrives in town interrupting his new romance with a pretty teacher.

26. Dads and Grads (2)

Air Date: 1989-06-04

Larry Mondello returns. Beaver is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.

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Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

1984-11-08

Episodes

100 (4 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Universal Television

Universal Television

Telvan Productions