The Tom Show — Season 1

Aired 7 September 1997 • 30 min

Tom returns to his hometown with his two daughters.

Aired 14 September 1997 • 30 min

Kenlon is accused of shoplifting.

Aired 21 September 1997 • 30 min

After Tom's first shopping trip with Kenlon ends in a fight, he asks Madison to help her pick out school clothes. However, the new wardrobe doesn't pass muster.

Aired 28 September 1997 • 30 min

Tom's reentry into the dating arena is a rude awakening -- for both him and his date. Meanwhile, Madison and Tanya get starry-eyed over a smooth-talking sleep expert.

Aired 5 October 1997 • 30 min

Tom decides that it's his business to interfere with Madison's personal life when he learns she's dating the obnoxious producer of a rival morning show. Meanwhile, Alissa goes through an identity crisis.

Aired 15 October 1997 • 30 min

Everyone at the station is in an uproar after Charlie makes an on-air blunder, so Tom decides to bring in pop therapist Peter Stengle to clear the air with sensitivity training; Alissa and Kenlon try to learn about their neighbor's personal history.

Aired 26 October 1997 • 30 min

Tom baby-sits seven unruly children.

Aired 5 November 1997 • 30 min

After Charlie complains about the oddball guests that have appeared on the show, Tom books the visiting Crown Prince of Finland, unaware that he's a royal lush.

Aired 9 November 1997 • 30 min

An author offers Tom a job.

Aired 16 November 1997 • 30 min

Tom steps in to coach Alissa's basketball team after her coach is thrown out. But he fouls up on the home court when he takes Alissa out for the last 12 seconds of the game. Meanwhile, Tanya isn't pleased when Charlie hires a biographer.

Aired 16 November 1997 • 30 min

Tom is reluctant to attend his high-school reunion because he fears that everyone will expect him to live up to his reputation as the school's most notorious prankster.

Aired 14 December 1997 • 30 min

Tom isn't surprised when Maggie visits the girls after receiving some bad press. But he's shocked when she announces that she wants sole custody of them.

Aired 4 January 1998 • 30 min

Kenlon likes an older guy; Jonathan moves out.

Aired 11 January 1998 • 30 min

Tom ignites a book-burning crusade after he persuades the PTA to ban Maggie's new book, which contains embarrassing stories about the girls. Meanwhile, Jonathan plays nursemaid to a duck that he shot during his first hunting trip.

Aired 18 January 1998 • 30 min

Tom invites Tanya to be his guest at an all-male club. But the fact that she's a woman is the least of her problems. Meanwhile, Alissa's essay on the five people she admires most upsets Tom.

Aired 1 February 1998 • 30 min

Kenlon suffers brutal teasing by the boys at school after nude pictures of Maggie appear in a magazine. Meanwhile, Brownie makes changes at the Roadhouse after it's named one of the ""Ten Best Dives in St. Paul.""

Aired 8 February 1998 • 30 min

Tom finds himself in a jam after he tells Kenlon that he can get the band K-Ci and JoJo to perform at her school.

Aired 15 February 1998 • 30 min

Tom finds the perfect house he can't afford.

Aired 22 February 1998 • 30 min

Tom tries to improve father-son relations by taking his dad to a basketball game. All's well until Tom learns that the skybox tickets he bought are stolen.