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The New Leave It to Beaver

TV·1984–1989·4 seasons, 100 episodes·TBS·Comedy·30m·Created by Brian Levant

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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.

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Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes1984AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Growing PainsNovember 8, 1984Beaver warns his young son to decline a job offer from Eddie Haskell's sneaky boy, Freddie.
  2. S01E02Supply and DemandWally's daughter Kelly tells a lie about owning a doll everyone wants.
  3. S01E03Thanksgiving DayBeaver's oldest son Kip decides to have Thanksgiving dinner with a friend instead of the family.
  4. S01E04The GladiatorsBeaver's son gets in trouble with a group of rough boys.
  5. S01E05Girl TalkWally's daughter Kelly can't stand the idea of being kissed in the school play.
  6. S01E06Pet PeevesBeaver's two boys learn about responsibility.
  7. S01E07Haskells vs. Cleavers
  8. S01E08Dear Pen Pal
  9. S01E09No Free Lunch
  10. S01E10Paper Tiger
  11. S01E11Our Big Girl
  12. S01E12The Piano Lesson
  13. S01E13Slumber Party
  14. S01E14Escape from the Salt Mines
  15. S01E15Steppin' Out
  16. S01E16Father's DayDuring a blackout, the Cleavers reminisce about Ward and his fatherly ways.
  17. S01E17Give and Take
  18. S01E18String of PearlsKelly ruins june's pearls
  19. S01E19Movin' On
  20. S01E20Carried Away
  21. S01E21Violet Rutherford Returns
  22. S01E22Sink or SwimKelly Cleaver takes up swimming lessons after much hesitation. Olly and her swimming coach tell her the reason she needs to be able to swim
  23. S01E23Punching In
  24. S01E24Wow
  25. S01E25A Boy and His Snake
  26. S01E26While The Beave's Away

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0227Episodes1986AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Puppy Love
  2. S02E02A Day in Mayfield
  3. S02E03In The Wings
  4. S02E04On The Wrong Track
  5. S02E05A Farewell to FreddieSeptember 29, 1986
  6. S02E06Birth AnnouncementMary Ellen goes into labor, and gives birth to her and Wally's son, Kevin.
  7. S02E07Heavy Metal
  8. S02E08Dumb Luck
  9. S02E09In The Dark
  10. S02E10Miss Honeywell Comes To TownWally's baby nurse is hired to care for infant Kevin, with disastrous results when she clashes with Mary Ellen.
  11. S02E11Bad PoetryKelly plagerizes a poem for a school assignment, and is blackmailed by a girl she doesn't like.
  12. S02E12The Brothers Cleaver
  13. S02E13A Slice of Life
  14. S02E14Earth Angels
  15. S02E15Perfect Candidate
  16. S02E16Murder in Mayfield
  17. S02E17I Had It All
  18. S02E18Yesterday's Gone
  19. S02E19How's Your Bird?
  20. S02E20Home For Christmas
  21. S02E21Got to Get You Out of My Life
  22. S02E22Does Not A Woman Make
  23. S02E23The Bestest DadWally takes the day off work to prove he's a good father, and Beaver chaperones Oliver's field trip to the museum.
  24. S02E24Material Girl
  25. S02E25The Bruise Brothers
  26. S02E26A Night in Mayfield
  27. S02E27Super SundayEddie 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

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0328Episodes1987–88AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01It's A Small WorldOctober 4, 1987The 1957 pilot for the original series that had different actors for Ward and Wally, different roles for actors who played Mr. Rutherford an
  2. S03E02First BaseOctober 19, 1987Kelly 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 T
  3. S03E03A Part of LifeOctober 26, 1987When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral.
  4. S03E04Life Without FatherNovember 2, 1987Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results.
  5. S03E05Perfect HarmonyNovember 9, 1987Kip'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
  6. S03E06Between FriendsNovember 16, 1987Beaver's son Oliver (John Snee) gets upset when his best friend Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi as Vonni) becomes the boyfriend of his cousin Kelly (
  7. S03E07The Terrible LizardsNovember 30, 1987Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone, while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.
  8. S03E08See You In CourtDecember 7, 1987While 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
  9. S03E09OopsDecember 21, 1987When Kelly accidentally deletes Mary Ellen's first story for her new job at the Mayfield newspaper, she makes it worse by submitting her own
  10. S03E10Drivers EdJanuary 18, 1988Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.
  11. S03E11Ensign CleaverFebruary 1, 1988June 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
  12. S03E12Plenty of Fish in the SeaFebruary 8, 1988When 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, l
  13. S03E13Don't Go ChangingFebruary 15, 1988When Mayfield outlaws people living and sleeping on public property, Freddie and June open their homes to homeless Hank, Freddie's billboard
  14. S03E14And Everybody's HappyFebruary 1, 1988June 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
  15. S03E15Wrap PartyFebruary 29, 1988Cast 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 Co
  16. S03E16Junior PromApril 18, 1988Kip callously dumps his date for the junior prom when his first choice accepts his offer at the last-minute, while Freddie struggles to rais
  17. S03E17Teenage RebellionApril 25, 1988Oliver 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
  18. S03E18Pacific OvertureMay 2, 1988June falls for a Japanese client of Beaver's and Lumpy's and winds up in a long, passionate kiss with him before learning something disturbi
  19. S03E19Madcap DreamsMay 9, 1988A depressed Eddie Haskell suddenly decides he should become a country-western singer at a local talent show that doesn't go well, while Wall
  20. S03E20Day Dreamin'May 16, 1988Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson plays a singing teacher in one of four elaborate musical numbers dramatizing Kip's infatuation with a "New Gi
  21. S03E21The End of the WorldMay 24, 1988The final appearance of Giovanni Ribisi (billed here as Vonnie) as Ollie's best friend and Kelly's boyfriend, Duffy finds Kelly becoming jea
  22. S03E22Episode 22
  23. S03E23Cursed Again
  24. S03E24The Great Debate
  25. S03E25A Casual Affair
  26. S03E26Hook, Line and Sinker
  27. S03E27Gosh, Wally
  28. S03E28Family Scrapbook II

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0419Episodes1989AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E08Chew SlowlyJanuary 1, 1989Kelly'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 sh
  2. S04E09First DownJanuary 8, 1989Oliver struggles with grueling football tryouts and living up to his father's expectations.
  3. S04E10Beyond the SandboxJanuary 15, 1989Wally 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
  4. S04E11Party LineJanuary 22, 1989While Mary Ellen debates whether to reconnect with an old high school friend, Oliver secretly makes a connection with an anonymous telephone
  5. S04E12On A RollJanuary 29, 1989When 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 d
  6. S04E13Road TripFebruary 5, 1989When Kip and Freddie decide to indulge in spring break activities in Florida instead of interviewing at a college, they meet two co-eds and
  7. S04E14Still The New Leave It To BeaverFebruary 12, 1989After 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.
  8. S04E15And Freddie Makes ThreeFebruary 19, 1989Freddie "Fred" Haskell falls in love and makes plans to marry an older woman with a young son, alienating his father until the woman dumps F
  9. S04E16What If?February 26, 1989Working on photos for the school yearbook sparks Kip to try to re-light the flame with former girlfriend Laurie but winds up getting him bur
  10. S04E17Darkness on the Edge of MayfieldMarch 19, 1989Kip'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 ne
  11. S04E18Rockets Red GlareMarch 26, 1989Eddie's youngest son Bomber gets kicked out of military school and moves back home, befriending Oliver and getting him in trouble exploding
  12. S04E19The Return of the Monster in the ClosetApril 8, 1989When Kevin becomes scared of a monster in his closet, keeping the family awake night after night, Wally confronts the invisible beast wearin
  13. S04E20What Has Four Legs and Flies?April 9, 1989Kelly 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
  14. S04E21A Day At The MallApril 30, 1989On 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
  15. S04E22ShortcutsMay 7, 1989Wally 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
  16. S04E23Man's Greatest AchievementsMay 14, 1989Oliver imagines he's a Batman-like superhero, rescues twin alien girls, outsmarts gangsters, becomes a werewolf, and talks to Mrs C. on Happ
  17. S04E24Brother vs. BrotherMay 21, 1989A new girl at school attracts the attention of Oliver, Bomber, and Freddie, while the Beaver and June struggle with Wally's family moving in
  18. S04E25Dads and Grads (1)May 28, 1989The boys prepare to graduate. Beaver's ex-wife arrives in town interrupting his new romance with a pretty teacher.
  19. S04E26Dads and Grads (2)June 4, 1989Larry Mondello returns. Beaver is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.

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