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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
Season01
- S01E01Growing PainsNovember 8, 1984—Beaver warns his young son to decline a job offer from Eddie Haskell's sneaky boy, Freddie.
- S01E02Supply and Demand—Wally's daughter Kelly tells a lie about owning a doll everyone wants.
- S01E03Thanksgiving Day—Beaver's oldest son Kip decides to have Thanksgiving dinner with a friend instead of the family.
- S01E04The Gladiators—Beaver's son gets in trouble with a group of rough boys.
- S01E05Girl Talk—Wally's daughter Kelly can't stand the idea of being kissed in the school play.
- S01E06Pet Peeves—Beaver's two boys learn about responsibility.
- S01E07Haskells vs. Cleavers—
- S01E08Dear Pen Pal—
- S01E09No Free Lunch—
- S01E10Paper Tiger—
- S01E11Our Big Girl—
- S01E12The Piano Lesson—
- S01E13Slumber Party—
- S01E14Escape from the Salt Mines—
- S01E15Steppin' Out—
- S01E16Father's Day—During a blackout, the Cleavers reminisce about Ward and his fatherly ways.
- S01E17Give and Take—
- S01E18String of Pearls—Kelly ruins june's pearls
- S01E19Movin' On—
- S01E20Carried Away—
- S01E21Violet Rutherford Returns—
- S01E22Sink or Swim—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
- S01E23Punching In—
- S01E24Wow—
- S01E25A Boy and His Snake—
- S01E26While The Beave's Away—
Season02
- S02E01Puppy Love—
- S02E02A Day in Mayfield—
- S02E03In The Wings—
- S02E04On The Wrong Track—
- S02E05A Farewell to FreddieSeptember 29, 1986—
- S02E06Birth Announcement—Mary Ellen goes into labor, and gives birth to her and Wally's son, Kevin.
- S02E07Heavy Metal—
- S02E08Dumb Luck—
- S02E09In The Dark—
- S02E10Miss Honeywell Comes To Town—Wally's baby nurse is hired to care for infant Kevin, with disastrous results when she clashes with Mary Ellen.
- S02E11Bad Poetry—Kelly plagerizes a poem for a school assignment, and is blackmailed by a girl she doesn't like.
- S02E12The Brothers Cleaver—
- S02E13A Slice of Life—
- S02E14Earth Angels—
- S02E15Perfect Candidate—
- S02E16Murder in Mayfield—
- S02E17I Had It All—
- S02E18Yesterday's Gone—
- S02E19How's Your Bird?—
- S02E20Home For Christmas—
- S02E21Got to Get You Out of My Life—
- S02E22Does Not A Woman Make—
- S02E23The Bestest Dad—Wally takes the day off work to prove he's a good father, and Beaver chaperones Oliver's field trip to the museum.
- S02E24Material Girl—
- S02E25The Bruise Brothers—
- S02E26A Night in Mayfield—
- S02E27Super Sunday—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
Season03
- S03E01It's A Small WorldOctober 4, 1987—The 1957 pilot for the original series that had different actors for Ward and Wally, different roles for actors who played Mr. Rutherford an
- S03E02First BaseOctober 19, 1987—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 T
- S03E03A Part of LifeOctober 26, 1987—When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral.
- S03E04Life Without FatherNovember 2, 1987—Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results.
- S03E05Perfect HarmonyNovember 9, 1987—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
- S03E06Between FriendsNovember 16, 1987—Beaver's son Oliver (John Snee) gets upset when his best friend Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi as Vonni) becomes the boyfriend of his cousin Kelly (
- S03E07The Terrible LizardsNovember 30, 1987—Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone, while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.
- S03E08See You In CourtDecember 7, 1987—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
- S03E09OopsDecember 21, 1987—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
- S03E10Drivers EdJanuary 18, 1988—Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.
- S03E11Ensign CleaverFebruary 1, 1988—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
- S03E12Plenty of Fish in the SeaFebruary 8, 1988—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, l
- S03E13Don't Go ChangingFebruary 15, 1988—When Mayfield outlaws people living and sleeping on public property, Freddie and June open their homes to homeless Hank, Freddie's billboard
- S03E14And Everybody's HappyFebruary 1, 1988—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
- S03E15Wrap PartyFebruary 29, 1988—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 Co
- S03E16Junior PromApril 18, 1988—Kip callously dumps his date for the junior prom when his first choice accepts his offer at the last-minute, while Freddie struggles to rais
- S03E17Teenage RebellionApril 25, 1988—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
- S03E18Pacific OvertureMay 2, 1988—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 disturbi
- S03E19Madcap DreamsMay 9, 1988—A depressed Eddie Haskell suddenly decides he should become a country-western singer at a local talent show that doesn't go well, while Wall
- S03E20Day Dreamin'May 16, 1988—Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson plays a singing teacher in one of four elaborate musical numbers dramatizing Kip's infatuation with a "New Gi
- S03E21The End of the WorldMay 24, 1988—The final appearance of Giovanni Ribisi (billed here as Vonnie) as Ollie's best friend and Kelly's boyfriend, Duffy finds Kelly becoming jea
- S03E22Episode 22—
- S03E23Cursed Again—
- S03E24The Great Debate—
- S03E25A Casual Affair—
- S03E26Hook, Line and Sinker—
- S03E27Gosh, Wally—
- S03E28Family Scrapbook II—
Season04
- S04E08Chew SlowlyJanuary 1, 1989—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 sh
- S04E09First DownJanuary 8, 1989—Oliver struggles with grueling football tryouts and living up to his father's expectations.
- S04E10Beyond the SandboxJanuary 15, 1989—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
- S04E11Party LineJanuary 22, 1989—While Mary Ellen debates whether to reconnect with an old high school friend, Oliver secretly makes a connection with an anonymous telephone
- S04E12On A RollJanuary 29, 1989—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 d
- S04E13Road TripFebruary 5, 1989—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
- S04E14Still The New Leave It To BeaverFebruary 12, 1989—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.
- S04E15And Freddie Makes ThreeFebruary 19, 1989—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 F
- S04E16What If?February 26, 1989—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 bur
- S04E17Darkness on the Edge of MayfieldMarch 19, 1989—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 ne
- S04E18Rockets Red GlareMarch 26, 1989—Eddie's youngest son Bomber gets kicked out of military school and moves back home, befriending Oliver and getting him in trouble exploding
- S04E19The Return of the Monster in the ClosetApril 8, 1989—When Kevin becomes scared of a monster in his closet, keeping the family awake night after night, Wally confronts the invisible beast wearin
- S04E20What Has Four Legs and Flies?April 9, 1989—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
- S04E21A Day At The MallApril 30, 1989—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
- S04E22ShortcutsMay 7, 1989—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
- S04E23Man's Greatest AchievementsMay 14, 1989—Oliver imagines he's a Batman-like superhero, rescues twin alien girls, outsmarts gangsters, becomes a werewolf, and talks to Mrs C. on Happ
- S04E24Brother vs. BrotherMay 21, 1989—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
- S04E25Dads and Grads (1)May 28, 1989—The boys prepare to graduate. Beaver's ex-wife arrives in town interrupting his new romance with a pretty teacher.
- S04E26Dads and Grads (2)June 4, 1989—Larry Mondello returns. Beaver is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife.
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