The Best Episodes of The Hogan Family
Every episode of The Hogan Family ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Hogan Family!
The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Hogan Family" is "Boy Meets Girl (1)", rated 9.4/10 from 15 user votes. It was directed by Kent Bateman and written by N/A. "Boy Meets Girl (1)" aired on 2/20/1989 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Caught on a Hot Tin Roof".
9.4/10 15 votes#1 - Boy Meets Girl (1)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1989
David and a pretty student get off on the wrong foot, and they continue to bicker when they're fixed up on a blind date that could wind up opening their eyes to romance after all.
Director: Kent Bateman
Writer: N/A
9.3/10 22 votes#2 - Caught on a Hot Tin Roof
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/1986
Mark and Willie are intrigued by a slumber party that Annie's daughter is having next door. Tempted, they both decide to sneak a peak, however, Willie gets a peak at something he never expected when he sees, Annie's daughter naked.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 9.3/10 21 votes
#3 - Whose Team is It Anyway?
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1987
Valerie, the new coach of the twins' soccer team, benches Willie for laziness in practice while David, who wants a new car stereo, is put to work doing chores.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 9.3/10 11 votes
#4 - It Happened One Night . . . Or Did It?
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1990
Mark and Cara have a study session which turns into an all-nighter when she stays over. However, the family becomes suspicious that something other than studying took place when Sandy discovers Cara sneaking out of Mark's room in the morning.
Director: Jason Bateman
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 9.2/10 23 votes
#5 - Leave It to Willie
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/1986
Couch potato, Willie learns that life is no sitcom after he takes the family car for a spin, hits a parked car and allows David to take the blame, creating a crisis that just might not end happily in 30 minutes.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
9.2/10 26 votes#6 - The Best of Friends, Worst of Times
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1990
Mark's volunteer job at the hospital sets the scene for a documentary that David and Burt are filming. However, during shooting, David runs into his old pal, Rich and discovers his old friend is now battling AIDS. Meanwhile, Willie decides to take a home economics course in order to meet girls.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/10 23 votes
#7 - Of Human Blondage
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1986
Valerie's friend Annie encourages her to try out a trendy hairdresser, however, she soon gets more than she bargained for when her hair gets dyed blond. Meanwhile, after tripping over Willie's skateboard, David blackmails him into being his servant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.1/10 12 votes#8 - Prom, Lies and Videotape
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1990
The upcoming prom has both Sandy and Willie with problems. Sandy is left without a caterer or a deejay after David botches a deal that Sandy had made. Meanwhile, Mark is going with Cara and Willie wants to go to the prom with Brenda, but an argument leads to Willie being dateless.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/10 25 votes
#9 - Bad Timing
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1987
Old friends of the family visit for the weekend and one of them is a childhood sweetheart of David's who is now a grown woman who makes it obvious to him that she is still interested in him and suggests that perhaps they should take their friendship to a new level, a sexual one.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/10 11 votes
#10 - The Franklin Family
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1990
Michael's old war buddy, Skip comes to Chicago for yet another visit and a reunion where he will meet up with an old flying rival. However, Skip doesn't want to look like a failure, so David volunteers Sandy to pose as Skip's wife and himself to pose as Skip's son.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/10 17 votes
#11 - California Dreamin' (1)
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1990
Sandy and Michael's father has just gotten a divorce and the family decides to go out to California to visit him. Grandpa Lloyd has taken to living on a boat and has plans to sail to Tahiti, something which Sandy is adamantly against. Meanwhile, David becomes a crew member of a film being shot on the beach.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/10 12 votes
#12 - A Family Affair
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/1991
Michael has a new girlfriend and he's been sneaking around to see her. The family is in for a shock when they meet her, a college co-ed and classmate of David and Burt. Meanwhile, Mark and Willie dog-sit a pedigree dog and set out a plan to make some quick cash.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Ann Marcus
- 8.9/10 21 votes
#13 - Dr. No
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/1986
Basketball hero David dreads his upcoming knee surgery, while Mark wishes that the girl who has a crush on him would cut it out.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/10 23 votes
#14 - The Roots of All Evil
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1986
Relations are strained between new used car owner David and investors Mark and Willie, who expect to be chauffeured in return. Meanwhile, Annie's elm tree is clogging the Hogans' pipes and threatening her relationship with Valerie.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 8.9/10 19 votes
#15 - Shape Up and Move Out
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1987
Willie's wanton destruction of his brothers' personal belongings leads David and Mark to give him the silent treatment. Meanwhile, Valerie's dieting failures lead to an exercise in self loathing.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/10 25 votes
#16 - Burned Out
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1987
While moving in some of Sandy's belongings, the boys dig up old stuff in the attic, one of which is an old lamp David made as a gift for Michael. However, unaware to anyone, the lamp sparks a fire causing the house to go up in smoke and the Hogans to temporarily move in with the Pooles next door.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/10 24 votes
#17 - You've Got to Believe
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1987
David reexamines his belief in God after his history teacher has a heart attack and David saves him with CPR.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/10 19 votes#18 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1988
After David fools the twins with a bald-faced lie, they turn the tables on the ""master of practical jokes"" by convincing him that his hair is falling out. Meanwhile, Michael chokes under the pressure of retaking his driver's test.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/10 17 votes
#19 - Save Baby Mark
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1988
David lights a fire under his brothers to get them to help sweep out the chimney, but Mark does a slow burn when he gets wedged inside the fireplace.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
8.9/10 12 votes#20 - Boy Loses Girl (2)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1989
Love-struck David's girlfriend, Sara, receives a great job offer in Australia, so David decides to take the plunge and propose marriage, but Sandy and Michael think he's all wet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/10 12 votes
#21 - Heartburn
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1990
David becomes obsessed with a girl and lays out a plan to get her. However, once he has her, he becomes haunted by the memories of a lost love and fears he may get hurt again. Meanwhile, the Hogans get cable which quickly turns Michael and Sandy into couch potatoes.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10 25 votes
#22 - One of a Kind
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/1986
No one is looking forward to the arrival of Valerie's caustic Aunt Josephine, but once she's there, no one is prepared for her unexpected departure.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10 21 votes
#23 - Small Packages
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1986
On her birthday, Valerie gets just what she needs when the boys give her a new garbage disposal, and just what she doesn't need when a client who has a crush on her gives her an expensive necklace.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10 20 votes
#24 - The Return of Uncle Skip
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1987
Valerie is less than thrilled with another visit from Michael's war buddy Skip Franklin who brings a surprise, his new bride, who may soon become his new ex-wife.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10 20 votes
#25 - A Room With No View
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1987
David risks losing his best friend when he locks him in a closet to keep him from driving while drunk. Meanwhile, Sandy, Michael, Mark and Willie pay a visit to a resort that Sandy had invested in.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A