Ferris Bueller: Season 1

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: August 23, 1990

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Cristine Rose, Charlie Schlatter

Summary: This series was based on the hit 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. However, the series wasn't treated as a continuation of the film. In fact, the movie was referenced in the first episode when Ferris implied that he wasn't too thrilled with the choice of Broderick to portray him.
Ferris Bueller hit theThis series was based on the hit 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. However, the series wasn't treated as a continuation of the film. In fact, the movie was referenced in the first episode when Ferris implied that he wasn't too thrilled with the choice of Broderick to portray him.
Ferris Bueller hit the airwaves on NBC at the same time FOX's Parker Lewis Can't Lose did. The two series had incredible similarities, and episode titles like 'Ferris Bueller Can't Win' referenced this rivalry. But in the end, Ferris Bueller lost the battle and was cancelled after one season.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. A Night in the Life
Air Date: August 11, 1991
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S1:E12. Grace Under Pressure
Air Date: December 16, 1990
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S1:E11. Baby You Can't Drive My Car
Air Date: December 3, 1990

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Howard Rosenberg

May 5, 2014

Breezy, smart-alecky fun. Read full review

Robert P. Laurence

May 5, 2014

Ferris Bueller, at least, confronts its source up close and personal in the opening scene and gets it out of the way. [22 Aug 1990, p.D-9]

Ken Tucker

Jun 7, 2013

I can't imagine an insufferable little twerp like this hanging around NBC's lineup for too long. Read full review

Marvin Kitman

Jul 12, 2013

Lacks the sharper edge of Hughes' movie. [23 Aug 1990]

Hal Boedeker

May 5, 2014

Schlatter is smug and superficial, nothing more. He has no chemistry with his love interest, the pretty but vacant Sloan (Ami Dolenz). The other actors are reduced to slogging through caricatures. It's going to get pretty boring, week after week. [23 Aug 1990, p.1]

Matt Roush

May 5, 2014

He's also just not very funny. Smug monologues to the camera about how life is like volleyball or driving won't have you rolling, and his misadventures - of the high-tech, computer-hacking variety - are awfully predictable. [23 Aug 1990, p.3D]

Greg Dawson

May 5, 2014

It's hard to say why Charlie Schlatter is so annoying as TV's version of the high school prankster played by Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off...But whatever it is - maybe consummate smugness - makes for a thoroughly irritating television experience. [23 Aug 1990, p.E1]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 23, 1990
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  S1:E13. A Night in the Life
  Air Date: August 11, 1991
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  S1:E12. Grace Under Pressure
  Air Date: December 16, 1990
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  S1:E11. Baby You Can't Drive My Car
  Air Date: December 3, 1990
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  S1:E10. Stand-In Deliver
  Air Date: November 26, 1990
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  S1:E9. Scenes From a Grandma
  Air Date: November 12, 1990
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  S1:E8. Sloan Again, Naturally
  Air Date: November 5, 1990
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  S1:E7. Ferris Bueller Can't Win
  Air Date: October 22, 1990
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  S1:E6. A Dog and His Boy
  Air Date: October 15, 1990
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  S1:E5. Between a Rock and Rooney's Place
  Air Date: October 8, 1990
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  S1:E4. Without You I'm Nothing
  Air Date: October 1, 1990
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  S1:E3. Custodian of the People
  Air Date: September 24, 1990
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  S1:E2. Behind Every Dirtbag
  Air Date: September 17, 1990
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: August 23, 1990