''Full House'' is an
American television
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sitcom
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created by
Jeff Franklin
Jeffrey Steven Franklin (born January 21, 1955) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for being the creator of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Full House'' and its Netflix sequel ''Fuller House (TV ...
for
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
. The show is about widowed father
Danny Tanner
The American television sitcom ''Full House'' ran for eight seasons on ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series '' Fuller House'' followed 21 years later, airing on Netflix, beginning February 26, 2016; the two parts of ...
who enlists his brother-in-law
Jesse Katsopolis
The American television sitcom ''Full House'' ran for eight seasons on ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series '' Fuller House'' followed 21 years later, airing on Netflix, beginning February 26, 2016; the two parts of ...
and childhood best friend
Joey Gladstone
The American television sitcom ''Full House'' ran for eight seasons on ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series '' Fuller House'' followed 21 years later, airing on Netflix, beginning February 26, 2016; the two parts of ...
to help raise his three daughters, eldest
D.J., middle child
Stephanie
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and youngest
Michelle in his San Francisco home. It aired from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995, broadcasting eight seasons and 192 episodes.
While never a critical favorite, the series was consistently in the
Nielsen Top 30 (from season two onward) and continues to gain even more popularity in
syndicated reruns, and is also aired internationally. One of the producers,
Dennis Rinsler, called the show "''
The Brady Bunch
''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family with six children. The show aired for five seasons and, afte ...
'' of the 1990s".
For actor
Dave Coulier, the show represented a "G-rated dysfunctional family".
A sequel series, ''
Fuller House'', premiered on
Netflix
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on February 26, 2016 and ran for five seasons, concluding on June 2, 2020.
Premise
After the death of his wife Pam, sports anchor Danny Tanner recruits his brother-in-law (Pam's younger brother) Jesse, a rock musician, and his best friend since childhood, Joey, who works as a stand-up comedian, to help raise his three young daughters—DJ, Stephanie and Michelle. Over time, the three men, as well as the girls, bond and become closer to one another.
In season two, Danny is reassigned from his duties as a sports anchor by his television station to become co-host of a new local breakfast TV show, ''Wake Up, San Francisco'', and is teamed up with
Nebraska
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native
Rebecca Donaldson
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. Jesse and Rebecca ("Becky") eventually fall in love and get married in season four. In season five, Becky gives birth to twin sons, Nicholas ("Nicky") and Alexander ("Alex").
Main cast
*
John Stamos as
Jesse Katsopolis
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*
Bob Saget
Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Saget played Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' (1987-1995), and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel '' Fulle ...
as
Danny Tanner
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*
Dave Coulier as
Joey Gladstone
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*
Candace Cameron
Candace Cameron Bure (; born Candace Helaine Cameron; April 6, 1976) is an American actress, producer, author and television personality. She is known for portraying D.J. Tanner on ''Full House'' and its sequel series '' Fuller House'', and a nu ...
as
D.J. Tanner
*
Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Lee Ann Sweetin (born January 19, 1982) is an American actress and television personality. She is best known for her role as Stephanie Tanner in the ABC comedy series '' Full House'' and its Netflix sequel series '' Fuller House''.
Ear ...
as
Stephanie Tanner
*
Mary-Kate and
Ashley Olsen
Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in the television sitco ...
as
Michelle Tanner
Michelle Elizabeth Tanner is a fictional character on the long-running ABC sitcom ''Full House'', who was portrayed by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She first appeared in the show's 1987 pilot, "Our Very First Show", and continued to appear up t ...
(seasons 2–8; recurring season 1)
*
Lori Loughlin as
Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis
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(seasons 3–8; recurring season 2)
*
Andrea Barber
Andrea Laura Barber (born July 3, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for playing Kimmy Gibbler in the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' and the Netflix sequel series '' Fuller House''.
Early life
Barber is the youngest of three children. She ...
as
Kimmy Gibbler
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(seasons 5–8; recurring seasons 1–4)
*
Scott Weinger
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as
Steve Hale (seasons 6–7; guest seasons 5 & 8)
* Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit as
Nicky and Alex Katsopolis (seasons 6–8; recurring season 5)
Production
Casting
The producers' first choice to play the character of Danny Tanner was
Bob Saget
Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Saget played Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' (1987-1995), and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel '' Fulle ...
. Saget was not available to appear in the
pilot
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due to his commitment as an on-air contributor to
CBS
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's ''
The Morning Program''. The producers instead cast actor
John Posey to play Danny. Posey only appeared in the show's unaired pilot; which is included on the DVD release of Season 1.
John Stamos's character was originally named Jesse Cochran; Stamos reportedly wanted his character to better reflect his Greek heritage, so producers decided to change the character's surname to Katsopolis (beginning with season two).
To comply with
child labor laws
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, twins
Mary-Kate Olsen
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and
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People and fictional characters
* Ashley (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name ...
were cast to alternate in the role of Michelle during tapings. The girls were jointly credited as "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen" in seasons two through seven because the producers did not want audiences to know that the Michelle character was played by twins. The sisters occasionally appeared together in
fantasy sequences. ''Full House'' was one of the few shows on TV where a baby character grew up in front of the cameras, with viewers witnessing all the development stages of the twin actresses.
Saget recalled he would often get complaints from the child actors' moms because he wouldn't watch his language while on stage.
Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Lee Ann Sweetin (born January 19, 1982) is an American actress and television personality. She is best known for her role as Stephanie Tanner in the ABC comedy series '' Full House'' and its Netflix sequel series '' Fuller House''.
Ear ...
was spotted in a guest spot on the show ''
Valerie
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People
*Saint Valerie (disambiguation), a number of saints went by the name Valerie
*Valerie (given name), a feminine given name
Songs
*"Valerie", a 1981 song by Quarterflash, from ''Quarterflash''
*"Valerie", a 1982 son ...
''.
Lori Loughlin was hired in 1988 for a six-episode romance plot with "Uncle Jesse" but ended up staying until the end of the show.
All seven of the original cast members remained with the show through its entire eight-year run, with five characters added to the main cast along the way. D.J.'s best friend Kimmy was a recurring character in seasons one through four, who was upgraded to a regular in season five. Rebecca originally appeared for six episodes in season two; producers decided to expand her role and made her a regular the following season. After marrying Jesse, they have twins Nicky and Alex, who make their debut in season five. As babies, the children were played by Daniel and Kevin Renteria, and in season six, the roles of the twins were succeeded by Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit. The last main character added was Steve Hale, who was D.J.'s boyfriend in seasons six and seven. He was played by
Scott Weinger
Scott Weinger (born October 5, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known as the voice of the Disney character Aladdin in the 1992 animated film and various follow-ups, and as Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' and its Netflix sequ ...
.
Taping
The series was created by
Jeff Franklin
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and executive produced by Franklin, along with Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett. The series was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions and
Miller-Boyett Productions
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, in association with
Lorimar-Telepictures (1987–1988),
Lorimar Television (1988–1993), and then by
Warner Bros. Television
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(1993–1995) after Lorimar was folded into Warner Bros.'s existing television production division.
Although the series was set in
San Francisco
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, the sitcom itself was taped at the
Warner Bros. Studios
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in Los Angeles. Outside of certain excerpts in the opening title sequences, including
Alamo Square Park
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...
's
Painted Ladies
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, the only episode to have actually been taped in San Francisco was the first episode of season eight, "
Comet's Excellent Adventure". There were also a few episodes which were filmed on-location elsewhere, most notably Hawaii in the season three premiere "Tanner's Island", and at
Walt Disney World
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for the two-part sixth-season finale "The House Meets the Mouse".
The series experienced heavy turnover with its writing staff throughout its run. The first season in particular had at least three writing staff changes, with Lenny Ripps (who remained with the show until the early part of the fourth season, by then serving as a creative consultant) and Russell Marcus being the only writers surviving the changes through the entire season. Show creator and executive producer Jeff Franklin was the only writer to remain with the series throughout its entire eight-season run (Franklin also wrote and directed several episodes during the first five seasons).
Marc Warren
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and
Dennis Rinsler joined the series' writing staff in the second season as producers and remained with the show until its 1995 cancellation; Warren and Rinsler took over as head writers by season five and assumed
showrunning
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duties as executive producers for the sixth season to allow Franklin to focus on ''
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper'' (''Full House'' served as ''Cooper''s lead-in when the former aired on Tuesday nights during the
1992–93 season).
Theme song
The show's
theme song
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, "Everywhere You Look", was performed by
Jesse Frederick
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, who co-wrote the song with writing partner Bennett Salvay and series creator Jeff Franklin. Various instrumental versions of the theme song were used in the closing credits; the version used during seasons three through eight was also used in the opening credits in some early syndication runs, although the song was almost always truncated to the chorus for broadcast. Seasons one through five used a longer version of the theme song. In
syndicated airings, the line "you miss your old familiar friends, but waiting just around the bend" replaced the lines starting with "how did I get to livin' here, somebody tell me please..." (after
ABC Family acquired the series in 2003, it became the first television outlet to air the long versions of the theme since the series' ABC run, which were included only in select episodes from the first five seasons, whereas the full version was used in most episodes during those seasons).
Hallmark Channel
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reruns have used four different cuts of the theme song, including the full version.
Cross-marketing
ABC used the show to launch other sitcom hits for the whole family throughout the early 1990s on Fridays and other evenings such as ''
Home Improvement
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'', ''
Family Matters
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'' and ''
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''.
The actor
Dave Coulier sold the Mr. Woodchuck puppet he made on the show to the toy store
Toys "R" Us
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.
Episodes and ratings
''Full House'' originally aired on Fridays from September 1987 to August 1991, which spanned the show's first four seasons, and later became the flagship program of ABC's newly launched
TGIF block in September 1989. The show was briefly moved to Tuesdays during the 1987–88 season and then aired twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays for a few months in order to help the series build an audience. It remained on Fridays permanently for the next three seasons, as the show's ratings increased. ''Full House'' was moved to Tuesdays full-time for season five and remained there until the series ended in 1995. While the show's first season was not very successful, finishing 71st that year, mostly because it was a new series placed in an 8 p.m.
Eastern
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timeslot (most freshman series start out in protected time slots preceded by successful lead-ins), the show quickly became popular during its second season as it was placed immediately following the established hit show ''
Perfect Strangers'' (which was also produced by Tom Miller and Bob Boyett). From season three onwards, it was ranked among
Nielsen's Top 30 shows (a ratings increase which allowed the series to move back to Fridays at 8 p.m.). By the fourth season, the series jumped to the Top 20 and remained there until the seventh season (the series peaked at the top ten during seasons five and six).
In 1995, despite the fact the show was still rated in the top 25, ABC announced that it was canceling the show after eight seasons due to the increasing costs of producing the series. By the end of the show, the average cost of one episode was $1.3 million. Plans to move ''Full House'' to
The WB
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network fell through.
The one-hour series finale was watched by
24.3 million viewers, ranking No. 7 for the week and attracting a 14.6 household rating and a 25 percent audience share.
U.S. syndication
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
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handles the domestic and international syndication rights to the series. During the summer of 1991, reruns of the early seasons began airing in a daily daytime strip on
NBC
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. Starting in September 1991,
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
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began distributing ''Full House'' for broadcast in off-network syndication and was syndicated on various local stations nationwide until 2003.
The series formerly aired on
TBS,
Nick at Nite,
ABC Family (now FreeForm),
The N/TeenNick,
CMT, and
Hallmark Channel
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.
In 2014, episodes have averaged 1.5 million viewers on
Nick at Nite, which is up 7 percent from 2013 and a 0.4 rating in the key 18–49 demographic, up 8 percent from 2013.
On September 29, 2017,
Hulu acquired the streaming rights to ''Full House'' along with fellow Warner Bros. TV productions ''
Family Matters
''Family Matters'' is an American television sitcom that debuted on ABC on September 22, 1989, and ended on May 9, 1997. However it moved to CBS, where it was shown from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A spin-off of '' Perfect Strangers, ...
'', ''
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', ''
Perfect Strangers'' and ''
Step by Step'' in addition to Disney-ABC TV productions ''
Boy Meets World
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'', ''
Dinosaurs'' and ''
Home Improvement
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''.
On October 1, 2021, ''Full House'' began streaming on
HBO Max
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after its streaming rights expired from
Hulu.
On January 12, 2022, it was announced that the show will begin airing on the classic TV network
MeTV
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starting January 16.
On February 4, 2022, it was announced that the show will begin airing on
GAC Family
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It was originally established in ...
starting February 7.
Critical reception
Despite the show's popularity, critics' reviews for ''Full House'' were mostly negative in the show's early years but became more positive in later years. The first season holds an aggregate score of 31/100 ("Generally unfavorable reviews") on
Metacritic
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. In ''
Slate'', Willa Paskin referred to the series as "a hackneyed and saccharine family sitcom". Isaac Feldberg opined that it was "archetypally average, hiding behind a ubiquitous laugh track and obnoxiously on-the-nose life lessons."
Reunions
During Bob Saget's final season as host of ''
America's Funniest Home Videos
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'', six other ''Full House'' cast alumni (John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, and Lori Loughlin) reunited on the May 9, 1997, episode (the episode which preceded Saget's final episode as host of that series).
In a December 2008 news story, it was reported that John Stamos was planning a reunion movie. This idea was quickly withdrawn, because reportedly most of the cast was not interested. In 2009, Stamos announced that a feature film based on the show was still planned. Stamos told ''
The New York Daily News
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'', "I'm working on a movie idea, but it wouldn't be us playing us. I'm not 100% sure, but it would probably take place in the first few years." Stamos posited
Steve Carell
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and
Tracy Morgan
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for the roles of Danny and Joey respectively.
In 2012, eight of the ''Full House'' cast members reunited in Los Angeles for their 25th anniversary. Publicists for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen said that they "weren't able to attend, given their work schedules."
On July 19, 2013, the original Jesse and the Rippers (the band which Jesse Katsopolis served as frontman until he was voted out in season 8) reunited on ''
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. The group performed a medley of covers including
the Beach Boys
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' "
Forever
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* ''Forever'' (1978 film), an American made-for-television romantic drama
* ''Forever'' (1992 film), an American ...
,"
Elvis Presley
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's "
Little Sister," "
Hippy Hippy Shake
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Personnel
* Chan Romero – guitar, vocals
* Barney Kessel – rhythm gui ...
", and ending with the ''Full House'' theme "Everywhere You Look". Bob Saget and Lori Loughlin made cameo appearances.
In January 2014, Saget, Stamos, and Coulier appeared on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. They each reprised their characters, while Fallon dressed in child's pajamas in a bed framed by four gigantic pencils, similar to Michelle Tanner's bed from the show. Saget, Stamos, and Coulier said some of their famous catchphrases from the show, as well as singing "The Teddy Bear" song. Stamos, Saget and Coulier also appeared together in a 2014 commercial for
Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt
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(for which Stamos serves as spokesperson) that debuted during
Super Bowl XLVIII
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, days after their appearance on ''Late Night''.
Sequel series
In August 2014, reports circulated that Warner Bros. Television was considering a series
sequel
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. John Stamos, who has an ownership stake in the show, headed up the attempt to get the series back into production.
Netflix
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closed a deal to produce a 13-episode sequel series tentatively titled ''
Fuller House'', with many of the original series cast members reprising their roles. Notably, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen both declined to reprise the role of Michelle in the first season, although the creators and producers said they could still possibly appear in future seasons. Stamos would guest star as well and serve as producer.
Filming began on July 25, 2015. Like the original series, the show is set in
San Francisco
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.
The original series idea was focused on D.J., a veterinarian struggling to raise three boys after her firefighter husband Tommy Fuller is killed in the line of duty; Stephanie, an aspiring musician; and Kimmy, who is a party planner and a single mother to a teenage daughter, Ramona. The show's premise follows one similar to the original series when Stephanie makes plans to put her career on hold for a while and move in with D.J. to help take care of her children. Almost immediately afterward, Kimmy makes the same offer for her and Ramona to move in and help out. Netflix premiered the series on February 26, 2016, with the premiere episode featuring a Tanner family reunion. After five seasons, the series concluded on June 2, 2020.
Other media
Home media
Warner Home Video
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It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Vide ...
released all eight seasons of the series on DVD in
Region 1 between 2005 and 2007. A complete series box-set containing all 192 episodes was released on November 6, 2007. As of 2016, the complete series is available for purchase via online retailers such as
Amazon
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* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...
. Additionally, all seasons + the complete series were also released in
Region 4 but only the first five seasons were released on DVD in
Region 2 with the fifth season being sold solely on Amazon and printed on DVD±R-Discs only.
All Seasons of Full House are available on Amazon's Prime Video in various countries and with different languages.
Book series
Books based on ''Full House'' are geared toward children primarily between the ages of 8 and 14. Warner Bros., which holds the rights to ''Full House'' and its associated characters, would not permit others to use their characters and selected who could write books based on the television series. The books are based on the ''Silhouette'' romance novels by
Mills & Boon
Mills & Boon is a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd. It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon as a general publisher. The company moved towards escapist fiction for women in the 1930s. In 1971, the ...
. ''Full House Michelle #7: Summer Rhapsody'' is a Silhouette Special Edition #75 by
Nancy John and
Laura O'Neil in February 1983.
The series includes the following:
*''Full House Stephanie'': These 33 books were written from the
point of view
Point of view or Points of View may refer to:
Concept and technique
* Point of view (philosophy), an attitude how one sees or thinks of something
* Point of view (literature) or narrative mode, the perspective of the narrative voice; the prono ...
of the Tanners' middle daughter, Stephanie Tanner. They take place with Stephanie in a different middle school, likely because of a slightly different
redistricting plan compared to the one mentioned in season seven's "Fast Friends". She has different best friends as well, Allie Taylor and Darcy Powell. Though these are book creations, she has known Allie since
kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ...
, and there are several places in the first five seasons of ''Full House'' where fans think an unnamed
extra
Extra or Xtra may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Film
* ''The Extra'' (1962 film), a Mexican film
* ''The Extra'' (2005 film), an Australian film
Literature
* ''Extra'' (newspaper), a Brazilian newspaper
* ''Extra!'', an American me ...
could be Allie. This series begins with Stephanie being pressured to join a clique called the Flamingos, by completing a series of dares. She almost does the last one, though she is not sure if she wants to before D.J. catches her trying to steal Danny's phone card. Stephanie explains tearfully what was happening, and D.J. helps her to understand what the Flamingos were really up to: they wanted to use the phone card to call their boyfriends. Stephanie and the Flamingos become fierce rivals. ''Hip Hop Til You Drop'', ''Two for One Christmas Fun'', and ''Ten Ways to Wreck a Date'' are the most popular.
*''Full House Michelle'': These 40 stories are told from Michelle's point of view. The first 27 feature more of her, and the other Tanners', home life than others, though some focus on events at school, whereas the last 14, the "Michelle and Friends" series, focuses mostly on Michelle and her classmates. Unlike Stephanie, Michelle goes to the same elementary school but is in a different class. Two stories were translated and published in Japan in February 2007. Super special ''My Best Friend is a Movie Star'' came out in September 1996, and along with ''The Substitute Teacher'' and ''How to be Cool'' are the most popular.
*''Full House Sisters'': These 14 books focus on Michelle and Stephanie's friendship and comical situations that occur between them. The sisters often alternate points of view in the story.
*''Full House: Dear Michelle'': These four books were published several years after the others stopped being produced. They take place with Michelle in the third grade, where she writes an
advice column
An advice column is a column in a question and answer format. Typically, a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response.
The responses are wr ...
for her class paper.
*''Club Stephanie'': 1997–2001 revival series with the Sisters series. Sweetin is younger than Nickelodeon's
Larisa Oleynik
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Born in Santa Clara and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, Oleynik began her career as a child actor, first appearing ...
in ''
Alex, You're Glowing'' and
Irene Ng
Sze Irene Ng () (born July 28, 1974) is an American actress, teacher, banker and founder and director of Mencius Mandarin Preschool in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is best known for her role as Shelby Woo in ''The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo''.
...
in ''Hot Rock''.
Russian adaptation
In 2006, ''Full House'' was one of a group of Warner Brothers properties licensed to Moscow-based network
STS
STS, or sts, may refer to:
Medicine
* Secondary traumatic stress, a condition which leads to a diminished ability to empathize
* Sequence-tagged site, a gene-reference in genomics
* Soft-tissue sarcoma
* Staurosporine, an antibiotic
* STS (gen ...
for adaptation to Russian. The show, ''Topsy-Turvy House'' (Дом кувырком) followed the plots of the American version with changes to accommodate cultural differences. It ran for two seasons, beginning in 2009.
''The Unauthorized Full House Story''
On August 22, 2015, a television movie called ''
The Unauthorized Full House Story'' was first released by
Lifetime. It tells the behind-the-scenes story of the series.
Awards and nominations
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