''The O'Keefes'' is an American television
sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...
created by
Mark O'Keefe, that aired on
The WB
The WB Television Network (for Warner Bros., or the "Frog Network", for its former mascot, Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network launched on terrestrial television, broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture be ...
from May 22 to June 12, 2003.
Premise
The series was about the O'Keefe family: Harry and Ellie, together with their children, Lauren, Danny and Mark. The plot centered on the fact that the O'Keefe parents had
homeschooled
Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or an onlin ...
their children for most of their lives and with the dramatic and comic interest arising in situations where the children were beginning to experience the outside world.
There was a lot of controversy about this show among parents who homeschool their children, as they felt it portrayed homeschooling in a negative light.
Cast
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Judge Reinhold
Edward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor who has starred in several Hollywood movies, such as '' Ruthless People'', '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High'', '' Stripes'' and '' Gremlins'', and co-starred in all of the ...
as Harrison Fitzpatrick "Harry" O'Keefe
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Kirsten Nelson
Kirsten Nelson (born October 3, 1970) is an American actress and director best known for her role as police chief Karen Vick on the TV series '' Psych''.
Early life and education
Kirsten Nelson was born in Enid, Oklahoma and raised in Chica ...
as Ellie O'Keefe
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Tania Raymonde
Tania Raymonde Helen Katz, is an American actress and artist. Her career first caught traction when she played the recurring character of Cynthia Sanders on the Fox sitcom '' Malcolm in the Middle'' between 2000 and 2002, followed by the role o ...
as Lauren O'Keefe
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Joseph Cross Joseph or Joe Cross may refer to:
People
* Joseph Cross (actor) (born 1986), American actor
* Joseph Cross (cartographer) (1821–1865), English cartographer
* Joseph Cross (cricketer) (1849–1918), English cricketer
* Joseph Cross (judge) (1843†...
as Danny O'Keefe
* Matt Weinberg as Mark O'Keefe
Episodes
References
External links
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2000s American single-camera sitcoms
2003 American television series debuts
2003 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Television series about families
Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios
The WB original programming
Works about homeschooling and unschooling
Homeschooling in the United States
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