Safe at Home

I recall watching this sitcom on TBS back in the 80s as well as two other sitcoms Rocky Road and Down to Earth that also came on TBS. I don't remember all the characters but from what I do recall it's about a teenage girl portrayed by two different actresses(First by Martha Nix, then Katherine Britton) who leaves home to live with her much older brother who was an anchor man and dated his anchor woman Tatum. The character I really remember is Gary(Richard Steven Horvitz)the nerdy guy who was their co-worker. I thought he was the funniest character on that show. I will also like to point that the man's sister's name was not Amy. Amy was the name of her best friend portrayed by Brenda James. I remember her friend Amy was pretty funny to and a lot more entaintaining than the lead girl. It's a shame this was a forgettable series I liked pretty much.

I know this sounds goofy but the pillows on the sofa that was on this show (the living room scenes) were my favorite kind to sit on!... They were big and comfy! One of my girlfriends had those type of pillows and I sat on 3 of them all at once (sat on the whole mound, 3 pillows stacked on one another) at her apartment and she actually thought that was pretty cute. I made a pretty big dent on the top pillow (the one I was sitting directly on) and she didn't mind at all; she told me that it only means that the pillows were used.

The other thing I liked about this show was that it had a lot of good looking girls. Amy (Brenda Lynn Klemme) was my favorite!... She also turned me on when she was sitting on one of the pillows!

This show became an obsession of line along with Growing Pains. I only noticed it because of the great Theme Song. Safe at Home. If someone could find out who sang this song, it would end 30 yrs of torment for me. One of my top 5 sitcom themes!

She was from Peoria, and she moved into Chicago to live with her brother who was a sportscaster and an ex-Chicago Bears football player. This was so she could go to a special high school of performing arts where I believe she played the cello. Her best friend (with the long curly red hair) lived in the same building and went to her school. I think she was a dancer and quite boy-crazy. Her brother had an old football pal who was always hanging around who had probably been tackled a few too many times. The brother also had a girlfriend who I believe he eventually married. I can picture their apartment. Right now, that's what I remember about the show. You're right, all three shows just disappeared.

the lead character was actually caroline, not amy. amy was the redhead who lived in dan's building and immediately became close friends with caroline. iirc, caroline moved in with dan after their parents died. the premise was how he dealt with suddenly having a teenager living with him.

roger was the obnoxious neighbor, tatum was the anchor on dan's news show (he was a sports reporter) and gary was...something. i really don't recall exactly what gary's job was at the tv station, but it was something along the lines of gopher/lackey. i think he was the nephew or grandson of the big boss.

the episode that always sticks out in my mind is the "gilligan's island" fantasy where gary hit his head and dreamed that everyone in his life was a character on GI.

it was actually a really good show for what it was.