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Rags to Riches

Season 1 1987

  • 1987-03-10T01:00:00Z on NBC
  • 45m
  • 6h (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
A self made millionaire from Hoboken "NICK FOLEY" needs to change his image...Fast!!! To aquire a family image this playboy needs to do a complete 180. In a stroke of genius deduction he decides to adopt 6 orphan girls. He takes them to live in his bel-Air mansion. After his idea backfires in a complete deal breaker, he relizes it wasn't that important anyway and he asks the girls to stay- permanently. The show was set in 1961 and focused on the girls misadventures and problems they faced growing up in the 60s from small dances to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This show was a first in tv history as it was the first and only to incorparate music into the plot line. A tv musical if you will, featuring music from the 50s and 60s rewritten to fit the plot. Defineatly one of the best dramas ever made for tv!!!!!!!

8 episodes

Series Premiere

1987-03-10T01:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 1987-03-10T01:00:00Z45m

A wealthy businessman decides to soften his "cutthroat" image by adopting some children. He winds up adopting six girls and isn't prepared for the problems that come with them.

1987-03-16T01:00:00Z

1x02 High Society

1x02 High Society

  • 1987-03-16T01:00:00Z45m

Nick forces Rose to become a debutante. He feels that she is spending too much time with her new found religion ""spatzkism"". At a party, she meets a guy named Matthew Taylor who tries to use her. She resists his advances and tries to run away. Nick and the girls get in on the fun of getting even with Matthew which causes everyone to go ""ape"".
A secret comes out about Rose's mother, and Nick has to help Rose deal with the emotions she's facing and the loss. Rose makes a splash at the debutante ball.

1987-03-23T01:00:00Z

1x03 Foley vs Foley

1x03 Foley vs Foley

  • 1987-03-23T01:00:00Z45m

the girls favorite hangout is going to be closed because of a greedy developer.Nick encourages them to fight for what they believe in,until he finds out the greedy developer is his new partner ""Miles Parnell"" and the building to be built is the new ""Foley Center"".Nick and the girls are on opposite sides of the issue and the girls have to convince him Spiro's is already a landmark,and should be saved.

1987-03-30T01:00:00Z

1x04 First Love

1x04 First Love

  • 1987-03-30T01:00:00Z45m

Nick and Diane go head to head in a battle over her latest boyfriend.He forbids her to see him because hes not the right kind of guy for her,she challenges him about his girlfriends.They come to an agreement to cancel both there dates,Nick reneges and Diane finds out.Diane goes on her date and finds out Nick was right all along.

1987-04-06T00:00:00Z

1x05 Business Is Business

1x05 Business Is Business

  • 1987-04-06T00:00:00Z45m

Marva wants to start her own business,Nick says he won't help her.Marva does it anyways,now she's in the food business.Her perfect calculations however hadn't counted on backstabbing competition.After an idea from Perry Mason,Marva decides to try an insurance scam,she decides to torch her truck.Nick has to convince her not to,before she gets into real trouble

1987-04-13T00:00:00Z

1x06 Pattys Mom

1x06 Pattys Mom

  • 1987-04-13T00:00:00Z45m

Patty thinks shes found her mom.She makes a deal with Nick that she will relent off her search for a while,if Nick stays on the street corner where she saw the woman,for a whole week!!!!. Now Nick is stuck on a street corner looking for a woman with purple boots and a stuffed giraffe wearing tennis shoes.He does find her, and against his better judgment he reunites Patty with her mom.The results are disastrous.In the end Patty stays with Nick.

1987-04-20T00:00:00Z

1x07 Bad Blood

1x07 Bad Blood

  • 1987-04-20T00:00:00Z45m

Nicks brother shows up unexpectedly,and rekindles old wounds between him and his brother.In the meantime Patti gets in trouble at school for using uncle Frankie's tactics to get even with another student.This causes more problems with Nick and his brother- they stop speaking. Nick then learns his brother is dying of leukemia and he tries to patch things up before its to late.

1987-04-27T00:00:00Z

1x08 Born to Ride

1x08 Born to Ride

  • 1987-04-27T00:00:00Z45m

Diane goes for her permit.Nick and the girls star in a Foley Foods commercial.2 swindlers try to fake an injury lawsuit against Diane when she gets into an accident with their vehicle.

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