I remember loving this show when it came out (I was 12) and found the episodes online a few years ago. The show stars Jason Bateman as a scheming young man going up against his new neighbor who al...
I remember loving this show when it came out (I was 12) and found the episodes online a few years ago. The show stars Jason Bateman as a scheming young man going up against his new neighbor who also happens to like his mom. In this first episode, you may recognize a very young River Phoenix in the opening scene.
Pilot
First aired: 9/26/1984
Imagine J.R. Ewing at the age of 14. That's Matthew Burton. Imagine Matthew Burton 20 years older. That's Norman Lamb. When Norman moves into the apartment across the hall and takes a shine to Mrs. Burton, Matthew moves into action with a fiendish opening gambit. Will it soon be checkmate, or has Matthew finally met his match?
Writer: Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye Director: Peter Bonerz Guest star: Adam Jay Sadowsky (Eli) , Beto Lovato (Manuel), River Phoenix (Brian)
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This show was great until parents groups started threatening to boycott sponsors. The show jumped the shark when NBC caved in to the pressure and made an episode where Matt was caught by his mother. The show was never the same and audiences eventually tuned out.
I was a freshman in high school when this show first aired. The dorks watched that crybaby Schroeder in "Silver Spoons" but the cool kids watched Bateman in "It's Your Move. This show was years ahead of its time and NBC wasn't ready for programming like this. This show blew the doors off the regular NBC kiddie fare like "Silver Spoons", "Different Strokes", and "Facts of Life". A show about a deceitful two faced con artist who happened to be my age was perfect TV at that time.
This is the show that should have made Bateman a Mega Star but due to parents writng letters and scared sponsors they canned it. It would have been perfect for FOX a few years later, the writers of actually went on to write for Married with Children. Matt deceived his mother, conned adults and kids and laughed about it but still often the joke was on him when Norman turned the tables but the show never had moral lessons just revenge by one side or the other, not good for 80s TV.
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It would have been perfect for FOX a few years later, the writers of actually went on to write for Married with Children.
Matt deceived his mother, conned adults and kids and laughed about it but still often the joke was on him when Norman turned the tables but the show never had moral lessons just revenge by one side or the other, not good for 80s TV.