The Munsters Today


The Munsters Today is an American sitcom and a revival of the original 1964–66 sitcom The Munsters that aired in syndication from October 8, 1988 to May 25, 1991.

Plot

The series concerns the day-to-day life of a family of benign monsters, with married couple Herman Munster and Lily Munster. Lily's Father, Grandpa, who is also a vampire, lives with the family. Herman and Lily have a son, Eddie, who is a werewolf, and their niece, Marilyn, whom the family deems as strange, but is the only “normal” member of the family, also lives with them.

Cast

Main cast

Development

This color revival of The Munsters starred John Schuck, Lee Meriwether, Howard Morton, Hilary Van Dyke and Jason Marsden, and broadcast 73 episodes from October 8, 1988, to May 25, 1991, giving it more first-run episodes than the original series. The pilot explained the 22-year gap following the original series by showing the family as they were in 1966. They were testing out a machine that Grandpa had created. The machine allows someone to sleep for ages without aging. But then an accident took place; the family then proceeds to sleep for years, only to wake up in 1988.
It was created following a failed attempt to revive the show with most of the original cast in the 1981 NBC telefilm The Munsters' Revenge.

Episodes

Pilot

Season 1 (1988–89)

Season 2 (1989–90)

Season 3 (1990–91)

Reception

The series lasted three seasons in syndication, and proved popular with international audiences.
The series proved to be very popular in the United Kingdom where the ITV channel started to air it from 1990, scheduling it in the Saturday lunchtime slot which attracted a younger family audience and proved very popular, however some ITV regions choose to air it in on Saturday early evenings, providing a decent family-friendly lead-in for their important Saturday prime time schedule.

Awards and nominations

Stations