The Tom Show (Season 1)

Tom's Back Again (Episode 1)

Writer: Tom Arnold

Air date: 1997-09-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom returns to his hometown with his two daughters.

Bad Publicity (Episode 2)

Air date: 1997-09-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Kenlon is accused of shoplifting.

Kenlon's New Clothes (Episode 3)

Air date: 1997-09-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: After Tom's first shopping trip with Kenlon ends in a fight, he asks Madison to help her pick out school clothes. However, the new wardrobe doesn't pass muster.

Tom's First Date (Episode 4)

Air date: 1997-09-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom's reentry into the dating arena is a rude awakening -- for both him and his date. Meanwhile, Madison and Tanya get starry-eyed over a smooth-talking sleep expert.

Rival Station (Episode 5)

Air date: 1997-10-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom decides that it's his business to interfere with Madison's personal life when he learns she's dating the obnoxious producer of a rival morning show. Meanwhile, Alissa goes through an identity crisis.

Long Day's Journey Into Fights (Episode 6)

Air date: 1997-10-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Everyone at the station is in an uproar after Charlie makes an on-air blunder, so Tom decides to bring in pop therapist Peter Stengle to clear the air with sensitivity training; Alissa and Kenlon try to learn about their neighbor's personal history.

Tom Lives Brownie's Life for the Weekend (Episode 7)

Air date: 1997-10-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom baby-sits seven unruly children.

The Crown Prince of Finland (Episode 8)

Air date: 1997-11-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: After Charlie complains about the oddball guests that have appeared on the show, Tom books the visiting Crown Prince of Finland, unaware that he's a royal lush.

It's Jan! (Episode 9)

Air date: 1997-11-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An author offers Tom a job.

The White Shadow (Episode 10)

Air date: 1997-11-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom steps in to coach Alissa's basketball team after her coach is thrown out. But he fouls up on the home court when he takes Alissa out for the last 12 seconds of the game. Meanwhile, Tanya isn't pleased when Charlie hires a biographer.

A Tom Story (Episode 11)

Air date: 1997-11-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom is reluctant to attend his high-school reunion because he fears that everyone will expect him to live up to his reputation as the school's most notorious prankster.

Maggie Returns (Episode 12)

Air date: 1997-12-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom isn't surprised when Maggie visits the girls after receiving some bad press. But he's shocked when she announces that she wants sole custody of them.

The Talk (Episode 13)

Air date: 1998-01-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Kenlon likes an older guy; Jonathan moves out.

Tom vs. the PTA (Episode 14)

Air date: 1998-01-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom ignites a book-burning crusade after he persuades the PTA to ban Maggie's new book, which contains embarrassing stories about the girls. Meanwhile, Jonathan plays nursemaid to a duck that he shot during his first hunting trip.

The Top Five (Episode 15)

Air date: 1998-01-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom invites Tanya to be his guest at an all-male club. But the fact that she's a woman is the least of her problems. Meanwhile, Alissa's essay on the five people she admires most upsets Tom.

The Centerfold (Episode 16)

Air date: 1998-02-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Kenlon suffers brutal teasing by the boys at school after nude pictures of Maggie appear in a magazine. Meanwhile, Brownie makes changes at the Roadhouse after it's named one of the ""Ten Best Dives in St. Paul.""

The Band (Episode 17)

Air date: 1998-02-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom finds himself in a jam after he tells Kenlon that he can get the band K-Ci and JoJo to perform at her school.

Tom's Dream House (Episode 18)

Writer: Tom Arnold

Air date: 1998-02-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom finds the perfect house he can't afford.

The Ticket Scam (Episode 19)

Air date: 1998-02-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tom tries to improve father-son relations by taking his dad to a basketball game. All's well until Tom learns that the skybox tickets he bought are stolen.