Big Brother Jake: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Big Brother Jake is an American situation comedy that aired from September 2, 1990 to September 1, 1994 on The Family Channel. The series stars Jake Steinfeld. The show follows the life of Jake Rozzner (Steinfeld), a former Hollywood stuntman who returned to his "foster" home to help out his recently widowed foster mother, Connie "Ma" Duncan with her foster children. The foster family included Lou, Kateri, Jill, Andy, and Dave. Jill left the show after two seasons and a young, abandoned Asian girl, Caroline was in the care of Ma Duncan.

Gary was Jake's good friend from high school who was now a lawyer and Jane was Jake's former high school girlfriend. Miss Morgan was the social worker before being replaced with Miss Domedian. The older youngsters attended Frederick Douglass High School. Jake was the narrator of the show.

Series details

• Title: Big Brother Jake
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 1990-09-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-02-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Freeform
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7877
• TVDB ID: 71711

Cast and credited roles

• Jake Steinfeld — Jake Rozzner
• Barbara Meek — Connie 'Ma' Duncan
• Ben Siegler — Gary MacLamore
• Josiah Trager — Loomis 'Lou' Washington
• Gabrielle Carmouche — Kateri Monroe
• Daniel Hilfer — Dave King
• Jeremy Wieand — Andy King

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-09-02; final listed air date 1991-01-06; episode order: 5.
• Season 2: premiered 1991-03-01; final listed air date 1992-04-12; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 1992-09-12; final listed air date 1993-04-11; episode order: 25.
• Season 4: premiered 1993-09-19; final listed air date 1994-02-13; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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