Second Chance: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Charles Russell dies, but since he is too good for hell and too bad for heaven, he is given the opportunity to go back to 1987 to assist his younger self, Chazz, in making better decisions at critical junctures in his life in order to (hopefully) get into heaven. As of December 1987, the show was revamped and retitled Boys Will Be Boys. The entire fantasy element of the series was dropped, along with Charles and St. Peter.

Series details

• Title: Second Chance
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1987-09-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-05-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6241
• IMDb ID: tt0092447
• TVDB ID: 76880

Cast and credited roles

• Matthew Perry — Chazz Russell
• Billy Gallo — Francis Lottabucci
• Randee Heller — Helen Russell
• Demian Slade — Eugene Blooberman
• Kiel Martin — Charles Russell
• Joseph Maher — St. Peter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-09-26; final listed air date 1988-05-07; episode order: 21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Second Chance on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.