The New Leave It to Beaver: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The New Leave It to Beaver was a sequel to the 1950s sitcom, Leave It to Beaver. The premise had Wally Cleaver and younger brother, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver all grown up, with families of their own. Theodore is divorced, but his sons, Kip and Oliver live with him and they all live with his widow mom, June Cleaver in the suburbs. Wally lives next door with his wife and daughter Kelly and, later, son Kevin joins the brood. Eddie Haskell is still around, and he has a family as well, but Eddie will always be Eddie, and his two sons are no different.

Series details

• Title: The New Leave It to Beaver
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1983-03-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 1989-06-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Disney Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48030
• IMDb ID: tt0088616
• TVDB ID: 77335

Cast and credited roles

• Barbara Billingsley — June Cleaver
• Tony Dow — Wally Cleaver
• Jerry Mathers — Theodore Cleaver
• Kipp Marcus — Ward 'Kip' Cleaver
• John Snee — Oliver 'Ollie' Cleaver
• Janice Kent — Mary Ellen Cleaver
• Frank Bank — Clarence Rutherford
• Eric Osmond — Frederick 'Freddie' Haskell
• Kaleena Kiff — Kelly Cleaver
• Ken Osmond — Eddie Haskell

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-03-19; final listed air date 1985-11-05; episode order: 27.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-09-08; final listed air date 1987-05-25; episode order: 27.
• Season 3: premiered 1987-10-04; final listed air date 1988-05-24; episode order: 21.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-10-02; final listed air date 1989-06-04; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from The New Leave It to Beaver 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.