American Dreamer
After the death of his wife, former network correspondent Tom Nash leaves his career to raise his children and writes a column about ordinary people for a Chicago newspaper. His editor frequently tries to lure him back into hard news, while Tom adjusts to his new life in Wisconsin.
Overview
After the death of his wife, former network correspondent Tom Nash leaves his career to raise his children and writes a column about ordinary people for a Chicago newspaper. His editor frequently tries to lure him back into hard news, while Tom adjusts to his new life in Wisconsin.
Gary David Goldberg
Producer
Episodes
1. Pilot
Tom Nash trades in his network newsman job to write a human interest column for a Chicago newspaper, moving to Wisconsin with his two children. He begins by exploring women's anger toward men by hiring a female assistant and visiting the woman he stood up on prom night.
2. Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
Tom attempts to find out why men are not open with their feelings by hosting a bonding party for men.
3. Flight of the Dodo
A disillusioned cartoonist (Austin Pendleton) quits his job.
Cast & Crew
Robert Urich
Tom Nash
Carol Kane
Lillian Abernathy
Chay Lentin
Rachel Nash
Johnny Galecki
Danny Nash
Margaret Welsh
Holly Baker
Jeffrey Tambor
Joe Baines
