{"title":"The Hogan Family","dateDebut":"1985","dateEnd":"1991","description":"Being a parent isn't easy, especially when you\r\nhave children. Valerie's husband, Michael, is an\r\nairline pilot, so the job of raising their three\r\nboys falls mostly to her. There was 16-year-old\r\ngirl-hungry David, fun-loving Willie, and briany\r\nMark. Willie and Mark were 12-year-old fraternal\r\ntwins. The family resided in Oak Park, Illinois.\r\n\r\nThe original title of the series was \"Valerie.\"\r\nBut that had to be changed in the fall of 1987\r\nwhen Valerie Harper abruptly left the show. The\r\nshow was retitled \"Valerie's Family.\" Late in\r\nJune 1988, it became The Hogan Family. Valerie\r\nwas written out of the series as having died,\r\nand Michael's divorced sister Sandy, a high\r\nschool counselor, moved in to serve as a\r\nsort of surrogate mother.","leadImageMedUrl":"http:\/\/distro-1.retrojunk.com\/secure\/2c1e127b330051fa9833be0765322c0aa4bd007772b1a398e4f3714a104483b51efdb0\/image\/8a2_f0828e734c.jpg"}