What Might've Been: Domestic Life (1984)

 It'd been a few years since Martin Mull last had a series. In fact, about six years had passed since America 2-Night (nee Fernwood 2-Night) had ended. In the winter of 1984, CBS bought Domestic Life, a sitcom created by Mull, Steve Martin, and writers Ian Praiser & Howard Gerwitz. Mull toplined as news anchor Martin Crane, who'd relocated his family to Seattle.

Unfortunately, the network wasn't sure where the series actually fit on the schedule, and, as often happens with shows they're unsure of, Domestic Life was shuffled around, and cancelled in April of '84, only to return to fill space that summer. Martin was the show's executive producer, and didn't land his own series until the current online hit, Only Murders in The Building, with Martin Short and Selena Gomez.

In "Harold at The Bat", Martin tries to help his son's baseball team. Oh, by the way, the show's theme song, "God Bless The Domestic Life", was co-written by Mull and his wife, Wendy, with Praiser. Mull also sings the theme song.

This was also a rare primetime gig for character actor Robert Ridgely, who plays sports anchor Cliff. Up until then, Ridgely was mostly doing cartoons (i.e. Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Thundarr The Barbarian).

Rating: B.