Nickelodeon has greenlit the network’s first-ever original comedy for Nick at Nite, Daddy’s Home. Scott Baio will star as a stay-at-home dad in the multi-camera series created by Tina Albanese and Patrick Labyorteaux. The show will be executive-produced by Eric Bischoff, Jason Hervey, Albanese, Labyorteaux and Baio.
“Scott Baio is an actor known and beloved by today’s Nick at Nite viewers, many of whom are parents,” stated Marjorie Cohn, President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon. “His new project will put a contemporary and comedic twist on parenthood that will make for a great addition to our existing slate of family programming.”
“It’s nice to be back home in an arena where I’m completely comfortable and with a show idea that I love,” added Baio.
The Plot: Daddy’s Home follows David Hobbs (Baio) an actor who, after ten years of starring as America’s favorite TV dad, becomes a stay-at-home father to honor the deal he made with his soap star wife so that she may return to the limelight.
More on Scott Baio [Courtesy of Nickelodeon]:
For over 30 years, Baio has been a beloved actor, successful producer, writer and director. He received his acting break in 1976 when he was cast as the lead in the youthful gangster film Bugsy Malone. Baio is perhaps best known for his role as Chachi Arcola on one of television’s most iconic comedy series Happy Days, followed by a starring role in the spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi.
Baio also starred in his own 1980s hit sitcom, Charles in Charge. Following his television comedy roles, he delved into some deeper and more dramatic roles, such as in the award-winning ABC after-school special, Stoned, the CBS film The Boy Who Drank Too Much and as a hemophiliac in NBC’s Senior Trip! He continued his acting career as the youthful associate of Dick Van Dyke on the successful CBS series Diagnosis Murder and a decade later, made several appearances on the Emmy Award-winning television series Arrested Development.
Most recently, Baio was featured as himself on VH1’s popular series Scott Baio is 45…and Single and Scott Baio is 46…and Pregnant. Off-screen, he has directed episodes of popular series including The Parkers, Unhappily Ever After, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Wayans Bros., Harry and the Hendersons, Out of This World and recently served as executive producer of VH1’s Confessions of a Teen Idol.
