Too Close for Comfort: When the Bough Breaks

"When the Bough Breaks" is the ninth episode of the American television sitcom series Too Close for Comfort. The show was created by Brian Cooke and developers Earl Barret and Arne Sultan. The pilot episode was directed by Will Mackenzie with Barret and Sultan as teleplay writers. It first aired on ABC on December 15th, 1981. The series stars Ted Knight in the role of Henry Rush, Nancy Dussault as his wife, Muriel Rush, Deborah Van Valkenburgh as their daughter Jackie Rush and Lydia Cornell as their other daughter, Sara Rush.