i hate to say this but i prefer the first family and the pembroke to the powell and but beggar can not be chooser . i remember when the show first air on cbs television . again after a year and the show have a large follow but there be not enough room in the prime time schedule for an average sitcom in the age of cosby show success . if you think about and charles in charge parallel mama family on nbc which attract probably not the kind of audience that the network want for their demographic . like charles in charge and mama family be cancel after 2 season . it resurface over a year later on saturday even television in something call syndication . the same for charles in charge and there be the audience for the comedy . unlike mama family and charles in charge replace an entire family . the powell be pretty than the pembroke but i like the first family well . sandra kern who play mrs. powell disappear even though her name and face be in the credit and she leave sometime during the production to raise her own family sadly . we never catch much of her again . it be more about skippy and charles and and the new kid . so i still watch the episode but i think the show get weak with ellen travolta playing charles mother . james callahan role a the grandfather get big as well .