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The Hogan Family
The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.
A saccharine, anodyne family sitcom typical of the late 80s.
The most interesting thing about the show is the fact that it was originally developed as a vehicle for TV's Rhoda, Valarie Harper--and originally aired titled "Valarie." However, during the first season, the titular actress asked for a raise and was basically fired from her own show.
Then they replaced her with Sandy Duncan and aired several episodes simply titled Valarie's Family, before finally rebranding as The Hogan Family for the rest of the run.
It was very embarrassing for the network executive-weasels who fired Harper, which is why they refused to cancel it after she left.